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CTBUH Tall Building Newsletter November 2013
Top CTBUH News Shanghai 2014 Conference Launches At Greenland Group’s Office A four-city tour, featuring meetings with more than 30 companies in 10 days, yields strong support for next year’s conference. Last Chance to Register for Free Awards Symposium, November 7 Confirmed speakers include: Rem Koolhaas, Sunny Wang (BROAD Group), and Henry Cobb (Pei Cobb Freed) – reserve now! Global Tall Building News Follow Us:    57th Street's Super-Skinny Tower Clears First Approval The new residential tower at 111 West 57th planned for New York may soon be able to lay claim to the title of "skinniest skyscraper in the world." The design, by SHoP Architects, took a major step towards becoming a reality after it was granted approval by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Lagoon Revival Arrives with a Splash The world's largest man-made lagoon is to be constructed as part of Dubai’s planned Mohammed Bin Rashid City District One, which will include the Dubai Twin Towers. Meydan Group and Sobha Group, through a joint venture, will build the AED26 billion (US$7 billion) residential development centering on the new Crystal Lagoons. Stock Exchange Tower Completed in Shenzhen OMA has completed the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in the heart of the city's Central Business District. As one of OMA's best-known designs, the 250-meter skyscraper, nicknamed "the Miniskirt," features a three-story podium elevated 36 meters above the ground. Greenland Takes Major Stake in Atlantic Yards Chinese state-owned property developer Greenland Holdings Group signed a preliminary deal to take a majority stake in Atlantic Yards, Brooklyn's 9-hectare residential and commercial project. Under the proposed joint venture, Shanghai-based Greenland would acquire a 70% stake in the project. Marina 101 Gets Dreamy Rename Real-estate company Dream has announced its next international hotel project, Dream Dubai, in the under-construction Marina 101. Dream officials disclosed that the hotel group has completed a deal that will rename Marina 101 to Dream Dubai Marina, in what is set to become Dubai's second-tallest building. New Hotel Brand Launches Major Global Initiative; Next Stop Singapore glh., a London-based international hotel subsidiary of GuocoLand Leisure Group, has launched a new luxury hotel and private residences brand, Clermont. The Clermont brand will begin with three developments on two continents, with a gross development value of US$3.4 billion. News from the Council Leader’s Message: Craig Gibbons Are there different approaches to structure that can be explored at the less-extreme, more-human scale of tall buildings? CTBUH Journal Issue III Now Available The latest issue features a case study of The Bow, new uses for stainless steel and wood in tall buildings, and more. CTBUH London Conference Archive Now Online The London Post-Conference Website is now live! View high-quality video and presentations from the event. CTBUH Joins Launch Of Mongolian Tower CTBUH Editor Daniel Safarik spoke at the launch of the Morin Khuur Tower at Construction Mongolia 2013. Qatar Chapter Hosts Burj Khalifa Expert More than 60 people attended Ahmad Abdelrazaq’s lecture, "Technological Advances in Tall and Complex Building Design and Construction: Case Studies & Best Practices.” At World Architecture Day 2013, CTBUH Sets Tone CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood spoke and hosted a panel of prominent designers on the implications of skyscraper prefabrication at World Architecture Day. Other Industry News RSS News Feed Obituary: Paul Reichmann, Canary Wharf Developer...more BIG's Twisting Canadian Tower Unanimously Approved...more Millennium Tower Boston Breaks Ground...more Guangzhou International Financial City Commences Construction...more Abandoned Apartment Building Becomes Graffiti Gallery...more Nordstrom Wins Cantilevered Approval...more Opening Day Announced for Japan's Tallest...more HENN Tops Cenke Tower Competition...more Causes Still Unknown in LA Apartment Fire...more Galliard Launches Baltimore Tower...more Empire State Building Installs Green Roofs...more Portland Restarts Park Avenue Tower Project...more "Rooftopper" Produces Set of Skyscraper Rooftop Photos...more Coit Tower to Close for Renovations...more Green Skin Connects Morph Tower to Landscape...more RFR Re-imagines 285 Madison Avenue...more CTBUH Brings Tall Thoughts to WAD13...more PLP's Southwark Towers Plan Wins Approval...more Pritzker-winning Architect Designs Paris Courthouse Tower...more Traveler's Tower Renovation Proceeding...more BHP Billiton Constructing Its Newest Office Tower...more MAG Steams Ahead with Four Major Developments...more Greenland Engages Goettsch for Two Huge Projects...more Crane Mishap All Too Familiar...more The Times Interactive Films Chronicle High-rise History...more Vancouver's Future Tallest to Rise in Delta...more Foster Building Designed With Sandy's Flooding in Mind...more Video: Sagrada Familia Animation Illustrates the Final Basilica Vision...more Skyscraper Powerhouse Extell Plans Next Pair of Towers...more SOM Tower Coming to Main Street, Salt Lake City...more First KONE UltraRope Installation at Marina Bay...more Aqua Doppel-Gang-er Sprouting in Houston...more Developers Launch Tower at Triangular Site...more Jon Pickard Details Milwaukee Tower’s Gestation...more Reunion Tower Reopens With High-Tech Deck...more 610 Lexington Avenue Is Back, This Time with a New Architect...more CTBUH Leader Addresses High-Rise Living in London...more Aedas’ Composite Building Re-interprets Hong Kong's Past...more		New Members Participant EERTC LBR & A Arquitectos Metropolis, LLC MMM Group Limited Vidal Arquitectos Search Members by Expertise Features Building Case Study The Bow Calgary Design Research Bataan Oil Skyfarm, Philippines Nino Ricardo Research Paper Imagining the Tall Building of the Future J. Hargrave / R. Wilson Video Doha Tower: Reflecting Culture H. Al Duhaimi / H. Rakem / P. Terrell 2012 Awards Presentation Upcoming Events SEAOI 2013 Structures Symposium Maggiano's Little Italy, Chicago - November 6 CTBUH Awards Symposium, Ceremony & Dinner S.R. Crown Hall, IIT, Chicago – Nov 7 Media Partner: NFPA Symposia: The Next Five Years in Fire and Electrical Safety District Architecture Center, Washington, D.C. - November 13-14 Singapore Architect’s Village Bamboo Skyscraper Closing submission due December 2 CTBUH Shanghai 2014 International Conference Grand Hyatt Jin Mao, Shanghai - September 16-19, 2014 CTBUH in the Media Will WTC Spire Rise to Top? Chronicles the upcoming CTBUH decision on OneWTC. The Wall Street Journal, October 21 Profile: Daniel Safarik Construction Mongolia interviews CTBUH Editor Daniel Safarik, for the 2013 International Conference & Expo. Construction Mongolia, October Tall Talk with Shankar Nair An interview with former CTBUH Chairman Shankar Nair. 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