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| IABSE Congress |
| 17 Sept 2008 - 19 Sept 2008, Chicago |
 "Creating and Renewing Urban Structures - Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure", Chicago, Illinois. For more information visit here |
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| Architectural Record Innovation 2008 |
| 7 Oct 2008 - 8 Oct 2008, New York |
 The Net-Zero Energy Buildings Conference". CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood to speak on 'A Tall Order - Skyscrapers and Zero Energy' For more information visit here |
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| Moscow Conference |
| 22 Oct 2008 - 24 Oct 2008, Moscow |
 This International Conference, partnered by the CTBUH, takes place as Moscow experiences an exciting boom in high rise construction and will focus on a range of tall building related issues...more |
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| CTBUH Awards 2008 |
| 20 Nov 2008, Chicago |
 The CTBUH issues eight Tall Building awards annually six recognizing excellence in design and construction and two established lifetime achievement awards...more |
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CTBUH IN THE MEDIA |
"The Art of Nesting" - Metropolis, June 23, 2008. |
"Reaching for the Clouds" - The National, June 20, 2008. |
"Scraping the Sky, and Then Some" New York Times, June 15, 2008 |
"High rises required to be earthquake proof" - The National, June 12, 2008. |
"Around Town at the Construction site of the Chicago Spire" - WGN 9 News Chicago 'Around Town'. |
"The Burning Issue" - ArabianBusiness.com |
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NEW MEMBERS |
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Arabian Aluminum Co. LLC |
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UPGRADED MEMBERS |
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Weidlinger Associates, Inc. |
| COUNTRY LEADERS NEEDED |
We are currently looking for a leader for each country whose responsibility it would be to help maintain the list as well as keeping the Council up to date on activities within their respective country. If interested please contact here |
| GET INVOLVED |
The Council is always in need of help and volunteers - whether you are active professionally, still in college or retired.
If you would like to get more involved with the Council, please contact us here |
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TOP NEWS |
| CTBUH Dubai Congress Photos Now Online |
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CTBUH Awards 2008 - Nominations Closed, Jury Confirmed |
 Click here to view over 300 photos of the CTBUH 8th World Congress in Dubai inlcuding speakers, technical trips, and social events.
A CD-ROM version of the Congress Proceedings is also available, containing all 101 technical papers. Click here to order.
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Nominations for the 2008 CTBUH awards have now closed. The jury panel, Chaired by Tim Johnson of NBBJ, will be deliberating during July, with an announcement on award winners made in August. The CTBUH Awards Dinner will take place in Chicago on November 20th....more
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INTERNATIONAL TALL BUILDING NEWS |
Comcast Center open for business
The new Comcast Corp. headquarters is open for business in downtown Philadelphia, officially marking its place as the tallest skyscraper between New York and Chicago.
The 975-foot-tall headquarters opened Friday. It brought in 1,300 new workers to Philadelphia, including some relocated from southern New Jersey and Connecticut...link |
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Breaking Ground on 151-Story Tower in South Korea
Songdo Landmark City, an international consortium led by Portman Holdings, have broke ground on the 151 Incheon Tower—a 151-story, mixed-use development just west of Seoul. The 587-meter tower, which is on target to become the second-tallest skyscraper in the world after Burj Dubai in the Middle East, will be completed by 2014...link |
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Burj Dubai to be even taller than planned
Emaar said work raising the height of the mega-structure, which currently towers more than 636 meters above Dubai, was already underway. The developer also set a deadline of September 2009 for the building's completion. It said the final height of the Burj Dubai, which has been a closely guarded secret, would be revealed upon its completion....link |
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The New, New City
In both China and the Persian Gulf, cities comparable in size to New York have sprouted up almost overnight. Only 30 years ago, Shenzhen was a small fishing village of a few thousand people, and Dubai had merely a quarter million people. Today Shenzhen has a population of eight million, and Dubai’s glittering towers have become playgrounds for wealthy expatriates from Riyadh and Moscow...link |
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Gehry’s first NY residential tower unveiled
New York developer Forest City Ratner and architect Frank Gehry today unveiled a design for a new 76-storey residential tower that will redefine the skyline of Lower Manhattan. The Beekman, as the project is known, will be the tallest residential tower in the City and Gehry’s first residential project in New York...link |
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Real Estate Boom in Cambodia's Capital
After spending most of the past three decades struggling to recover from the legacy of the Khmer Rouge's genocidal rule, Cambodia is in the midst of a real estate boom. If all goes as planned, the dirt at Monivong and Sihanouk will soon sprout the country's first skyscraper, a 42-story residential building funded by money from South Korea...link |
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NEWS FROM THE COUNCIL |
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Chairman's Message
Many of you will know that the Council’s Seismic Working Group has issued a report that says that the prescriptive codes in the US and in Europe are inappropriate for the design of tall buildings in areas of severe seismicity...more
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Moscow Gaining Height Conference
This International Conference, partnered by the CTBUH, takes place as Moscow experiences an exciting boom in high rise construction and will focus on a range of tall building related issues...more
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New CTBUH Country Leader for Greece
The Council welcomes Alex Vandoros, of the Thessaloniki-based architectural firm Vandoros & Partners, as its newest country leader...more
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CTBUH Seismic Working Group set up World Tour
Following the draft release of the CTBUH Recommendations for the Seismic Design of High-Rise Buildings, the authors have announced a world tour to present the significant findings from this research....more
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CTBUH Jobs
Applications for the 3 new full-time staff positions; a Research Manager, a Communications Manager and a Production Assistant, have now closed with a high number of quality applicants. Interviews will take place at the end of July with the new staff announced in August'
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Mile-High Tower Wars: How Tall is Too Tall
The Burj Dubai will soar 800m above the Arabian Desert, but a new mile high tower is set to dwarf it. Jimmy Lee Shreeve of the Independent asks: how tall is too tall? Includes interviews with Ron Klemencic and David Scott....more
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OTHER INDUSTRY NEWS |
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Lotte’s Dream for Skyscraper...more |
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Comcast Center open for business...more |
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Nouvel towers over Paris competition...more |
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Vibrant development in 'London's third city' regeneration gets go-ahead...more |
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Foster + Partners' first Amsterdam tower....more |
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Wachovias Green Charlotte Dream....more |
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Workers angry about high-rise fall deaths (Queensland)...more |
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Standing On Stilts In Sydney...more |
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Karachi may be building more high rises, but are they safe?...more |
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High-rise buildings in Vietnam must be quake proof: expert....more |
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Dramatic new images of Rafael Viñoly’s design for London’s iconic Battersea Power Station...more |
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Boris set to keep Rogers as adviser (London)
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Zoning bill marks 1st step toward 1,500-foot skyscraper here (Philadelphia)...more |
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London skyscrapers become latest must-have for Gulf investors....more |
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Lightning Rod (New York)...more |
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Poznans Giant Jenga Block
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Spain’s Stunning Teatro del Agua Solar Desalination Plant
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Building continues at Kuwait’s newest landmark...more |
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Conservationists slam new skyscraper project in Pankrác...more |
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Downtown residential high-rise looks out over Discovery Green (Houston)....more |
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How Trump Tower opened while still adding on floors (Chicago)...more |
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One Jackson Square: New LEED Living in Greenwich Village...more |
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Abu Dhabi to buy Chrysler Building....more |
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Dramatic and vibrant addition to Miami’s skyline....more |
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Port Authority to miss WTC Tower 2 deadline...more |
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Canadian City Plans Its Own Shard Of Glass....more |
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The Chicago Spire Emerges Below Ground
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Nakheel introduces green standard...more |
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Enter the Dragon (Beijing)...more |
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Las Vegas City Center Set to Green Sin City...more |
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Why high-rise blocks soar above the crunch (London)
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Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city...more |
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Jean Nouvel’s “Green Blade” Slices LA Skyline....more |
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AIA Requires Sustainability in Continuing Education...more |
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Can we build a better crane?...more |
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Smith and Gill's "eco-bridge": Coming to Chicago's lakefront?...more |
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Tall Fortune In Hangzhou...more |
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The Hagues Wine Port Quarter...more |
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2 Men Scale New York Times Building Hours Apart...more |
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