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CTBUH Tall Building Newsletter August 2012
Top CTBUH News 2012 Awards Symposium & Dinner Open for Registration Speakers to include Helmut Jahn, Christoph Ingenhoven, Henry Cobb, Yangsong Ma, Peter Oborn, Charlie Thornton & Mark Sarkisian   Panelists Confirmed for Shanghai Congress Debate Richard Tomasetti, Rafael Vinoly, Vincent Tse & Tony Long will debate "How High Can We Go (and Why Should We?)." Global Tall Building News The Shard's Inaugural Ceremonies London officially welcomed Renzo Piano's Shard to its skyline with a laser light show and royalty-studded ceremony. The ceremony was hosted by Prince Andrew and Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassem Bin Jabor Al Thani, Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, which backed the development. Macedonia Launches Tower Project Macedonian leaders and Turkish developers officially launched Macedonia's largest and tallest residential construction project. The EUR300 million (USD365 million), four-tower complex is located in the country's capital city of Skopje. Manchester May Get New Tower London-based Chelmer Developments has submitted a planning application to build a 410-foot (125-meter) tower on River Street in Manchester. The tower was designed by Ian Simpson architects which also designed Beetham Tower, currently the tallest building in the city. Sydney Group Approves "Super Slim" Skyscraper A city planning group in Sydney has approved a Kannfinch-designed mixed-use development, 115 Bathurst Street, for a site in Sydney's CBD. The development includes a "super-slim," 240-meter (787-foot) tower which would be the third tallest building in the city. Seville Keeps UNESCO Status Despite Skyscraper Concerns UNESCO decided not to place Seville's old town on the "danger list," despite concerns about the impact of a 178-meter (584-foot) tower designed by Cesar Pelli. UNESCO had objected to the construction of the EUR300 million (US$368.5 million) project, which will house the headquarters of Cajasol Bank. Judge OKs Demolition of Harmon Hotel A Nevada state judge granted MGM Resorts International permission to implode the flawed hotel tower that was partially built but never opened. Clark County District Court Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez's pretrial ruling is a prelude to the trial next year in a massive construction defect case. News from the Council Leader’s Message: William Maibusch The quantity and quality of projects in development around the world suggest the industry may have turned a corner, especially as urban centers continue to grow. Second Issue of Research Journal Available The latest issue of the CTBUH's International Journal of High Rise Buildings focuses on the environmental engineering of tall buildings. YPC Hosts Tour of New Chicago Project The CTBUH Young Professionals Committee organized a tour of Coast at Lakeshore East, a 49-story high-rise under construction in the Windy City. Venice Workshop Draws International Students More than 50 students from eight countries participated in a tall building workshop staged by IUAV University of Venice, in conjunction with the CTBUH. Executive Director Speaks at Museum Exhibition Executive Director Antony Wood discussed the latest tall buildings trends at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, as part of Skyscraper: Art and Architecture Against Gravity. CTBUH Supports McGraw-Hill Innovation Conference CTBUH members will receive a discount for the October conference, which will focus on innovators, new projects and new achievements in supertall buildings. Other Industry News RSS News Feed Trump Working on Tower Project in Rio...more Massive UK Buildings That Never Happened...more Invert Skyscrapers to Seascrapers?...more World's Tallest Observation Wheel Planned for Las Vegas...more Three World Trade Center Searches for Tenants...more Developer Plans Waikiki High-rise...more Proposed Vancouver Towers to Augment City's Residential Scene...more Urban Housing Initiative Breaks Ground...more Article Explores the Realities of Working in China...more Debate Starts on Raising D.C. Height Limits...more Blair Kamin Hails Evidence of a "New Sobriety"...more Skyscrapers May be Permitted in Malaysian City...more Proposed Venetian Skyscraper Concerns Citizens...more Sri Lankan Hotel Project Re-launched...more Proposal Revealed for Paris Tower...more One World Trade Center Signs Major Lease...more JLL Forecasts Building Boom in Jakarta...more Video: Thatching Skyscrapers May Solve Aesthetic Problems...more Developer Starts Second Phase of San Francisco Project...more Rem Koolhaas Discusses the CCTV Tower...more Video: Robotic Solution to Falling Glass in Toronto...more Eco-Friendly Communities Sprout in China...more Developer Proposes "Couture" in Milwaukee...more Pritzker Prize Winners Compete to Design New York Skyscraper...more Grand Central May See New, Taller Neighbors...more Clothing Retailer Confirmed for The Shard...more Dutch Housing Project Opens...more New Tower Planned for South Street Seaport...more Retrospective on Philippe Gazeau Urban Renewal Project...more Washington Monument Repairs Move Slowly...more Title of Tallest Lego Tower Returns to England...more Plan Revealed for Columbia University's Medical Center...more Lafayette Towers in Foreclosure...more Images Released of Singapore Project....more Plans Unveiled for Montreal Residential Tower...more Dominique Perrault Wins Swiss Competition...more Workers Install Enormous Net in Tower Project...more Video: The Canopy, a Landscaped Skyscraper...more		New Members Upgraded Supporting Contributor Permasteelisa Group Donor PT Gistama Intisemesta Laing O'Rourke Contributor CBRE Group, Inc. Participant BIAD (Beijing Institute of Architectural Design) Features Building Case Study Guangzhou International Finance Center Guangzhou Design Research Clean Tower, Chicago K. Bigart / P. Binggeser Illinois Institute of Technology Technical Paper Environmental Performance of the TTDI S. Bhatla / J. Goncalves Video How have tall building become safer since 9/11? Compilation of 2011 Awards Symposium Interviewees Upcoming Events CTBUH Shanghai 2012 World Congress Grand Hyatt Jin Mao, Shanghai - September 19-21 Skyscraper: Art and Architecture against Gravity Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago - until September 23 CTBUH 11th Annual Awards Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago - October 18 The Unseen City: Design for A Future Chicago Chicago Architecture Foundation - until November 4 URBAN FABRIC: Building New York's Garment District The Skyscraper Museum, New York - until Jan 20, 2013 CTBUH in the Media Reach for the Sky Chairman Timothy Johnson is featured in this article, which focuses on skyscrapers. Discovery Channel Magazine, July The Tower of 1776 Explores the significance of One World Trade Center, including the CTBUH's role. The New Yorker, July 4 Clean Tower High-rise Would Return Filtered Water to the Chicago River Inhabitat features Clean Tower project from CTBUH High-Rise, Low-Carb studio. Inhabitat, July 3
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