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| UPCOMING EVENTS |
| 33rd IABSE Symposium on Sustainable Infrastructure |
| Bangkok, Thailand, 9-11 September, 2009 |
 Infrastructure development in Southeast Asia and particularly in Thailand has sustained and supported fast economic growth and well being of the people over the past few decades. Investment in and construction of infrastructure have contributed to the development of the region...more |
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| The Invention of the European Tower |
| Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris, France, until 4 October, 2009 |
 The European Tower, born at the beginning of the 20th century in the wake of America's skyscrapers, has developed many specificities in order to find its place in Europe's towns, which this exposition, and the accompanying book, recount, describe and analyze...more |
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| The Net-Zero Energy Buildings Conference II |
| McGraw-Hill Headquarters, New York, 7-8 October, 2009 |
 Net-zero energy buildings are necessary and technically possible. But, because of cost and the technical sophistication required, few buildings have received this status. The conference presents advanced systems and materials, case studies, and speakers with unique points of view...more |
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| CTBUH Chicago Conference 2009 |
| Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 22-23 October, 2009 |
 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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| 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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| CTBUH 2010 Mumbai Conference |
| Renaissance Hotel, Mumbai. 3-5 February, 2010 |
 Remaking Sustainable Cities in the Vertical Age
This 3-day, triple-track conference and accompanying exhibition will debate the pressures on existing cities, and examine some of the new, sustainable cities that are being proposed. How can existing urban agglomerations re-invent themselves as sustainable cities of the future, and how can tall buildings contribute?...more |
For a full list of upcoming and recent events, click here |
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| CTBUH IN THE MEDIA |
By Geoff Craighead
CTBUH Exec. Director Antony Wood writes Foreword to
High-Rise Security And Fire Life Safety, Third Edition,
July 24, 2009 |
SOM's Baker first American to receive Leonhardt Prize
William Baker, CTBUH Trustee honored
Chicago Tribune, July 20, 2009 |
Tall Buildings Council Taps Four Global Winners
CTBUH announced 2009 Award Winners
Engineering News Record, July 11, 2009 |
Light + strong concrete = tall, green buildings
CTBUH 2009 building study mentioned
Construction Week, July 8, 2009 |
The Sky is not the Limit
Icons around Asia including CTBUH Criteria for Tall
Silkwinds, May/June, 2009 |
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| TOP NEWS |
| CTBUH 2010 Mumbai Conference |
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CTBUH Journal 2009, Issue II |
Remaking Sustainable Cities in the Vertical Age. 3-5 February, 2010. Renaissance Hotel, Mumbai
This 3-day, triple- track conference and accompanying exhibition will debate the pressures on existing cities, and examine some of the new, sustainable cities that are being proposed. How can existing urban agglomerations re-invent themselves as sustainable cities of the future, and how can tall buildings contribute? CTBUH members are invited to express an interest in speaking at this event to awood@ctbuh.org...more |
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 The second issue of the CTBUH Journal includes articles on the Nakheel Harbour & Tower in Dubai, the conceptual use of condenser technology within tall buildings in arid climates, the performance based seismic evaluation for the 450m Nanjing Greenland Financial Center Main Tower and several features such as the World's Tallest 50 Urban Agglomerations. Further it contains an article celebrating the Council's 40th anniversary looking at the history of CTBUH publications, totaling around 53,000 pages...more |
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| INTERNATIONAL TALL BUILDING NEWS |
MahaNakhon by OMA, Bangkok
Beginning in Fall 2009, the city of Bangkok - home to 15 million people - will start to embrace an unprecedented new architectural manifestation of its extraordinary 'inner world' when construction begins on MahaNakhon, a dazzling tower designed by German architect Ole Scheeren, Partner of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)...more |
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Rogers rethinks office design, Mexico City
This existing 24-storey office building is the Headquarters for Singapore's largest property developer City Development Land (CDL). CDL created a competition to redesign the HQ and update the building to high international sustainability standards. The criteria was to replace the existing facade and to provide innovative internal space solutions...more |
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Crystal Clear by C.F.Moller and Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter, Oslo
C. F. Moller Architects, with Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter, won a major competition to design a spectacular landmark project in the city of Oslo. The project, which has been dubbed "Crystal Clear", consists of three towers, which grow organically from the ground to form a sculptural cluster, and are composed of stacked, prismatic volumes...more |
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Fresh start: Wilkinson Eyre's Guangzhou tower
Called the Guangzhou International Finance Centre (GIFC), it is 432m high and the second tallest building in China. The tower consists of 69 storeys of offices and a 33-storey Four Seasons hotel. It features an atrium at its centre which helps get natural light down into the hotel. The building is all glass with a diagrid structure that tapers towards the top...more |
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Axis Mundi unveils conceptual design for MoMA tower
Axis Mundi have designed a conceptual alternative to Jean Nouvel's design for a 73-storey tower next to the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His design is an attempt to rethink the New York skyscraper for the post-boom era, expressing the diversity of uses within instead of "one-note architecture that makes a singular visual image"...more |
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Regnum Tower for Istanbul Features BioClimatic Architecture
Istanbul has historically been considered the ornate centerpiece of Turkey. Today, it has become a focus for investors and talented international architects alike. One such design is Park Associati's Regnum Tower, with its bioclimatic architecture, sculptural design, and the rigor to meet the highest standards of sustainability...more |
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| NEWS FROM THE COUNCIL |
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In Passing - Alan G. Davenport
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat was saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Alan Davenport. Dr. Davenport will be remembered, not only as a pioneer in the application of boundary layer wind tunnels, but as a long-time friend and supporter of CTBUH...more |
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Evolution of the Skyscraper CTBUH 2009 Chicago Conference
22-23 Oct. With the speakers and several of the main sponsors now confirmed, delegate registrations are starting to roll in. Viracon are confirmed as the main Platinum sponsor, and McGraw Hill Construction the main Media Partner for the event...more |
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CTBUH Tours
As part of the extensive Chicago Skyscraper Summer Tour Program, CTBUH members toured the Legacy, Aqua, Blue Cross / Blue Shield and Trump Tower projects. CTBUH staff also had the opportunity to view these projects from the air during a helicopter tour. |
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CTBUH launch new Tall Building Height Calculator
The CTBUH have developed a tall building height calculator to assist in estimating tall building heights when only the story count is known. To use this calculator, and to find out more about how it was designed and developed, click here |
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New Donations for CTBUH Tall Building Library
The Council would like to thank the following people for their recent donations to the CTBUH Library: Thomas Gantard, Ecole d'Architecture, Nantes; Karla Loring, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Professor Jose Calavera; INTEMAC S.A.; and Christoph Ingenhoven; Ingenhoven Architects...more |
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Latest VAST Design Research work on CTBUH website
Convened by Professor Chris Abel at the University of New South Wales, this design studio is based on the concept of the vertical garden city. The studio challenges conventional models of low-rise, low-density garden cities that have shaped Australia's settlement patterns...more |
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| OTHER INDUSTRY NEWS |
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The Austonian: Dog friendly high-rise touted to become tallest residential building in North America (Austin)...more |
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A Grander Concourse (New York)...more |
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Taller, greener, better (India)...more |
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Officials, developers penalized for high-rise collapse in Shanghai...more |
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Milan Announces the World's Largest Solar Rooftop Array...more |
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Competition: Five copies of EcoMasterplanning to be won...more |
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OIC Headquarters / WMA (Jeddah)...more |
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Chongqing Supertalls Vie For Tallest Title...more |
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Nation Towers Wind Along The Gulf (Abu Dhabi)...more |
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A Hotel's Past vs. a City’s Future (Los Angeles)...more |
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As Trade Center Plans Falter (New York)...more |
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BUJ Designs For 40 Marsh Wall Revealed (London)...more |
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Dallas' Cityplace Tower undergoes $7 million overhaul...more |
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BUJ Designs For 40 Marsh Wall Revealed (London)...more |
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Taller Is Smaller? (New York)...more |
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5 Aldermanbury Square, London, by Eric Parry Architects...more |
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In Passing - Alan G. Davenport...more |
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Gambling on success (Macau, China)...more |
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PNC Bank Building Largest Green Living Wall in U.S. (Pittsburgh)...more |
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Experts surprised by audacity of proposed Hanoi master plan...more |
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Zaha Hadid Tapped For Two Cairo Projects...more |
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KPF London Plan Split...more |
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Mixed Use Tower - Moho Architects...more |
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Aberfeldy Estate Faces Demolition (London)...more |
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Families down on high rise (Gold Coast)...more |
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Foster and Koolhaas selected for Hong Kong project...more |
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Conversation with Werner Sobek (New York)...more |
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Bermuda broker Willis gets its name put on America's tallest building (Chicago)...more |
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Proposals For Guangzhou East Tower Unveiled...more |
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Brickell office tower's windows exceed Florida building codes (Miami)...more |
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International Conference for Highrise Towers and Tall Buildings 2010 (Munich)...more |
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Medina Tower high rise development in Tripoli (Libya)...more |
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Flame Towers in Seismic Zone (Baku)...more |
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UNstudio: Raffles City, Hangzhou, China (Hangzhou)...more |
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Edifice complex as two towers compete to be the Brooklyn's biggest...more |
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Six high-rise Jeddah projects get the go-ahead...more |
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Sears Tower renamed Willis Tower in ceremony (Chicago)...more |
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Greening the future in Ankara...more |
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Wrenches Put In Tower's Works (Abu Dhabi)...more |
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Moonrocks Hotel Faces Demolition (Los Angeles)...more |
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Chicago's Aqua Tower in fact made of concrete and glass...more |
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The Billyburg Bust (New York)...more |
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Downtown Los Angeles high-rise approved by City Council...more |
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Reaching new heights (Tel Aviv)...more |
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Winners of the 'Gotong Royong City' Competition (Jakarta)...more |
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Golf And Skyscrapers Come To Tunis...more |
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Almeisen Tower is a Solar Concentrating Skyscraper (Dubai)...more |
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Wilkinson Eyres Beagle House Evolution (London)...more |
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Greening the grid (Dallas)...more |
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Investors go for high-rise buildings in Jaffna (Sri Lanka)...more |
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Burj Dubai hit by three-month delay (Dubai)...more |
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La Defenses Tour Fiducial Unveiled (Paris)...more |
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De Rotterdam by OMA...more |
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RMJM Architects: Ankara Hotel (Istanbul)...more |
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Heron Plan 149m Tall Luxury Hotel (London)...more |
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Ramping Up Green (Singapore)...more |
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Benidorm In Tempo (Spain)...more |
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Tornado Tower Features Energy Generating Facade...more |
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As Unbreakable as ... Glass? (Chicago)...more |
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Urban High-Rise Design Meets Water Conservation Goals (New York)...more |
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Shadow falls on tallest skyscraper as planners throw out scheme (London)...more |
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Designers who see more than an empty lot (San Francisco)...more |
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Future Vision Banished to the Past (Tokyo)...more |
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SPACE Architects' Efizia Tower LEEDs Mexico City in Green Design...more |
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Real estate bellwether: 11 Times Square (New York)...more |
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Manitoba Hydro Place, Tornado Tower among world's 'best tall buildings'...more |
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Lyon Set For Tallest Outside Paris...more |
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Linked Hybrid by Steven Holl Architects Named 2009 "Best Tall Building" in Asia & Australasia Category...more |
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Iconic skyscrapers find new luster in green tech (New York)...more |
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Hong Kong Bamboo Scaffolding...more |
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Chicago Model City Exhibition Open at Chicago Architecture Foundation...more |
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SOM to masterplan vast GBP 49 billion Saudi Arabian city...more |
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Planned Manhattan Skyscraper to Help Fix Healthcare? (New York)...more |
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No, it's not a police lineup; just pick out your favorite skyscraper (Chicago)...more |
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Vision 2030 by MVRDV (Almere)...more |
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Builders give tour of tallest building (Austin)...more |
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Seven designs that were never built...more |
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