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CTBUH Tall Building Newsletter May 2013
Top CTBUH News Seminal CTBUH Books to Launch at London Conference Two seminal CTBUH publications on tall buildings will be launched at a special breakfast event during the London Conference, June 11-13. Next CTBUH Journal to Focus on Europe; Subscribe Now! The next Journal issue, to be released at the London Conference, will focus on developments in Europe. Here’s how to subscribe. Global Tall Building News Follow Us: The Woolworth Building Celebrates a Century of Commerce On April 24, New York celebrated the centennial of a building that changed its skyline: Cass Gilbert's Woolworth Building. Originally planned to be 16 stories, when it reached completion in 1913 the 60-story building was the tallest in the world at 241 meters. Photos Released: Shanghai Tower Reaches 500 Meters The Shanghai Tower, which is still under construction, reached 501 meters in April, surpassing the neighboring Jin Mao and the World Financial Center. Shanghai Tower is now the second tallest structure in China (after the 600-meter Canton Tower), and will become the tallest building when it reaches completion in 2014. Qatar May Purchase Italy's Entire Porta Nuova Qatar is considering buying some or all of Milan's under-construction Porta Nuova business district as Italy's economic crisis affects its US developer. The project has been developed by Hines Group and is estimated to have cost over €1.8 billion (US$2.4 billion). Melbourne in Uproar over Possible Supertall Tower Melbourne Planning Minister Matthew Guy is planning to ease height restrictions that prohibit building shadows on the Yarra River in order to allow a massive skyscraper. The 555 Collins Street site could be home to a 404-meter tower, which would be Melbourne's, and Australia’s tallest. Pinnacle Scheme Officially Abandoned Kohn Pedersen Fox completed a redesign of London’s Pinnacle to reduce the cost of its construction, originally estimated at around £1 billion due to the expense of the curved windows. The partly built Pinnacle is presently known as The Stump, since only seven of its 63 stories have been built. Moscow-City's Resurrection Russia has re-launched the Moscow-City development in an attempt to draw international business to the city. The real estate development, which has suffered a series of setbacks and delays since its launch in 2004, is home to Mercury City Tower, which will soon become Europe's tallest building upon completion. News from the Council Leader’s Message: David Malott The dialogue between urban planning and tall building design will be the most important issue facing our industry for the next several years. Inaugural CTBUH Canada Event, May 2 The new Canadian Chapter of the CTBUH will focus its inaugural event on Canadian tall building trends, with Sam Crignano, President of Cityzen Development, speaking. Diverse Research Proposals Received from 12 Countries The CTBUH’s second annual research seed funding initiative, sponsored by ARUP, has generated 40 proposals from around the world. CTBUH YPC Presents On Shanghai Tower Multidisciplinary presentations of the Shanghai Tower design and construction process by Thornton Tomasetti, Gensler and Cosentini Associates. Research Team Visit Clark Construction The CTBUH research team met with Clark Construction to acquire data to be used in the ArcelorMittal-funded Life Cycle Assessment project. CTBUH Video Now Available Via YouKu Chinese members and others can now view Chinese-language selections from the CTBUH video catalogue on the popular YouKu service. Other Industry News RSS News Feed New Orleans Accepts Tourism Tower Proposals...more MassArt Welcomes Klimt-Inspired Art Tower...more High-rise Demolitions are Wasteful, British Architects Conclude...more Chicago Architect Seeks to Energize the West Loop...more “Petite Crawler” Employed to Remove One57's Damaged Crane...more Evacuation Slide Installed in Shanghai...more KPF to Design Turkish Bank Towers...more Bill Pedersen Receives Historic AIA Award...more Porsche Design Launches Landmark Tower...more Tripoli Towers “Back on Track”...more British Architect Wins Montpellier Tower Residence Competition...more High-rise Developers Cater to Families...more Video: Palais Royale Documentary...more Miami's Tallest is a Go...more Addressing the Public Realm of High-rise Design...more Icon Tower First to Test Height Limits...more Tour Odeon May Have World's Most Expensive Penthouse...more Architects Build Record Tall Lincoln Log Tower...more Marseille to Welcome Residential Tower...more Brooklyn's Rockwell Place Aims to Make a Statement...more Honolulu High-rise Seeks ”Innovative” Residents...more Jakarta Enacts Green Building Code...more Frank Gehry to Share His Paperless Design Software...more Dubai Developer Sells Unfinished Tower...more British Developer Resurrects Chicago Post Office Scheme...more CTBUH Leaders Contribute to Science Publication...more Gold Coast to Scrap "View Tax"...more San Antonio Tower to Rise on Top of Historic Building...more Warsaw Bank Plans Skyscraper Headquarters...more ”Superman,” Rhode Island's Tallest, Is in Trouble...more Shenyang Launches Future Tallest Competition...more Hong Kong Developers Building Australian Tower...more Philly Skyscraper Plays Part in Pong Projection...more Artist Focuses on Hong Kong's Density...more Nigerian Master Plan Creates Waterfront Destination City...more The Race is On for Australia's Tallest...more Diagonal Tower Exemplifies Skyscraper Efficiency...more Cornerstone Plans 45-story Residential Tower...more Three-story 1WTC Observation Deck Unveiled to Press...more Transbay Façade Transformed from Glass to Aluminum...more Developer Plans North Carolina Tower...more Demolition may be the Greenest Option for Midtown Dinosaurs...more Pinnacle Proposes Canada's Largest Development...more Office Development Gets Competitive in Chicago...more MAD Architects on the Creators Project...more The Man Behind the Burj Khalifa Seeks to Do It Again...more Kempinski Puts the Kibosh on Ryugyong Hotel...more 1WTC's Beacon was Engineered to be the Brightest...more Pennsylvania May See 33-story Landmark Tower...more Foster + Partners Tower Trio in London Approved...more Desert Towers Generate Their Own Wind...more Australian Development Breaks Height Restrictions...more		New Members Supporting Contributor Lotte Engineering & Construction Donor Quadrangle Architects Upgraded Donor PDW Architects Contributor Hariri Pontarini Architects Vetrocare SRL Participant Adamson Associates Architects Edmonds International USA Gilsanz Murray Stefieck Johnson Pilton Walker Pty. Ltd. Novawest LLC Search Members by Expertise Features Building Case Study Complesso Garibaldi Tower B Milan Design Research L!iving+, Hamburg E. Friedel / A. Koch HCU Hamburg Technical Paper Creating a Vertical University in an Urban Environment Chris Groesbeck Video Kingdom Tower: A New Icon for Saudi Arabia Talal Al-Maiman 2012 Awards Presentation Upcoming Events Canada and the Global Movements in Tall: Trends, Drivers, Challenges University of Toronto Faculty Club - May 2 2013 Structures Congress Westin Convention Center, Pittsburgh - May 2-4 CTBUH YPC Hosts Shanghai Tower Presentation Chicago Architecture Foundation - May 22 Sixth Skyscraper Festival Frankfurt 2013 Frankfurt - May 25-26 CTBUH London 2013 International Conference The Brewery, London - June 11-13 CTBUH in the Media World's Tallest Broadcast Tower Shows Tokyo's Green Push Bloomberg references CTBUH statistics to compare Skytree with other skyscrapers. Bloomberg, April 21 Reach for the Sky: Building Tall in Europe's Big Cities CTBUH representatives speak on building tall in European cities Science Omega, April 10 Spires on the West Coast CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood on U.S. West Coast spires Eat Drink Explore, April 7
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