CTBUH Announces Award of Excellence Winners for Annual Awards Programme
06 Dec 2019
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CW Staff
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has announced the Award of Excellence Winners for the CTBUH 2020 Awards Programme. The winning projects represent the best tall buildings, urban contributions, technologies, and innovations emerging recently in cities around the world.
Winners were selected across a variety of categories, with projects in the 鈥淏est Tall Building鈥� track falling into five height thresholds (i.e., under 100 m, 100-199 m, 200-299 m, 300-399 m, and 400 m and above). Additional categories include: Urban habitat, renovation, interior space, and construction, alongside five categories focused specifically on engineering achievements.
鈥淭his year鈥檚 Award of Excellence Winners communicate the diversity of interdisciplinary thought and innovation that will characterise both current and future generations of urban development around the world,鈥� said Best Tall Building Jury Chair Karl Fender, Director at Fender Katsalidis Architects. 鈥淭hese recognitions, bestowed by the world鈥檚 premier authority on tall buildings, showcase these projects to a global audience and help drive a meaningful conversation about the quality of our urban environments.鈥�
The Award of Excellence Winners will now move on to the next stage of the CTBUH Awards Programme, sending the owner/developers and design/engineer teams for the projects to the CTBUH 2020 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference, where they will compete in front of an international audience and live juries for 鈥楤est in Category鈥� distinctions. The event will conclude with the announcement of the 鈥�2020 Best Tall Building Worldwide鈥�.
CTBUH is the world鈥檚 leading resource for professionals focused on the inception, design, construction, and operation of tall buildings and future cities.
Best Tall Building under 100 m
- 25 King, Brisbane
- 271 Spring Street, Melbourne
- Arc by Crown Group, Sydney
- Gala Ave West Side, Shanghai
- River City 3, Toronto
- US Embassy, London, London
- UTS Central, Sydney
- White Tree, Montpellier
Best Tall Building 100-199 m
- Changsha Hua Center Phase II Project, Changsha
- EDEN, Singapore
- K11 ATELIER King鈥檚 Road, Hong Kong
- Museum Tower Kyobashi, Tokyo
- OMNITURM, Frankfurt am Main
- Robinson Tower, Singapore
- Rosewood Bangkok Hotel, Bangkok
- Sixty Martin Place, Sydney
Best Tall Building 200-299 m
- ARO, New York City
- Leeza SOHO, Beijing
- Maike Centre, Xi鈥檃n
- NEMA Chicago, Chicago
- One Thousand Museum, Miami
Best Tall Building 300-399 m
- 53 West 53, New York City
- Comcast Technology Center, Philadelphia
- Poly Pazhou, Guangzhou
- Zhuhai Tower, Zhuhai
Best Tall Building 400 m and above
- CITIC Tower, Beijing
- Lakhta Center, St. Petersburg
- Suzhou IFS, Suzhou
- The Exchange 106, Kuala Lumpur
- Tianjin CTF Finance Centre, Tianjin
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has announced the Award of Excellence Winners for the CTBUH 2020 Awards Programme. The winning projects represent the best tall buildings, urban contributions, technologies, and innovations emerging recently in cities around the world. Winners were selected across a variety of categories, with projects in the 鈥淏est Tall Building鈥� track falling into five height thresholds (i.e., under 100 m, 100-199 m, 200-299 m, 300-399 m, and 400 m and above). Additional categories include: Urban habitat, renovation, interior space, and construction, alongside five categories focused specifically on engineering achievements. 鈥淭his year鈥檚 Award of Excellence Winners communicate the diversity of interdisciplinary thought and innovation that will characterise both current and future generations of urban development around the world,鈥� said Best Tall Building Jury Chair Karl Fender, Director at Fender Katsalidis Architects. 鈥淭hese recognitions, bestowed by the world鈥檚 premier authority on tall buildings, showcase these projects to a global audience and help drive a meaningful conversation about the quality of our urban environments.鈥漈he Award of Excellence Winners will now move on to the next stage of the CTBUH Awards Programme, sending the owner/developers and design/engineer teams for the projects to the CTBUH 2020 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference, where they will compete in front of an international audience and live juries for 鈥楤est in Category鈥� distinctions. The event will conclude with the announcement of the 鈥�2020 Best Tall Building Worldwide鈥�.CTBUH is the world鈥檚 leading resource for professionals focused on the inception, design, construction, and operation of tall buildings and future cities. Best Tall Building under 100 m25 King, Brisbane271 Spring Street, MelbourneArc by Crown Group, SydneyGala Ave West Side, ShanghaiRiver City 3, TorontoUS Embassy, London, LondonUTS Central, SydneyWhite Tree, MontpellierBest Tall Building 100-199 mChangsha Hua Center Phase II Project, ChangshaEDEN, SingaporeK11 ATELIER King鈥檚 Road, Hong KongMuseum Tower Kyobashi, TokyoOMNITURM, Frankfurt am MainRobinson Tower, SingaporeRosewood Bangkok Hotel, BangkokSixty Martin Place, SydneyBest Tall Building 200-299 mARO, New York CityLeeza SOHO, BeijingMaike Centre, Xi鈥檃nNEMA Chicago, ChicagoOne Thousand Museum, MiamiBest Tall Building 300-399 m53 West 53, New York CityComcast Technology Center, PhiladelphiaPoly Pazhou, GuangzhouZhuhai Tower, ZhuhaiBest Tall Building 400 m and aboveCITIC Tower, BeijingLakhta Center, St. PetersburgSuzhou IFS, SuzhouThe Exchange 106, Kuala LumpurTianjin CTF Finance Centre, Tianjin
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