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CTBUH Tall Building Newsletter June 2013
Top CTBUH News London Conference Kicks Off June 11 Delegates are flocking to London for the highly anticipated CTBUH International Conference. On-site registration is available. New participants can register on-site at the event itself. Regional Events Planned in Asia Chapter activity ramps up in Bangkok and Jakarta as CTBUH fulfills its mission of greater outreach in Southeast Asia. Representatives of the next tallest buildings in each city will present. Global Tall Building News Follow Us: One World Trade Center Tops Out The final crowning piece has been attached to the roof of One World Trade Center in New York, bringing to a symbolic close a decade-plus process of politics, healing, design and construction, after the destruction of the original World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Crown Hotel Sydney Announces Design Winner Wilkinson Eyre Architects has won the bid to design the new Crown Hotel in Sydney as part of a larger AU$6 billion Barangaroo Redevelopment Master Plan. The design finds its roots in an abstraction of three stems growing out of the ground and twisting as they reach the top of the structure. Emaar Mogul Hints Again at New Supertall The Chairman of Emaar Properties, Mohamed Alabbar, continues to vaguely reference his next skyscraper project, which is supposed to be the world's next tallest building. The Chairman most recently hinted that the supertall may be located in Dubai, near his previous accomplishment, the Burj Khalifa. Developer Plans Tallest Building in Singapore Singapore-based developer GuocoLand is planning to build Singapore's tallest building as part of the Tanjong Pagar Centre development. The SOM-designed Guoco Tower will be 290 meters when it is completed in 2016 and will contain 38 stories of office space and nearly 200 residential units. Shard Secures First Office Tenant Financial advisory and investment banking firm Duff & Phelps has signed a contract to lease about 20,000 square feet (1,806 square meters) of office space in the Shard. The firm joins the unopened Shangri-La hotel and the View from the Shard observation deck as the tower's only tenants. Video: China Broad J220 Animation Broad Sustainable Building has released an animation of its much anticipated Sky City skyscraper in Changsha, which, if completed, would be the world’s tallest building. The short film illustrates the prefabricated process that would be used in its construction. News from the Council Leader’s Message: Steve Watts Tall building design and urban Planning must engage in healthy, productive dialogues to assure their mutual success. YPC Hosts Panel on Shanghai Tower Shanghai Tower's designers presented to a capacity crowd May 22, at a CTBUH Young Professionals Committee event. 1 WTC Topping-Out Drives Media Interest The crowning of One World Trade Center spurred intense media interest in CTBUH’s height criteria and verification process. CTBUH San Francisco Holds Launch Event The CTBUH San Francisco chapter held its first event on May 14, drawing more than 100 guests to a discussion on the SOMA district. Skyscraper Center Adds New, Improved Features The Skyscraper Center, the CTBUH’s primary tall-buildings database, has added new and improved features, including information on helipad heights and energy labels. CTBUH Awards Jury Deliberates in June The CTBUH has received more than 60 outstanding submittals, including a record number of Innovation Award entries. The results will be announced on July 1. Other Industry News RSS News Feed Get a First Look at Hadid's Miami Tower...more High-Rise Tenants Have Longer Life Expectancy...more Beloved Chicago Skyscrapers Come to Life in Animation...more Massive World Center Hotel Coming to Miami...more Video: King Kong Comes to Australian Tower...more Sandton City Tower to Undergo Renovation...more The Future of “Space Travel” – In Spain?...more Emaar Revives Lagoons Project With 1,000-Meter Tower Plan...more Skyscraper Romance Comes to Queens...more Houston's First Skyscraper Re-Imagined as Hotel...more London's First Skyscraper May Get Residential Conversion...more Qatar Takes Major Stake in Porta Nuova...more Marina Bay Celebrates Official Opening...more Skyscraper's “Hair” Could Generate Electricity...more Façades Require Multi-disciplinary Approach...more Silverstein Re-launches Major 30 Park Place Tower...more Shanghai's L'Avenue Tower Celebrates Opening...more AJ Examines UN Studio's Canaletto Tower...more The Chicago Spire Site Attracts Developer Attention...more Dubai Frame to Be Monument to Past and Future...more Ottawa Developers Compete for Tallest...more Jewel-Osco Tower Renderings Released...more Video: Be Hoisted Up Brisbane’s Tallest...more New Images Released of One Yonge Development...more Residential Tower Launches Near Future Amazon HQ...more Barangaroo's Crown Hotel Competition Heats Up...more Langham Chicago Coming To Mies' Last Tower...more Krueck + Sexton Planning Major Glass Tower...more Parachutes May be a New Means of Egress...more A Fresh Look for Dallas's Tallest Tower ...more Viscous Damping Saves Boston Properties US$5 million...more Video: Watching a Sand Storm from the Burj Khalifa...more Renzo Piano Plans Resurrection of Milan's Steel District...more AS+GG Wins Imperial Tower Competition...more Glasgow Demolishes Failed Housing Projects...more Major Convoys Wharf Redevelopment Plan Submitted...more Architecture Students Create Skyscraper for Bees in Buffalo...more Researchers Develop Silent Turbine System...more Meydan Group to Launch 111-Story Tower...more Nanterre Apartment Blocks Cultivate Neighborly Interaction...more Taiwanese Tower Façade to Generate Power from Wind...more		New Members Upgraded Patron Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, Inc. Donor MAKE Participant Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios LLP Mady Moshe Tzur Architects Town Planners Search Members by Expertise Features Building Case Study Broadgate Tower London Design Research Alternative for a Parking Lot, Finland Juuso Valtteri Iivonen Tampere University of Technology Technical Paper Selling Tall: The Branding and Marketing of Tall Buildings William Murray Video How High Can We Go (and Why Should We?) R. Tomasetti/T. Long/V. Tse/ R. Viñoly 2013 Shanghai Congress Upcoming Events ENR Global Construction Summit 2013 McGraw-Hill Headquarters, New York - June 6-7 CTBUH London 2013 International Conference The Brewery, London - June 11-13 CCHRB 2013 Seminar Harris Bank Building, Chicago - June 13 Bollinger + Grohmann – Behind the Scenes Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt - June 15 – Sept. 1 Charles Correa: India's Greatest Architect RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London - until September 4 CTBUH in the Media Analysis: Toronto Tall Building Design Guidelines Richard Witt, Chair of the CTBUH Canada, explains the city's development explosion. May 27, The Toronto Star "Expect More UK Skyscrapers" Declares CTBUH Chair CTBUH Timothy Johnson discusses UK skyscraper growth. Architects' Journal (registration required), May 9 Exclusive Video Interviews: Height & Heritage World Architecture News interviews with 15 CTBUH Conference speakers. World Architecture News, May 7
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