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UPCOMING EVENTS |
The Skyscraper Museum |
The Skyscraper Museum, New York |
Summer 2009 Series of Book Talks Book talks are held from 6:30-8 pm. The gallery and exhibition, Vertical Cities: Hong Kong | New York, are open for viewing from 6 pm. All events are free of charge. July 14: Loretta Lorance Book talk, August 4: Jane King Hession and Debra Pickrel Book Talk...more
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China Prophecy: Shanghai 24 June 2009 - Winter 2010 China Prophecy concludes Future City 20 | 21, a three-exhibit series that has examined parallels in the rapid urbanization and modernization of New York, Hong Kong, and Shanghai in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries...more
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Skyscrapers: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs of the Early Twentieth Century |
Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA, until 1 November, 2009 |
Icons of modernity and testaments to human achievement, skyscrapers rose to towering heights in major cities across the United States. More than fifty prints, drawings, and photographs demonstrate the many ways artists chose to portray the new giants in their landscape...more |
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Chicago Model City Exhibition |
Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago, until 20 November, 2009 |
How does a city as vast and complex as Chicago take shape? What are the consequences, intended and unintended, of urban planning? What challenges do planners face? Beyond its reputation as a global metropolis...more |
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4th International Symposium: Human Behavior in Fire 2009 |
Cambridge, UK, 13-15 July, 2009 |
The 4th International Symposium on Human Behaviour in Fire is a recognized platform to discuss and debate human behavior in fire issues, review strategies and scan the horizon for emerging trends and long term developments...more |
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Building the 3rd Millennium |
University of Stuttgart, Germany, 15-17 July, 2009 |
The University of Stuttgart will host an international conference on recent developments in Architecture and Structural Engineering in commemoration of the centenary of Fritz Leonhardt, to be held in conjunction with Professor Werner Sobek's Institute of Lightweight Structures...more |
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CTBUH Chicago Conference 2009 |
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 22-23 October |
The Evolution of the Skyscraper: New challenges in a world of global warming and recession - This two-day event will convene the world's experts to debate the successes and excesses of recent times, and outline their thoughts on what tall buildings need to become...more |
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CTBUH 8th Annual Awards Dinner |
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 22 October, 2009 |
The dinner to be held in conjunction with the Chicago Conference, will celebrate the seven Tall Building awards issued annually - five recognizing excellence in design and construction in five geographical regions, and the two established lifetime achievement awards...more |
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CTBUH IN THE MEDIA |
Kim to be new CTBUH chair
CTBUH's New Vice-Chair / Chair-Elect Sang Dae Kim introduced Emirates Business 24|7, June 1, 2009 |
The Rise of the Supertall
CTBUH's Philip Oldfield examines Structure, June, 2009 |
Burj Dubai cranes to be down by August
CTBUH member Greg Sang, Emaar interviewed Emirates Business 24|7, May 27, 2009 |
Georges Binder, alias "Mr. Towers"
CTBUH Country Representative Georges Binder comments Le Soir, May 22, 2009 |
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TOP NEWS |
2009 Best Tall Buildings & Lifetime Achievement Awards Announced |
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Evolution of the Skyscraper CTBUH 2009 Chicago Conference |
This year's regional 'Best Tall Building' winners are: Manitoba Hydro Place, Winnipeg (Americas); Linked Hybrid Building, Beijing (Asia & Australasia); Broadgate Tower, London (Europe); and Tornado Tower, Doha (Middle East & Africa). The 'Best Tall Building Overall' will be announced at the awards dinner on Thursday 22nd October. Lifetime achievement awards go to John C. Portman Jr. and Dr. Prabodh Banavalkar...more |
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22-23 Oct. Numerous high-profile speakers now confirmed, as delegate registrations begin to roll in: His Excellency Mohamed Ali Alabbar of Emaar Dubai; Eric Trump of the Trump Organization; Garret Miller of Hill International; AIA President-elect Clark Manus of Heller Manus architects; John Portman of Portman Holdings; Arthur Gensler of Gensler; Richard Tomasetti of Thornton Tomasetti, etc. AIA also confirmed as Promotional Partner...more |
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INTERNATIONAL TALL BUILDING NEWS |
Saudi's Kingdom hires Emaar for kilometre-high skyscraper, Jeddah Kingdom group signed Dubai-based Emaar to develop and supervise the construction of a kilometre-high tower in Jeddah. The Jeddah Kingdom City and Kingdom Tower will comprise 23 million sq m (247 million sq ft) of commercial, residential and office space on 530 hectares of land near Jeddah's international airport...link |
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What Will Happen to Charity Hospital and Other Endangered Projects? After decades of gaining strength as a movement, the battle lines have been drawn again, with a significant structure in peril. The Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans, popularly known as Charity Hospital, now faces a more insidious foe-abandonment-together with the demolition of more than 120 structures...link |
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Zaha Hadid lands Cairo Expo competition, Cairo Zaha Hadid Architects has seen off competition from Norwegian firm Snohetta to land its second major Egyptian project. The 450,000 m2 Cairo Expo City near the airport will comprise a major international exhibition and conference centre with business hotel. A further office tower and a shopping centre are also proposed...link |
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A nod to containers, Rotterdam Set in the prime location on Wijnhaven Island, located between Rotterdam's city centre and the river Maas, The Red Apple is a nod towards the shipping industry of Rotterdam. Its design presents the vision of stacking containers. The 124 m high design encompasses 231 apartments, offices, retail and restaurants...link |
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Bumps Building by Sako Architects, Beijing The Bumps complex on the Chaoyang District of Beijing was designed by Sako Architects. The project integrates residential and commercial uses in a square-shaped layout, rotated at 45 degrees off the city's north-south axis. The design, which developed over a year's time, cleverly moves away from the conventional straight-lined skyscraper...link |
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The Octave, Make's 149m tower for Vauxhall, London Located on a brownfield site adjacent to the Vauxhall transport interchange, the proposed 149m tall building supports the planned regeneration of the Vauxhall, Battersea and surrounding areas and is within a zone allocated for a cluster of new tall buildings. The space within the scheme will be divided 10% commercial and 90% residential...link |
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NEWS FROM THE COUNCIL |
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Chairman's Message
Despite the very tough economic climate I am pleased to report that the Council is doing okay and generally maintaining the financial support of our member organizations and individuals. This is a testament to our increasingly high profile in the construction industry...more |
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CTBUH former-Chairman cited by Obama In an address to the Muslim world, President Barack Obama paid tribute to the American Muslims who have enriched the United States, including CTBUH Former Chair Dr. Fazlur Rahman Khan who "built our tallest building"...more |
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The Observation Deck Podcast, Program 3 Shaun Killa of Atkins and Partners in Dubai is interviewed about the Bahrain World Trade Center and Ian Whitby of Norman Foster and Partners talks about 51 Lime Street in London's financial district. Both buildings were regional winners in the CTBUH 2008 Best Tall Building Awards...more |
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Mumbai Studio Review The final designs from this CTBUH/IIT collaborative studio show a fantastic diversity of approach, according to the individual design-agendas informed by the cultural, climatic and/or physical aspects of Mumbai, and yet all are clearly part of one common scheme...more |
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Inaugural Fire & Safety meeting report The CTBUH's Fire & Safety Working Group convened for a one and a half day meeting on 18th-19th May, to discuss the direction and intended output of the group. Co-Chairs Dan O'Connor and Jose Torero led the meeting that was well attended...more |
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Discovering Asia, from Moscow Elena Shuvalova, CTBUH Country Representative for Russia reports on the 4th Russian Intellectual Business-Tour devoted to High-Rise buildings "Asian Pearls: Shanghai & Hong Kong", which was organized by the Moscow-based Lobby Agency with support from the CTBUH...more |
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OTHER INDUSTRY NEWS |
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Tower Hamlets Refuses Columbus Tower Permission (London)...more |
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MMRDA relaxes norms for bidders of iconic building (Mumbai)...more |
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Sears follows Empire State example (Chicago)...more |
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World's tallest skyscraper to be built in Saudi Arabia (Jeddah)...more |
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'Shanghai 2035' concept design...more |
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Architecture overview: The utopian dream...more |
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FDNY raps 7 'Bravest' for poor inspections at Deutsche Bank in months before fatal fire (New York)...more |
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Highrise hope for Hatirjheel losers (Dhaka)...more |
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Building the New New Detroit (Dallas)...more |
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O'Connell East Architects design24-story modular (Manchester)...more |
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A Bubble of Diplomats and Officials Is Set to Pop...more |
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An artistic view (Philadelphia)...more |
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Vertical Aspirations (Mumbai)...more |
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Butterworth-Heineman Releases High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety Third Edition (Boston)...more |
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1million sq ft tower for Dalian (China)...more |
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Double whammy for Humphreys...more |
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Moho Architects: Mixed Use Tower in San Jose de Costa Rica...more |
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Phase 1 Of Woodberry Down Revised (London)...more |
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Police to Probe High-Rise BII Fire in Surabaya (Indonesia)...more |
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Wadala highrise will be an aviation nightmare (Mumbai)...more |
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Dubai development may be down, but it's not out...more |
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Mexico's Gold Mine (Santa Fe)...more |
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In Suburbia, a Megaproject Offers Hope (New York)...more |
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750000 Sqm Scheme Planned In Mumbai...more |
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Qatar Gets Back On The Supertall Bus...more |
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David Chipperfield City of Justice (Barcelona)...more |
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500-m skyscraper faces height hurdle (Mumbai)...more |
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Sustainable Spire: Twisting Ivory Observation Tower for Dubai...more |
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Economy scuttles plans for billion-dollar complex near Galleria in Dallas...more |
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Done Deal: City Finalizes Purchase Of Chevron Building (New Orleands)...more |
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Latest look: Feilden Clegg Bradley's rusty Leeds landmark...more |
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The Allure Is Half Finished With Construction (Honolulu)...more |
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Silver Tower in grand opening phase (Chicago)...more |
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No deal on NY World Trade Center rebuilding impasse...more |
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Gensler Pen Nanjing WTC...more |
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Zagreb's new tower...more |
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Monolab: Rotterdam City Tower...more |
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Praguescape: Building up (Prague)...more |
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Developer's proposal has interesting story (Kansas City)...more |
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Summer Comes To Shenyang...more |
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Lost but not forgotten (London)...more |
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Remaking Paris...more |
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A (Radical) Way to Fix Suburban Sprawl (Tysons Corner)...more |
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Building on a building (Toronto)...more |
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Russia Tower Site To Become Car Park (Moscow)...more |
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Kumho to Buy AIG Building in NY...more |
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A Paris Plan, Less Grand Than Gritty...more |
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Plan could clear way for O.C.'s tallest skyscraper (Santa Ana)...more |
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Quick Response Prevented Blue-Cross Crane Collapse (Chicago)...more |
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KONE to supply elevators for world's tallest twisting skyscraper in Dubai...more |
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The Folly of Building-Integrated Wind...more |
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Tallest Brooklyn Building Yet Has Topping Out (New York)...more |
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Rosarios Slice Of High Rise Tropical Paradise (Santa Fe)...more |
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Highrise: Sanction likely soon for five-star hotel, which could also be tallest building (Mumbai)...more |
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ECADIs 210m Tall Indian Tower (Gandhinagar)...more |
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Luxury high-rise near Dilworth Plaza dedicated (Philadelphia)...more |
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Worst over as high-rise sales hit rock-bottom (Gold Coast, Australia)...more |
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Baku Skyscrapers Burn High (Azerbaijan)...more |
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Co-Op Canyon: Ecotopia Inspired by Anazazi Cliff Dwellings (USA)...more |
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Make Plan Almost-Skyscraper In Vauxhall (London)...more |
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Developer Drops Gehry's Design for Brooklyn Arena (New York)...more |
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A model city: Chicago displayed in miniature...more |
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Lotte Will Be Liable for Aircraft Collision...more |
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Pune skyline on a high rise (Maharashtra, India)...more |
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Work Begins On Africas Largest Skyscrapers (Lagos, South Africa)...more |
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Greenhouse 'skyscrapers' could blunt urban food crunch (Stockholm)...more |
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Astragal reveals final height of the Burj Dubai...more |
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Golden Gate University eyes new high-rise (San Francisco)...more |
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Concertinaed Skyscraper Begins In Kuala Lumpur...more |
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Next Loss in A Hard Fall: AIG's Iconic Skyscraper (New York)...more |
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Skyscraper Trio from KPF, SOM & Pelli (San Francisco)...more |
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Praca Do Natal by ZerOgroup and Unique (Natal, Brazil)...more |
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RMJM Pen Xiamen Cluster...more |
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Fire-sale prices for luxury Center City condos (Philadelphia)...more |
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City Council approves Century City high-rise without debate (Los Angeles)...more |
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Commanding design for sea resort (Budva, Montenegro)...more |
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Dallas to Revitalize Downtown With Nation's First 'Off The Grid' Urban Block...more |
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Vertical Park: Stackable Solar Skyscraper for Mexico City...more |
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Former Macklowe-owned skyscraper to be sold-source (New York)...more |
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Six firms tender for Pinnacle skyscraper concrete job...more |
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