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| UPCOMING EVENTS |
| Build Boston 2009 |
| Boston, USA, 18-20 November, 2009 |
 Past CTBUH Chair Ron Klemencic to speak at Build Boston 2009 on "Succeeding abroad: insights into international practice". The show is the one of the largest regional tradeshow and convention for the design and construction industry in the US...more |
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| The Skyscraper Museum: Shanghai Skyline Lecture Series |
Baruch College, New York,
various dates, 2009 |
 In conjunction with its exhibition CHINA PROPHECY, The Skyscraper Museum will present a lecture series that explores the sensational growth of Shanghai's skyline over the past three decades.
4th Lecture: WILLIAM BAKER & ROSS WIMER "Preserving Shanghai Modernizing Urban Identity" - Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 6:30 pm...more
5th Lecture: BENJAMIN WOOD & WILLIAM G. TUNG "Outrageous!" - Tuesday, November 24, 2009 -6:30 pm...more |
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| 2nd International Conference in Highrise Safety 2009 |
Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan,
24-26 November, 2009 |
 Modern architectural ideas are soaring to new heights - cities are growing taller and taller, rapidly posing new questions which demand new responses. The conference has its goal to involve highly skilled specialists in cooperation with government agencies to improve the safety of high-rise structures...more |
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| International Housing Conference 2010 Singapore |
| Singapore, 26-29 January, 2010 |
 The Housing & Development Board (HDB) is celebrating 50 years of public housing in Singapore. HDB contributed to Singapore's nation building process and transformed the way Singaporeans live, work, learn and play. The conference aims to bring together experts and practitioners to look at sustainable development, with a focus on housing...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 |
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| 2010 Khan Lecture Series at Lehigh University |
| Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, various dates, 2010 |
 The Khan Lecture Series honors Dr. Fazlur Rahman Khan's legacy of excellence in structural engineering and architecture.
1st Lecture: ZDENEK P. BAZANT "Progress Engendered by Collapses of Record Setting Structures" - Friday, February 26, 2010 - 4:10 pm...more
2nd Lecture: RON KLEMENCIC "Outrageous!" - Friday, March 19, 2010 - 4:10 pm...more
3rd Lecture: JOHN E. BREEN "The ABCD's of Bridge Building" - Friday, April 16, 2010 - 4:10 pm...more
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| CTBUH IN THE MEDIA |
India is in need of 10 million new housing units a year
Antony Wood, CTBUH Exec Director talks about the CTBUH 2010
Mumbai Conference
Construction World, October, 2009 |
CTBUH recognize John Portman with Lifetime Achievement Award
CTBUH named John Portman as 2009 Lynn S. Beedle Award Winner
Go Structural, October 22, 2009 |
A Chicago conference to debate the future of the skyscraper
The CTBUH presents the 2009
Chicago Conference
Reuters, October 13, 2009 |
When skyscrapers signal a downturn: Soaring towers could mean that recession is on the way
How the Council defines height criteria for tallest building in the world
The Guardian, October 13, 2009 |
| To see more CTBUH in the Media articles, click here. |
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| TOP NEWS |
| Linked Hybrid Building named CTBUH 2009 Best Tall Building Overall |
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CTBUH 2010 Mumbai Conference
3rd-5th February, 2010 |
 380 guests were in attendance to witness Mr Steven Holl collect the award at the star-studded CTBUH 2009 8th Annual Awards dinner. Other awards included regional awards for Manitoba Hydro Place (Americas), Broadgate Tower (Europe), and Tornado Tower (Middle East & Africa). John Portman and Dr. Prabodh Banavalkar received lifetime achievement awards...more |
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 On the back of the hugely successful 2009 Chicago conference (see below), the CTBUH team is now ramping up to the 2010 Mumbai conference. Entitled "Remaking Sustainable Cities in the Vertical Age", Renaissance Hotel, Mumbai, confirmed speakers include: David Nelson of Foster + Partners, Ken Yeang of Llewelyn Davies Yeang, Shyam Sunder of NIST...more |
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| INTERNATIONAL TALL BUILDING NEWS |
Ground broken at Digital Media City tower in South Korean capital
AAt 640 m high, Digital Media City Landmark tower in Seoul, South Korea will be around 180m shorter than the Burj Dubai, but it is projected to be the second tallest building in the world when it completes in April 2015. The Samoo-designed tower costing 3.3 trillion Won (1.9billion Euro), will rise 133 floors in height...more |
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Skyscrapers okay for Liverpool's World Heritage waterfront
Airport and docks group Peel Holdings has welcomed a decision by Liverpool planners to allow skyscrapers in the World Heritage site buffer zone. It paves the way for the city's biggest-ever regeneration project, a 5.5 billion GBP proposal to build high-rise buildings in the city's northern Central Docks area...more |
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On the takeaway menu soon: high-rise flats, Melbourne
Australians are familiar with takeaway Chinese food, but future buyers into a northern suburbs high-rise could be the first to get takeaway apartments. A Melbourne developer is poised to ship almost 100 ready-made apartments - complete with kitchen appliances, built-in wardrobes, and carpets - from China to be stacked together for a revolutionary project...more |
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SOM Wins Competition to Create Beijing's Sustainable City Center
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill have been awarded the contract to create a new Central Business District in Beijing. The project will integrate into the existing downtown urban district and will improve transportation infrastructure while introducing energy-efficient buildings green public space. The plan also provides a framework for new sustainable growth in the future...more |
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KCAP's towers are on the edge, Rotterdam
While the harbor city of the imagination is an exciting metropolis with a lively waterfront, such cities frequently prove, in reality, to be introspective places. This is certainly true of Rotterdam, a city where a band of dykes and quay structures have precluded any possibility of building on the edge of the River Maas...more |
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New York: A Gehry Tower Rises
To anyone who treks west over the Brooklyn or Manhattan bridges each morning, a quick glance to the area just south of the Municipal Building will reveal a new addition to the Lower Manhattan skyline: a skinny, tiered concrete skeleton that's rapidly climbing...more |
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| NEWS FROM THE COUNCIL |
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New CTBUH Chair takes over
Professor Sang Dae Kim of Korea University has formally taken over the Chairmanship of the Council from David Scott, with the handing of the gavel at the 8th annual awards dinner. For the new Chairman's first message and 2-year plan click here. |
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CTBUH 2009 Chicago Conference Success
With over 600 delegates and a program chock-full of world renowned speakers, the Chicago Conference, including the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Council and the 8th annual awards dinner in recognition of the 2009 Best Tall Buildings, was a smashing success!...more |
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CTBUH 2009 Annual Leaders Meeting
Preceding the 2009 CTBUH conference, 55 leaders within the CTBUH organization, representing 23 countries and various working groups and committees, gathered to discuss current developments, progress on projects and new ideas and initiatives...more |
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CTBUH presents plaque to Trump Tower
Preceding the conference Welcome Reception, CTBUH presented a plaque to Eric Trump of the Trump Organization recognizing the Trump Tower as the tallest all-concrete building in the world, the 7th tallest building in the world, and the tallest building built in the US in the last 35 years...more |
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Doha Tower Tech
CTBUH Research & Communications Manager Jan Klerks and Trustee William Maibusch represented the CTBUH as the guests of honor during the TowerTech fair in Doha, Qatar between October 12 and 15. During the opening session, they presented on global developments and sustainable tall buildings...more |
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CTBUH Commemorative Brochure: 40 Years of the Council (1969-2009)
To commemorate the 40 years since its inception, the CTBUH has released this brochure which takes a look back at some of the Council's history as well as provides a snapshot of where the Council is today while drawing the historical connections to the past 40 years...more |
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| OTHER INDUSTRY NEWS |
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"Linked Hybrid" by Steven Holl Architects now also Named 2009 "Best Tall Building Overall" (Beijing)...more |
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The greening of Arabia (Abu Dhabi)...more |
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Ricardo Bofill - Taller de Arquitectura - W Barcelona Hotel...more |
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Tiff stops Bangalore's vertical growth...more |
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Plans roll on for 200m-tall tourist trap for Birmingham...more |
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They Might be Giants...more |
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Gazprom Skyscraper Debate Sees Rare Rift in Russian Elite (St. Petersburg)...more |
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The future is now (New York)...more |
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UPI-2M: biooctanic...more |
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Architecture Firms Go East for Work...more |
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Stone's New Skin (New York)...more |
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Government listing decision paves way for Make's Battersea towers (London)...more |
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SOMs Bifurcated Dublin Tower...more |
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New hotel to revitalize Downtown Dallas...more |
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Pinnacle to stick with KPF (London)...more |
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Zorlu Centre Restarts In Istanbul...more |
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Trump It's Not (New York)...more |
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Design Complete for Tallest Building in Asia (Seoul)...more |
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John Portman Recognized with Lifetime Achievement Award (Chicago)...more |
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A new luxury condo building for New York's Upper East Side...more |
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London Plan: view framework and social housing proposals draws fire...more |
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Dubai's crown jewel...more |
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Jupiter Realty Company Announces 'Topping Off' of 215 West Apartment Tower in Chicago...more |
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Dubai skyscraper symbol of S. Korea's global heights...more |
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Los Angeles: Sources say bank will return portion of deposits to group of homebuyers...more |
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Chelsea Creek Sees 128m Tower Planned (London)...more |
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A Chicago conference to debate the future of the skyscraper in the age of global recession and climate change...more |
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John Portman retrospective: "I'm not a look-back guy"...more |
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Boston: Chiofaro Chopped...more |
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A high rise for high society in Toronto...more |
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Irish builder faces eviction in the US as Chicago skyscraper plans stalled...more |
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Construction of Asia's Tallest Building Starts (Seoul)...more |
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Wales may be on the up if plans for tower go ahead...more |
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Curtainwalls best suited for highrise condos (Toronto)...more |
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Will 'Hotel of Doom' ever be finished? (Pyongyang, North Korea)...more |
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Stirling Prize Video: 5 Aldermanbury Square (London)...more |
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Industries Qatar plans to build a 460 meters tall skyscraper in the West Bay area...more |
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The Coming Energy Revolution (Germany)...more |
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Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Presents the 2009 Chicago Conference...more |
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A Rare Building Boom Up North (Toronto)...more |
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Standard New York...more |
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La Defense Rises as a Big Part of Paris's Business Arsenal...more |
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Brisbane: Foreign bank throws Vision Tower a lifeline...more |
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Step up Jerwood - Culture deslivered to Ipswich waterfront...more |
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Fosters 3 Millharbour Plans for London...more |
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Turner Construction's High-Rise Affordable Tower in San Diego Tops Out...more |
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Eco Towers for Hamburg by Greeen! Architects...more |
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London: Secretary of State blocks Allies and Morrison's 1bn GBP Waterloo Towers...more |
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Delhi Set For Grand Arch...more |
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Developer: Wall Street Tower Moves Ahead (Omaha, Nebraska)...more |
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Leaner but greener (UAE)...more |
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Chicago Spire awaits the next twist; reports of tower's death premature...more |
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London: Fresh twist takes Heron tower rivalry to new heights...more |
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France's spiderman scales Paris skyscraper with no ropes...more |
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Amanda Levetes Zoomorphic Thai Tower, Bangkok...more |
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Manchester: First BREEAM Communities status awarded...more |
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London Mayor Approves Tower as Tall as Canary Wharf...more |
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NL Architects: Landmark MV2 - Container Tower in Rotterdam...more |
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Graft Lab's Vertical Village in Dubai Has Spider Web of Solar Panels...more |
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Skyhouse Clone Planned In Istanbul...more |
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Abu Dhabi: Living on the Lagoon...more |
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Who's To Blame for Faulty Foster Tower in LA?...more |
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REX Architecture: Sitra - Low2No Sustainable Development, Helsinki...more |
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London: Trellick Tower masterplan revealed...more |
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Lima Golf's Tower by Hackenbrioch Architekten...more |
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Work to resume on Charlotte condo high-rise...more |
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English Heritage gives up fight against Doon Street tower, London...more |
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Developer to open part of Burj Dubai by year's end (Dubai)...more |
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HSBC sells New York City office for $330m...more |
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Eileen House in London Gets Another Height Cut...more |
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Dubai: Green shoots for Jumeira Gardens...more |
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Faulty glass caused Calgary highrise mishap, says city...more |
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NBBJ Selected to Design Russell Investments' Seattle Headquarters...more |
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Saudi CMA starts pre qualifying contractors to build 400 meters tall building in Riyadh...more |
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Atkins wins Engineering Firm of the Year at the 2nd Annual Middle East Architect Awards...more |
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Foster goes Dutch (Amsterdam)...more |
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Foreclosure suit hits Chicago's X/O condo site...more |
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Stalled Honolulu high-rise gets new owner...more |
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World's top architect backs Dubai Cityscape...more |
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Hundreds of London tower blocks not fire checked...more |
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Libeskinds Toronto L Tower Not So Bootiful Now...more |
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He's back--not MJ, SC (Santiago Calatrava); Spire architect returning to Chicago...more |
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Construction Watch New York: Mondrian Soho Getting Dressed...more |
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Chongqings MOCO Center Rises...more |
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