Dramatic towers in Canada, Qatar, Australia and Italy have been named the best tall buildings in the world for 2012 by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, the international not-for-profit association.
The four regional winners (left to right above) include the Absolute Towers in Mississauga, Canada (Americas); 1 Bligh Street, Sydney (Asia and Australia); Palazzo Lombardia, Milan (Europe); and Doha Tower, Doha (Middle East and Africa).
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Buildings were selected for their design and technical innovations, sustainable attributes, and the enhancement of both cities and the lives of their inhabitants.
The Al Bahar Towers in Abu Dhabi won the CTBUH's first Innovation Award for the project's computer-controlled sun-screen.
"The winners display remarkable creativity, as well as a respect for the environment, connection with place, and the urban surroundings," said Richard Cook, awards committee chairman and founding partner of Cook+Fox Architects.
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An overall winner for the "Best Tall Building Worldwide" will be named at the CTBUH 11th Annual Awards Ceremony and Dinner at the Illinois Institute of Technology, October 18, in the iconic Crown Hall, designed by Mies van der Rohe.
The additional Finalists in each category were as follows:
Americas:
Jameson House, Vancouver, Canada
BG Group Place, Houston, USA
Asia & Australasia:
KK100 Development, Shenzhen, China
Reflections at Keppel Bay, Singapore
Solaris, Singapore
Europe:
Victoria Tower, Stockholm, Sweden
Complesso Garibaldi - Tower B, Milan, Italy
Middle East & Africa:
Al Hamra Firdous Tower, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Al Bahar Towers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Villaggio II, Accra, Ghana
Innovation:
Ark Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower, Tokyo, Japan
Kajima Corporation Head Office Building No. 2, Tokyo, Japan
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