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CTBUH Tall Building Newsletter July 2015
Top CTBUH News Trustees Bestow Lifetime Awards This year’s Lifetime Achievement Awards go to Nick Billotti of Turner International, and the late Minoru Mori of Mori Building for their illustrious contributions to the industry. Speakers Revealed for 2015 Conference! The fantastic full program of speakers for this year’s Conference has just been released. Registration is filling up quickly, so reserve your spot today! Global Tall Building News Follow Us:    Architect Selected to Design the World’s Tallest Office Tower in Dubai Tall building specialists Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) have been chosen by the master developer of Dubai’s Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) district to design the Burj 2020 tower, which is set to be the world’s tallest office tower. AS+GG has also designed Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Tower - the one-kilometer-high tower to be completed in 2019. Passive House Tower Breaks Ground on Roosevelt Island in New York Construction began in June on an apartment tower on Roosevelt Island that will be the tallest passive-house high-rise in the world when it is completed in 2017, according to the Passive House Institute in Germany. The tower will rise 270 feet (82 meters), and house about 530 graduate students, faculty, and staff on a new 12-acre (5-hectare) campus for Cornell Tech. High-Rise Investors Overwhelm the Small, Crowded Alleyways in Hanoi High-rise buildings and apartments are beginning to crowd small alleyways and residential areas in Hanoi, and as a result, investors are putting immense pressures on already weak infrastructure systems, Builders target alleyways for new developments because they are conveniently located, and tend to have an established neighborhood of shops, restaurants, and schools. New Development to Breathe New Life into Gold Coast’s Chinatown The Gold Coast borough of Southport is set for a major expansion as a developer prepares to build an Asia-influenced supertall that would dwarf Surfers Paradise’s Q1. The development will include two towers, with the largest expected to top 88 stories, while its smaller counterpart is expected to be around 38 levels. Johannesburg’s Ponte Tower Becomes Symbol of Urban Revitalization Once a Jacuzzi-filled playground for the segregated white elite in the apartheid era, then falling into chaos in the 1990s, Ponte Tower is now undergoing a renaissance as an icon of Johannesburg’s urban revitalization. The tower’s aura is far from glitzy but its strict office manager is optimistic. She states, “Our goal is to get it back to where it was.” Three Office Towers Planned for Rome’s Tor di Valle District Designs have been revealed for three office towers for the city center of Rome, forming a new urban district adjacent to the A.S. Roma stadium. Arranged in a triangular formation upon a 3,000-square-meter public piazza, the trio of towers – which vary in height up to 220 meters – work in conversation with one another, as if cut from a single stone block. News from the Council Leader’s Message: Vincent Tse The success of a well-designed megatall building can be measured by how well building professionals, developers, and operators work together. New Vertical Greenery Publication on CTBUH Shop Vertical Greenery: Evaluating the High-Rise Vegetation of the Bosco Verticale, Milan, a result of Seed Funding sponsored by Arup, is now on sale. CTBUH Launches New Chapter in United Kingdom CTBUH UK held an opening event at the top of London’s BT Tower, where guests enjoyed city views and learned about the Chapter’s mission. CTBUH Launches New Chapter in Scandinavia CTBUH Scandinavia, with Henning Larsen Architects, hosted “The Future of Tall Buildings in Scandinavia,” a symposium on tall buildings. IJHRB 2015 Issue II Released With CTBUH Korea, CTBUH has published the next issue of The International Journal of High-Rise Buildings, featuring eight papers from industry leaders. Student Competition Deadline Approaching Registration closes August 3. Participation is free, and all university-level students may enter. Other Industry News ► New Megatall Skyscraper Planned for Kuala Lumpur... more ► Superstructure of Mumbai’s World One 70 Percent Complete... more ► Brighton Marina Campaigner’s Appeal Rejected... more ► Telus Garden in Vancouver Opens its Doors to Employees... more ► Six-Tower Vertical Village Planned for Manchester... more ► Chicago Apartment Project Secures $160 Million in Financing... more ► As Economic Confidence Grows in Warsaw, Złota 44 Tower Relaunched... more ► Goettsch Partners Design 185-Meter “Park Tower” for San Francisco... more ► Belfast Skyscraper to become 200-Room Hotel... more ► Twin Towers to Rise in Gold Coast as Part of Billion-Dollar Development Boom... more ► Sky Condo in New York Incorporates a Vertical Farm into its Design... more ► TAIPEI 101 to Replace External Lighting With LEDs... more ► Tall Tower Replaces Octopus Design Scheme in London... more ► Austin Proper Residences Unveiled, Financing Begins... more ► Coal Stacks to Make Way for Tower Blocks in Helsinki... more ► The Atmosphere Residential Complex in Kolkata Nears Completion... more ► Cincinnati Decorates Skyscraper with Mustachioed Man... more ► Sri Lanka Says Chinese-Funded Colombo Port City May Go Ahead After All... more ► Bishopsgate Goodsyard Scheme Gets More Height Reductions in London... more ► New York’s Nordstrom Tower Expected to Have Highest Roof in the US... more ► Zurich Building Incorporates the Façade of a Century-Old Warehouse... more ► Abu Dhabi Unites Developers, Unveils New Al Reem Island Plan... more ► Concrete Spalling Concerns Loom Over Gold Coast High-Rises... more ► Philippine Supreme Court Stops Rise of Torre de Manila... more ► Plans for London’s 22 Bishopsgate Presented to the Public... more ► New Designs Revealed for 125 Greenwich Street in New York City... more ► Koryo Hotel Catches Fire in Pyongyang... more ► Ole Scheeren Reveals Plans for a Geometrically Extruded Skyscraper in Vancouver... more ► Proposed Detached Art Tower Would Be Tallest in Hobart, Tasmania... more ► Le Meridien Urban Resort Project in Zhuhai Names Design Firm... more ► New 45-Story Apartment High-Rise Proposed for Chicago... more ► Oriental DreamWorks Moves Forward on a New Complex in Shanghai... more ► Ground Broken on 40-Story Skyscraper in Downtown Denver... more ► Torre Cube II Redefines Office Typology in Zapopan... more ► Tower Complex to Stimulate Economic Growth in Addis Ababa... more ► High-Rise Developments Proposed for Sliema... more ► Jeddah Municipality Accused of Obstructing Skyscraper Construction... more ► New Designs Revealed for New York’s 2 World Trade Center... more ► Former Nestle Headquarters in London Set for Radical Makeover... more ► Toronto Developers Bring New Tower to 150 Redpath... more ► Jersey City Borrows from Las Vegas with this 95-Story Waterfront Casino Proposal... more ► UK Engineering Consultancy Wins Tower Project in Maputo... more ► Residents Oppose High-rise Development in Kuala Lumpur... more ► Post-Earthquake Inspection Finds Two Kathmandu High-Rises Unsafe... more ► New Renderings Released for 75 Nassau Street in New York City... more ► Triple-Tower Development Proposed for Edmonton... more ► Paris Skyscrapers Becoming More Prominent After 2010 Planning Change... more ► JW Marriot and Ritz-Carlton Hotels Open in Macau... more ► Sales of Reem Island Apartments in Abu Dhabi Aimed at Mid-Income Residents... more ► Large Redevelopment Planned for Hollywood’s Famous Crossroads of the World... more ► Bungled High-Rises Reveal North Korea Building Woes... more ► Kolkata’s Future Tallest Residential Skyscraper Formally Launched... more ► One World Trade Center Observation Deck Opens in New York... more ► World’s Tallest Wood Building Proposed in Paris... more ► Tokyo Skyscraper Gets Vibration Control System... more ► Developers Design New Tech District for Miami... more ► KPF Submits Plan for 45-Story Tower next to Broadgate in London... more ► New Tower Unveiled in Dubai’s Business Bay... more ► New Designs Revealed for Toronto’s The One... more ► Melbourne Buildings Audited for Non-Compliant Cladding... more		New Members New Supporting Contributor Hudson Yards Zhongtian Urban Development Group Upgraded Supporting Contributor PACE Development Corporation PLC New Patron Empire State Realty Trust New Donor Hyder WATG New Contributor Cadillac Fairview Hathaway Dinwidde Taylor Devices Upgraded Contributor Bosa Properties Inc. JAHN Jaros, Baum & Bolles Stanley D. Lindsey & Associates New Participant Cityzen Development Group Dynamic Isolation Systems, Inc. Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates MBMpl Pty Ltd Rodrigo Carazo Arquitectos S.A. Search Members by Expertise Features Building Case Study The Jockey Club Innovation Tower Hong Kong Research Paper Building Services and Achieving Sustainable Vertical Urbanization Malcolm Laverick, AECOM Video Sustainable High Density Neighborhoods Richard Witt, Quadrangle Architects Limited Upcoming Events Architect @ Work Shanghai – July 2-3 2015 Korea-China-Japan Tall Building Forum Seoul – July 9–10 Thomas Wysockey Civil Engineering Scholarship Fundraising Dinner Chicago – July 16 2015 AA São Paulo Skyline São Paulo – July 18–25 CTBUH in the Media CTBUH Names Best Tall Buildings Council announces four regional winners for 2015 ArchDaily, June 22 BBC Business Daily Interviews Antony Wood Wood comments on race to build the world’s tallest towers BBC, May 25
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