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2011 Award Winners Announced
The Council has announced the winners of its 2011 "Best Tall Building" and lifetime achievement awards. These awards recognize four tall buildings and two individuals. |
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New CTBUH Fellows
This year, three individuals are being recognized for their contribution to the Council over an extended period of time; Ron Klemencic, Brett Taylor & John Zils. |
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Wuhan to Build World's 4th Tallest Building
AS + GG Architecture has won an international competition to design Wuhan Greenland Center which, at 606 meters (1,988 feet), will likely be China's third tallest building and the fourth tallest in the world when completed in about five years. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer. |
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For Sale: Willis Tower, The Nation's Tallest Building
The group that owns Willis Tower is testing investors' appetite for a piece of the nation's tallest building. The owners have hired two brokerages to market the 110-story building, either for an outright or a partial sale. "The market is extremely strong for high-quality, highly leased properties." |
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Melbourne: a Skyscraper-sized Portrait
To honor the city's indigenous heritage, a skyscraper is planned that, when glimpsed at from certain angles, depicts a portrait of Aboriginal clan elder William Barak on its façade. Once the Carlton Brewery, the building will live a second life as a high-end residential apartment tower by 2014. |
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Index Tower: Top Honors for Keeping Cool in Dubai
Set in the crowded avenues of Dubai, the supertall Index Tower has stood out to win the 2011 award for the Best Building in the Middle East and Africa, bestowed by the CTBUH. The skyscraper has multiple layers of heat-reducing elements but still allows daylight to penetrate deep into the interiors. |
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Goettsch Partners to Design New District Site in Guangzhou
A master plan by Goettsch Partners (GP) has been selected as the winning scheme in the design competition for a prominent site in the new Pazhou district in Guangzhou, China. Three urban parcels form the triangular site, which is planned for seven buildings totaling 428,000 square meters. |
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Abandoned Bangkok Skyscraper: Fifty Levels of Empty Building
Just 14 years ago, the Sathorn Unique was being built, destined to become one of the city's fanciest residential addresses. Now, it is an abandoned building. Never completed, it remains as yet another "ghost tower" of Bangkok. A tangle of trees and vines are beginning to take over the lighter parts of this monolith. |
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Leader’s Message:
Professor Sang Dae Kim
CTBUH Chairman Professor Sang Dae Kim discusses the international endeavors of the Council, particularly focusing on recent and ongoing events in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. |
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Tornado Tower Signboard Installed
Doha's Tornado Tower, winner of the CTBUH Best Tall Building for the Middle East & Africa in 2009, has installed a signboard which commemorates this award in both English and Arabic. |
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CTBUH-IIT Design Studio
The CTBUH-Illinois Institute of Technology's latest tall building studio, based on a real site in Seoul, is now ready for viewing. The studio consisted of twelve students working in pairs on six individual designs. |
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Seoul Conference Early Registration Deadline
The deadline for early bird registration, July 10th, is approaching, register now and receive the best conference rates! Click here for the latest Conference newsletter. |
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One Nation Under Construction
CTBUH's Antony Wood and others discuss the John Hancock Center and other tall subjects in the Chicago Architecture Foundation's new video library, "One Nation Under Construction" |
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Former CTBUH Chairman Receives IABSE Award
Former Chair Leslie Robertson, LERA, has been awarded the International Award of Merit in Structural Engineering by the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering. |
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| Other Industry News |
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Construction of Lotte Super Tower to Begin...more |
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Gazprom Seeks Consent for Tower on St. Petersburg Outskirts...more |
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Princess Tower, Dubai Completes Superstructure...more |
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Mixed-use Center in Zhangjiagang...more |
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Empire State Building Elevator Upgrade...more |
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Tallest Residential Condo in Philippines to be Built in Makati...more |
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Chinese Village of 35,000 Boasts Skyscraper...more |
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D.C's Tysons Tower...more |
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Beijing Chooses Design for 288-meter Icon...more |
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Pixelated Stadskantoor Skyscraper in Rotterdam...more |
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The Pinnacle: Tennessee's First Gold LEED Skyscraper...more |
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Chicago Board of Trade Building Up for Sale...more |
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Energy-generating Vertical Neighborhood in New York...more |
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Quebec-backed Office Tower Finally Filling up...more |
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The New York City that Never Was...more |
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Winnipeg: The Green Bar is Stunningly High...more |
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China Home to World's Greenest Skyscraper...more |
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Barwa Financial District, Doha...more |
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Skybridge Will Accommodate Swaying of Connected Towers in Toronto...more |
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City Building Toward Construction Boom...more |
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Hilton Surfers Paradise Prepares to Open on the Gold Coast...more |
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Chicago's Streeterville Tower Gets Planners' OK...more |
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Vertigata / VOX, Stockholm...more |
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Old Prentice Women's Hospital, Chicago, added to Most Endangered List...more |
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Downtown Projects Sell Oklahoma City with Urban Success...more |
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Christchurch's Clarendon Tower Must Go...more |
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Flame Towers, Baku to Open Next Year...more |
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RAK Properties begins delivery of Julphar Towers, Abu Dhabi...more |
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Czech Republic's Scholzberg Tower Built by Students...more |
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3Beirut: Foster & Partners Break Ground on First Green Roofed Tower in Lebanon...more |
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Design of Skyscraper Cities Leads to More Pollution...more |
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San Jose Needs a Single Iconic High-rise...more |
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China's Skyscraper League by Cities...more |
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Iconic Calgary's Bow Skyscraper Looking for High-end Retailers...more |
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Flinders Towers, Adelaide Sparks Fears for Church...more |
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Manchester's Beetham Tower: the 554-foot Sundial...more |
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Sugar Rush in Williamsburg...more |
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High-class Living at P2.5-B Condo Project in Manila...more |
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Spectacular Photo Moment for Manhattan's Grid...more |
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| Upcoming Events |
The Tall Stones of Venice
Venice Architectural Association, Venice, Italy, July 11–29, 2011 |
2011: Why Tall? International Student Competition
International, Submission Deadline August 31, 2011 |
CTBUH Seoul Conference: Why Tall? Green, Humanity & Safety
COEX, Seoul, South Korea,10-12 October, 2011 |
CTBUH 10th Annual Awards Ceremony & Dinner
S.R. Crown Hall, IIT, Chicago USA, 3 November, 2011 |
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