CTBUH Announces Award of Excellence Winners for Annual Awards Programme

06 Dec 2019 CW Staff

Winners were selected across a variety of categories, with projects in the “Best Tall Building” 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.

“This year’s 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,” said Best Tall Building Jury Chair Karl Fender, Director at Fender Katsalidis Architects. “These recognitions, bestowed by the world’s 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.”

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 ‘Best in Category’ distinctions. The event will conclude with the announcement of the ‘2020 Best Tall Building Worldwide’.

CTBUH is the world’s 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’s 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’an
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 “Best Tall Building” 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. “This year’s 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,” said Best Tall Building Jury Chair Karl Fender, Director at Fender Katsalidis Architects. “These recognitions, bestowed by the world’s 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.”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 ‘Best in Category’ distinctions. The event will conclude with the announcement of the ‘2020 Best Tall Building Worldwide’.CTBUH is the world’s 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’s 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’anNEMA 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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