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The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat celebrated a crop of new buildings and urban developments around the world at its 17th Annual CTBUH Awards Program in Shenzhen. The CTBUH Awards Jury has now announced the winners across 20 award categories, including the top-billed "Best Tall Building Worldwide" distinction, which was given to San Francisco's Salesforce Tower.
Best Tall Building Jury Chair Karl Fender, Founding Partner of Fender Katsalidis Architects, described the Salesforce Tower as a "building that gives back." The supertall structure's heightened focus on occupant health, sustainability, structural efficiency, and overall integration with the surrounding urban environment earned points with the jury. The building stands within a mixed-use, transit-oriented neighbourhood on a site formerly occupied by a dated transit centre.
Category winners were selected from a group of 65 Award of Excellence Winners representing 20 countries and 33 cities around the world. The list of winners is highlighted below. A complete list of winners, including Award of Excellence winners, can be found here.
Best Tall Building <100 Metres
Forma Itaim, Sao Paulo
Best Tall Building 100-199 Metres
Amorepacific Headquarters, Seoul
Best Tall Building 200-299 Metres
Shenzhen Energy Headquarters, Shenzhen
Best Tall Building 300-399 Metres
Salesforce Tower, San Francisco
Best Tall Building ≥400 Metres
Ping An Finance Center, Shenzhen
Best Tall Office Building
European Patent Office, Rijswijk
Best Tall Residential or Hotel Building
277 Fifth Avenue, New York City
Best Tall Mixed-Use Building
Kampung Admiralty, Singapore
Urban Habitat: Single-Site Scale
Kampung Admiralty, Singapore
Urban Habitat: District/Master Plan Scale
Central Park, Sydney
Innovation Award
Viscoelastic Coupling Damper (VCD)
Renovation Award
CHAO Hotel, Beijing
Interior Space Award
Amorepacific Headquarters, Seoul
Construction Award
Atira La Trobe Street, Melbourne
Structural Engineering Award
MEP Engineering Award
Geotechnical Engineering Award
Facade Engineering Award
Azrieli Sarona Tower, Tel Aviv
Fire & Risk Engineering Award
10-Year Award
The Pinnacle@Duxton, Singapore
"Between expanded and reconfigured Best Tall Building categories and seven new Awards categories, this year’s Award of Excellence Winners, more than any year prior, truly communicate the breadth of expertise and collaboration required to create the world’s foremost urban developments," said Fender. "Recognizing these projects at an international forum of tall building thought leaders sparks unique conversations and connections that will continue to critically shape future urban environments."
The CTBUH Annual Awards Program was held at the 2019 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference from April 8 to 10 in Shenzhen. It recognizes projects and individuals that have made significant contributions to the advancement of tall buildings, the urban environment and sustainability.
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