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UPCOMING EVENTS |
| 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, supported 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 2008 Awards Dinner |
| 20 Nov 2008, Crown Hall, IIT, Chicago |
 The CTBUH issues seven Tall Building awards annually five recognizing excellence in design and construction and two established lifetime achievement awards...more |
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| High-Rise Safety International Conference |
| 24-26 Nov 2008, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan |
 This conference is a unique opportunity to work out the whole complex of questions regarding high-rise building safety in close contact with representatives of Government institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan....more |
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| Vertical Cities: Hong Kong & New York |
| 17 July 2008 - Feb 2009, New York |
 Vertical Cities will examine the parallels during two major development booms and defining moments in the vertical identity of each city: New York in the 1920s and 1960s and Hong Kong in the mid-1980s-1990s and today For more information visit here |
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| RETECH Renewable Energy Technology Conference |
| 25-27 Feb 2009, Las Vegas |
 This three-day technology conference and exhibition features a trade show with 250+ exhibitors and six tracks of top CEO-led business conference sessions by technology, as well as multiple business-to-business side events. For more information visit here |
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| SEI/ASCE Structures Congress |
| 30 Apr - 2 May 2009, Austin, TX |
This congress will include a CTBUH session which will focus on the latest advances in the field of the seismic design of tall buildings, presenting and illustrating the design recommendations from the CTBUH Seismic Design Working group, which are intended for application around the globe across all levels of seismic hazard.....more |
For a full list of upcoming and recent events click here |
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CTBUH IN THE MEDIA |
Earthquake Resistant
Sept. 20, 2008 |
Meraas dreams of a city in the sky
Sept. 19, 2008 |
Engineer's reaction strong to Seven WTC collapse report
Sept. 8, 2008 |
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NEW MEMBERS |
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Perkins+Will |
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Edgett Williams Consulting Group, Inc. |
United States Gypsum Company |
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Pickard Chilton Architects, Inc. |
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TOP NEWS |
| Changes to CTBUH Governance |
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Awards Dinner Tables Filling Rapidly |
 In line with its expanding operation, the CTBUH is undertaking changes to its Governance, including the creation of a new Board of Trustees. For more on the changes, and confirmation of the new Board of Trustees, click here. |
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 Following the announcement of the CTBUH 2008 Award Winners, places at the dinner to be held at Crown Hall Chicago on 20th November are filling rapidly. Confirmed table sponsors so far are Atkins in conjunction with the Bahrain World Trade Center, Kohn Pedersen Fox in conjunction with the Mori Building Corp, Ove Arup Ltd, Perkins & Will, SOM and Thornton Tomasetti. For more information on the event and to book a seat/table, click here. |
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INTERNATIONAL TALL BUILDING NEWS |
One’s Huge, the Other’s Crazy
Normally New York frowns on building shapes that do anything more daring than go up and down or side to side. Sure, we have a venerable corkscrew in the Guggenheim, but we don’t have much truck with blobs, birds’ nests, leaning towers, or glass pretzels. A pair of soon-to-be-built condos nudge at that resistance to foreign forms, though, and suggest that even a weakened housing market still has some architectural kick...link |
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The regeneration of La Defense gets a green emblem in Generali Tower
As part of the recently launched campaign “renouveau de la Défense,” the Group Gererali have unveiled a new office tower designed by Valode & Pistre Architects. Sustainability is at the heart of the architectural concept; the building’s innovative structure and envelope, as well as the choice of its technical and mechanical equipments - opening windows, suspended gardens at all levels - will enhance the user’s comfort whilst reducing energy consumption...link |
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Dubai City Tower – 2.4km Tall
The Dubai City Tower design consists of 400 habitable stories topped by a 400m tall energy producing spire. Each floor to floor height is 5m making the overall height of the building 2400m (1.5miles). The overall mass of the building is broken down into 6 independent buildings - 3 rotating clockwise and 3 counter clockwise about a central core...link |
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New 600m Plus Under Construction In Tianjin
Compared to towers of a similar height elsewhere in the world it has begun with a whimper, not a bang, but that doesn't stop the China 117 Tower in Tianjin from vying for the title as one of the tallest buildings in the world. Largely office in use, it will soar to over 600 meters when the tips of the fins are counted with 117 stories of space in it above ground...link |
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Cape Town approves city’s tallest building
Cape Town has given the go-ahead for a new addition to the city's skyline – a R1,2-billion,150m-tall mixed use development, which, once completed, will hold the accolade of being of the city's tallest building. The development will comprise 24 office floors above a 10-storey hotel and retail component, with parking on five basement and eight above-ground levels...link |
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Teaching blocks stacked spirally create Hung Hom bay campus
The project is an 18-storey institutional building for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University- Hong Kong Community College. The form composes of various teaching blocks stacked spirally in the air, which are separated with sky gardens at different levels. The various blocks have different degrees of opacity made possible by varying the density of ceramic painted dots patterned glass and the solid volumes...link |
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NEWS FROM THE COUNCIL |
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Chairman's Message
There have been several big changes happening in the Council this past month. Firstly the Steering Group have unanimously approved a new governance structure and new operating procedures for the Council. These changes are a direct product of our continuing success and expansion....more
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Ron Klemencic named Structural Engineer of the Year 2007
The CTBUH would like to congratulate Immediate Past Chairman Ron Klemencic for being selected as Structural Engineer of the Year 2007 in the journal ‘The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings’, published by John Wiley and Sons...more
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Introduction of the Korean CTBUH
The Korean Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat is a new Asian branch of the CTBUH that has recently been launched in Seoul, Korea...more
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CTBUH Resource Center
The Council graciously thanks the following donators to the Resource Center: Jay Pridmore, Joesph Korom, David Scott, and Helen Castle. For a listing of publications, visit here
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CTBUH Forum on NIST WTC7
As part of the CTBUH Fire & Safety Working Group, the Council is collecting comments and observations from the NIST Report with a view to presenting the opinion of our members to NIST. To join in the discussions on our forum, click here.
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CTBUH Journal, 2008 Issue 2
This issue of the Journal includes papers on the Shanghai World Financial Center, sustainability through greener concrete, sustainable rating systems around the world and much more...click here to view a PDF copy of the Journal
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OTHER INDUSTRY NEWS |
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Trump Tower: Ready to get spired (Chicago)...more |
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September 23 is Earth Overshoot Day...more |
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Materialising a classic (Abu Dhabi)...more |
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Angel Delight (London)...more |
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Tour Axas Overhaul (Paris)...more |
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City's Spectacular New West Side Story (New York)...more |
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San Jose welcomes luxury high-rise living (San Jose)...more |
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Why ecotourists should head to high-rise resorts (Benidorm)...more |
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HOK And Murphy Jahn Team Up In Slovenia (Ljubljiana)...more |
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Fourth and Madison Tower: A few simple elements lead to serious sustainability (Seattle)...more |
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The You You is set to become one Shanghai's most exciting (Shanghai)...more |
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Brisbane skyscraper nets $50 million in first week (Brisbane)...more |
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Hello, Columbus: A New York public space, once a mess, brims with new life (New York)...more |
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Praise for new 'landmark' tower in Cork (Cork)...more |
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More Tall Buildings? (Reading)...more |
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Long-Stalled Lotte Group’s Skyscraper Plan to Sail Ahead (Seoul)...more |
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La Défense' new kid on the block (Paris)...more |
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Skyscraper to be built over Milton Rd (Brisbane)...more |
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Glass Falls Again From Bank of America Tower (New York)...more |
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SOM New York Tower Takes Chamfers To Extremes (New York)...more |
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60% uncomfortable working in high-rise towers (Dubai)...more |
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PUC's green dreams fade as budget sees red (San Francisco)...more |
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How to make Chicago better (Chicago)...more |
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Color and sequence in urban design (Almere)...more |
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THE SUPERSTAR: Self-Sustaining City of the Future (Beijing)...more |
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RMJMs Grand Entrance (Suzhou)...more |
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High-rise work under scrutiny (Vietnam)...more |
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Stanhope And Schroders Win Croydon Battle (London)...more |
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Skyports Futuristic Look (Istanbul)...more |
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Benchmarking 9/11: Terrorism, Hurricanes, and Climate-Change Challenges (New York)...more |
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Luxurious green sky villas for Mumbai (Mumbai)...more |
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Ground Zero Pavilion Unveiled (New York)...more |
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Tribeca’s new transparent gateway (New York)...more |
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Is the China Boom Over? (China)...more |
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Call for new seismic code for high-rise towers (Dubai)...more |
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OMA has designs on the Big Apple (New York)...more |
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Making the Skyline Shine (Grand Rapids)...more |
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Fosters Atlantic Quarter Trio Uncorked (Cork)...more |
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Chicago Spire: Modest beginnings for a skyline icon (Chicago)...more |
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Solar Updraft Towers to Generate Food and Energy (Namibia)...more |
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High noon for urban high-rise: it's 37-storeys or none at all (Dublin)...more |
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$150M Newark Mixed-Use Project Moves Forward (New Jersey)...more |
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And Then They Were Two (Sheffield)...more |
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Mumbai could soon become the next Shanghai (Mumbai)...more |
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Evidence Of Survivors Of 9/11 Will Help Save Lives In Future High Rise Evacuations (UK)...more |
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Towers will aid growth, says BDF (UK)...more |
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High-rise may collapse, Abu Dhabi tenants fear (Dhabi)...more |
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Dharavi, India's largest slum, eyed by Mumbai developers (Mumbai)...more |
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Agency Fights Building Code Born of 9/11 (Washington)...more |
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The Glass Stampede (New York)...more |
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A Look At Alsops Putney Place (London)...more |
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MVRDV wins urban ecological masterplan (Tirana)...more |
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Another Day Another Paris Skyscraper (Paris)...more |
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Work Begins On Paris Twin Towers (Paris)...more |
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Pictured: The incredible vanishing skyscraper (New York)...more |
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Make Are Gleaming The Cube (Kuwait)...more |
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