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CTBUH Tall Building Newsletter October 2012
Top CTBUH News Shanghai World Congress Closes to Rave Reviews More than 850 attendees from 43 countries packed the Grand Hyatt Jin Mao for the tall building event of the year.   Few Spots Available for Awards Symposium, Dinner Only a few days left to register for the star-studded 2012 edition of the CTBUH Awards Dinner & Symposium. Global Tall Building News Eleven Years Later: A WTC Status Report Eleven years after terrorist attacks brought down the twin towers of the World Trade Center, efforts to rebuild the site continue at an uneven pace, slowed by politics, finances and local disputes. However, several of the key projects are coming to fruition. Tameer Delivers World's Tallest Residential Tower Real estate developer Tameer has announced the delivery of Princess Tower, which the CTBUH now officially recognizes as the World's Tallest Residential Building. At 413.4 meters (1,356 feet), the Princess moves past its Dubai neighbor, the 393-meter (1,289-foot) 23 Marina. Vertical Slum Exhibit Takes Golden Lion Award The top prize at the Venice Biennale went to a project featuring La Torre de David, the abandoned skyscraper that was invaded by squatters. "Squatters" who now live in the unfinished tower structure have created a vibrant community, including small businesses and community space. New Residential Tower Planned for Kenya Developers unveiled a 22-story mixed use tower intended for Nairobi, Kenya's capital. The new KES3.5 billion (US$41.5 million) project, Le Mac, was launched by Mark Properties Limited and will reportedly be the city's first residential tower. It is scheduled to open in 2015. One Raffles Place Celebrates Opening Tange Associates launched the 209-meter (688-foot) One Raffles Place Tower 2 in Singapore's CBD. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, officiated the grand opening of the 38-story tower. Tower One was completed in 1986. Timber High-rise Tops Out Lend Lease's 10-story cross-laminated timber (CLT) building, Forté, located in Victoria Harbour, celebrated its topping out, Architecture Source reports. This building is slated to be the tallest timber building in the world, according to the builders. News from the Council Leader’s Message: Timothy Johnson As we catch our breath from the Shanghai Congress, it is time to reflect on the themes, issues and presentations that helped make the event a soaring success. NYU Group Earns CTBUH Seed Grant Researchers from New York University won the first CTBUH research seed funding grant. The money goes toward studying impacts of tall buildings on physical activity in China. Belgian Student Wins Design Competition KIT Karlsruhe student Alexis De Bosscher earned first place honors in the CTBUH International Student Tall Building Design Competition for his project "Mosaic Habitat." Members from Israel Form New Group Industry professionals from Israel used the Shanghai Congress to promote the formation of a new chapter, designed to promote the Council and best practices in tall building development. New Issue of CTBUH Journal on Sale The special edition of the CTBUH Journal focuses on China, with special reports on the SOM-Greenland tower in Wujiang, façades systems and details on China's unique linked towers. CTBUH Supports Facades and Innovations Symposium Several CTBUH members will be speaking at the Collaboration: The Art and Science of Buildings façade conference in Chicago, October 11-12, sponsored by The Architect's Newspaper. Other Industry News RSS News Feed Financial Times Features China Broad Group...more Qatar Professionals Question the Need for Tall Buildings...more CTBUH Featured on World Architecture News...more Video: Parking Your Car in Your Living Room...more Ancient Cham Tower Unearthed...more New York City Plan Approved After 50 Years...more Gazprom Sets Date for Lakhta Center Construction...more Botswana Leader Pushes for High-Rises...more Video: English Royal Abseils Down the Shard...more Mitsubishi Plans to Harness Hot Springs for Hotel...more Pierre Cardin Fighting Critics of His "Palace of Light"...more Millennium Tower Approved in Boston...more Major Apartment Planned for New Zealand Capital...more Emirates Plan Building Codes...more Canadian City Debates High-rise Development...more Japan Tower Tops Out...more Video: Demolition of Two Riverside Buildings...more The Chinese are Spending Enormous Amounts of Money on Skyscrapers ...more Architects Express Concern Over Nepal's High-rise Safety...more Tobu Reports a Tourist Deluge at the Skytree...more Building Tall is a Necessity in Land-Scarce Bangladesh...more Vying for the World's Tallest Gate...more KPF's New Insurance Tower...more Obit: Jack Cermak, Wind Engineering Pioneer...more Durst Tower in New York Will Pass on LEED Rating...more Pakistan President Promotes Consensus on High-rise Construction...more Alaska Cracks Down on Derelict High-rise...more Goettsch Partners Releases New Al Maryah Design...more Resurrected Tower in Toronto Celebrated by Critic...more Are Tall Buildings Safer After NIST WTC Report?...more High-Rise to Replace Traditional Housing Co-op in India...more Progress Report on Belarusian Skyscraper...more Skyscrapers as Symbols of "Economic Disparity"...more CTBUH Trustee Bill Baker Joins University’s Faculty...more New York Times Looks at China Tall Building Issues...more Beyond DC: Tall Buildings are Coming to the District...more Warsaw Trade Tower for Sale...more Emaar to Build Hotel Near Burj Khalifa...more Man Proposes Enormous Chinatown Tower...more Developers Plan to Redevelop Dallas Tower...more Pair of Towers Approved in Boston...more Sears Tower's Master Builder Passes Away...more Indonesian Apartment Tower Plans Move Forward...more New Renderings Released for Amazon's HQ...more		New Members Supporting Contributor Eton Properties Group Donor Saudi Binladin Group/ ABC Division Shanghai Jingang North Bund Realty Contributor Ellumus LLC Participant Living Architecture Eight Partnership Ltd. Features Building Case Study Greenland Suzhou Center Wujiang Design Research Solar Slice, New York M. Myrianthous / M. Sajjadian / A. Sehizadeh University of Nottingham Technical Paper Kingdom Tower: A New Icon for Saudi Arabia T. Al-Maiman Video What do you think is the best tall building in existence today? Compilation of 2011 Awards Symposium Interviewees Upcoming Events Architectural Record Innovation Conference McGraw-Hill Headquarters, New York - October 4 Facades and Innovation Symposium Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago - October 11 - 12 The 7th Annual CWAB'Y Awards Hotel Taj Lands End in Bandra, Mumbai - October 12 Richard Hassell WOHA Lecture The Skyscraper Museum, New York - October 15 CTBUH 11th Annual Awards Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago - October 18 CTBUH in the Media Asia Ascending – Age of the Sustainable Skyscraper City Summarizes CTBUH Congress and speeches concerning the age of sustainable skyscrapers. World Architecture News, September 24 Mile-high Towers Possible as Ego Fuels Race to Top Bloomberg discusses mile-high towers with Timothy Johnson at CTBUH Congress. Bloomberg, September 19 CTBUH -IIT Team Researching Green Wall Facades Payam Bahrami describes studying green walls and building energy consumption. Sky Gardens, September 13
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