CTBUH Skyscraper Award

The Tall Building Awards or CTBUH Awards recognizes projects and individuals who have made an extraordinary contribution to the advancement of tall buildings and urban environment, as well as achieving sustainability at the highest and broadest level.[1] The annual awards are judged by an independent panel of experts commissioned by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), a non-profit organization headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. As of 2019, there are two individual lifetime achievement awards, The Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award and Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal, and several categorical awards for projects and structures.[1]

CTBUH Awards
Awarded for	Projects and individuals that have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of tall buildings and the urban environment, and that achieve sustainability at the highest and broadest level.
Country	United States
Presented by	Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
First awarded	2002 (2002)
Website	awards.ctbuh.org

In 2019 the CTBUH award categories were changed from buildings in specific regions to buildings based on height, region, function, innovation, construction, design, engineering, and safety.[1] The most prestigeous annual award, the Overall Best Tall Building Worldwide is awarded to one of the specific categorical winners.[2] In 2010, the CTBUH conferred the Global Icon Award, an award for a unique tall building with a profound impact both locally and globally, to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[3]

Awards Criteria

Individual awards

Originally conceived in 2002, the first CTBUH Award, the Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of tall buildings and the urban environment during his or her professional career.[4] The 2002 award was given and named after Lynn S. Beedle, an American structural engineer and founder of the Council on Tall Buildings And Urban Habitat.[5] In 2004 a second lifetime award was created, the Fazlur R. Kahn Lifetime Award, named after Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect Fazlur Rahman Khan, which recognizes an individual for demonstrated excellence in technical design and/or research that has made a significant contribution to a discipline for the design of tall buildings and the built urban environment.[6] The award was first given in 2004 to Leslie E. Robertson, an American engineer and lead structural engineer of the Twin Towers of the original World Trade Center in New York City.[7]

Beginning in 2006 the CTBUH Awards began recognizing CTBUH Fellows for their contribution to the Council over an extended period of time, and in recognition of their work and the sharing of their knowledge in the design and construction of tall buildings and the urban habitat.[8] The first CTBUH Fellows in 2006 were A. Eugene Kohn, Charles A. DeBenedittis, Gilberto do Valle, and Henry Jack Cowan.[9]

Structural awards

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat added two categories starting in 2007 which recognize completed structures for excellence. The Best Tall Building Award recognizes projects that have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of tall buildings and the urban environment, and that achieve sustainability and wellness at the highest and broadest level.[10] The Beetham Tower, completed in 2006 in Manchester, England was the first recipient of the award.[11] The second award added in 2007 was the Best Sustainable Building Award, which was awarded to Hearst Tower, completed in 2006 in New York City.[12]

In 2008, the second year of CTBUH Awards for structures, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat added four geographical categories for the best tall building, the regions were Americas (North and South), Asia & Australasia, Europe, and Middle East & Africa. The Best Tall Building Award was then awarded to one of the regional award winners. In 2008 the CTBUH Best Tall Building Award winners were New York Times Building in New York City; Shanghai World Financial Center in Shanghai, China; 51 Lime Street in London, England; and Bahrain World Trade Center in Manama, Bahrain. The Best Tall Building Award Winner Worldwide was announced as the Asia & Australasia winner the Shanghai World Financial Center.[13] The Best Tall Building Award categories based on the four regions would remain in place until 2019, when new categories were added based on sustainability and building height.

In 2013 a new 10 Year Award was added. In 2014 the Urban Habitat and Performance awards were issued for the first time. The CTBUH uses the following award criteria for skyscrapers.[2]

• The project must be completed and occupied (topped out architecturally, fully clad, and at least partially occupied), no earlier than 1 January of the previous year, and no later than 1 October of the current awards year.
• The project advanced architectural form, structure, building systems, sustainable design strategies, and provides life safety for its occupants.
• The project must exhibited sustainable qualities at a broadest level.
• The project must have achieved a high standard of excellence and quality.
• The site planning and response to its immediate context must ensure rich and meaningful urban environments.
• The contributions of the project should be generally consistent with the values and mission of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).

The criteria for the Innovation Award:[2]

• Demonstrate a specific area of innovation within design or construction.
• Should be applicable to other tall building projects.
• Single innovative element (single project can be nominated multiple times for different innovations)
• Building can also be submitted for Best Tall Building Award

The criteria for the 10 Year Award:[2]

• Demonstrate successful performance over time.
• Must have been completed between 10–12 years since the current award year (In the inaugural year submissions of buildings completed between 10–15 years since the current award year will be considered).

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat bestowed a new award for Burj Khalifa at its annual "Best Tall Buildings Awards Ceremony" on 25 October 2010 when Burj Khalifa honored as first recipient of CTBUH's new Tall Building "Global Icon" Award. According to CTBUH the new "Global Icon" award recognizes those very special supertall skyscrapers that make a profound impact, not only on the local or regional context, but on the genre of tall buildings globally. Which is innovative in planning, design and execution, the building must have influenced and re-shaped the field of tall building architecture, engineering, and urban planning. It is intended that the award will only be conferred on an occasional basis, when merited by an exceptional project perhaps every ten or fifteen years.[3]

Former CTBUH Awards Chair Gordon Gill, of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture said:

"There was discussion amongst members of the jury that the existing 'Best Tall Building of the Year' award was not really appropriate for the Burj khalifa. We are talking about a building here that has changed the landscape of what is possible in architecture a building that became internationally recognized as an icon long before it was even completed. 'Building of the Century' was thought a more appropriate title for it."[3]

Award winners

Individual award winners

Year	Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award	Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal
2002	Lynn S. Beedle	N/A
2003	Charles DeBenedittis	N/A
2004	Gerald D. Hines	Leslie E. Robertson
2005	Alan Garnett Davenport	Werner Sobek
2006	Ken Yeang	Srinivasa Iyengar
2007	Lord Norman Foster	Farzad Naeim
2008	César Pelli	William F. Baker
2009	John C. Portman Jr.	Prabodh V. Banavalkar
2010	William Pedersen	Ysrael Seinuk
2011	Adrian Smith	Akira Wada
2012	Helmut Jahn	Charles Thornton & Richard Tomasetti
2013	Henry N. Cobb	Clyde N. Baker Jr.
2014	Douglas Durst	Peter Irwin
2015	Minoru Mori	Nicholas E. Billotti
2016	Cheong Koon Hean	Ron Klemencic
2018	Larry Silverstein	Áine Brazil
2019	James Goettsch	Israel David

Structural awards

2007

Award	Building/Person	Location
Best Tall Building Award	The Beetham Hilton Tower	Manchester
Best Sustainable Tall Building	Hearst Tower	New York City

2008

Award	Building/Person	Location
Best Tall Building Overall Award	Shanghai World Financial Center	Shanghai
Best Tall Building Award Americas	The New York Times Building	New York City
Best Tall Building Award Asia and Australasia	Shanghai World Financial Center	Shanghai
Best Tall Building Award Europe	51 Lime Street	London
Best Tall Building Award – Middle East & Africa	Bahrain World Trade Center	Manama

2009

Award	Building/Person	Location
Best Tall Building Overall Award	Linked Hybrid Building	Beijing
Best Tall Building Award Americas	Manitoba Hydro Tower	Winnipeg
Best Tall Building Award Asia and Australasia	Linked Hybrid Building	Beijing
Best Tall Building Award Europe	Broadgate Tower	London
Best Tall Building Award Middle East & Africa	Tornado Tower	Doha

2010

Award	Building/Person	Location
Best Tall Building Overall	Broadcasting Place[14]	Leeds
Best Tall Building Americas	Bank of America Tower	New York City
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia	Pinnacle @ Duxton	Singapore
Best Tall Building Europe	Broadcasting Place	Leeds
Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa	Burj Khalifa	Dubai
Global Icon Award	Burj Khalifa[3]	Dubai

2011

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced the winners of its annual "Best Tall Building" awards for 2011 on June 15, 2011.[15]

Award	Building/Person	Location
Best Tall Building Overall	KfW Westarkade	Frankfurt
Best Tall Building Americas	8 Spruce Street	New York City
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia	Guangzhou International Finance Center	Guangzhou
Best Tall Building Europe	KfW Westarkade	Frankfurt
Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa	The Index	Dubai

2012

Award	Building/Person	Location
Best Tall Building Overall	Doha Tower	Doha
Best Tall Building Americas	Absolute Towers	Mississauga
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia	1 Bligh Street	Sydney
Best Tall Building Europe	Palazzo Lombardia	Milan
Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa	Doha Tower	Doha
Tall Building Innovation Award	Al Bahar Towers	Abu Dhabi

2013

Award	Building/Person	Location
Best Tall Building Overall	CCTV Headquarters	Beijing
Best Tall Building Americas	The Bow	Calgary
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia	CCTV Headquarters	Beijing
Best Tall Building Europe	The Shard	London
Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa	Sowwah Square	Abu Dhabi
Tall Building Innovation Award (Co-Winners)	Broad Sustainable Building (BSB) Prefabricated Construction Process	Changsha
	KONE UltraRope	Espoo
10 Year Award	30 St Mary Axe	London[16]

2014

Award	Building/Person	Location
Best Tall Building Overall	One Central Park	Sydney
Best Tall Building Americas	Edith Green – Wendell Wyatt Federal Building	Portland
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia	One Central Park	Sydney
Best Tall Building Europe	De Rotterdam	Rotterdam
Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa	Cayan Tower	Dubai
Urban Habitat Award	The Interlace	Singapore
10 Year Award	Post Tower	Bonn
Tall Building Innovation Award	BioSkin
Performance Award	International Commerce Centre	Hong Kong

2015

Award	Building/Person	Location
Best Tall Building Overall	Bosco Verticale	Milan
Best Tall Building Americas	One World Trade Center	New York City
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia	CapitaGreen	Singapore
Best Tall Building Europe	Bosco Verticale	Milan
Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa	Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid Tower	Abu Dhabi
Urban Habitat Award	PARKROYAL on Pickering	Singapore
10 Year Award	Turning Torso	Malmö
Tall Building Innovation Award	HOLEDECK®
Performance Award	Chifley Tower	Sydney

2016

Award[17]	Building/Person	Location
Best Tall Building Overall	Shanghai Tower	Shanghai
Best Tall Building Americas	VIA 57 West	New York City
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia	Shanghai Tower	Shanghai
Best Tall Building Europe	The White Walls	Nicosia
Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa	The Cube	Beirut
Urban Habitat Award	Wuhan Tiandi Site A	Wuhan
10 Year Award	Hearst Tower	New York City
Tall Building Innovation Award	Pin-Fuse
Performance Award	TAIPEI 101	Taipei

2018

Award[18]	Building/Person	Location
Best Tall Building Overall	Oasia Hotel Downtown	Singapore
Best Tall Building Americas	American Copper Buildings	New York City
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia	Oasia Hotel Downtown	Singapore
Best Tall Building Europe	The Silo	Copenhagen
Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa	Zeitz MOCAA	Cape Town
Urban Habitat Award	World Trade Center Master Plan	New York City
10 Year Award	Shanghai World Financial Center	Shanghai
Tall Building Innovation Award	MULTI
Construction Award	The EY Centre	Sydney

2019

Award[19]	Building/Person	Location
Best Tall Building Worldwide	Salesforce Tower	San Francisco
Best Tall Building under 100 meters	Forma Itaim	São Paulo
Best Tall Building 100-199 meters	Amorepacific Headquarters	Seoul
Best Tall Building 200-299 meters	Shenzhen Energy Headquarters	Shenzhen
Best Tall Building 300-399 meters	Salesforce Tower	San Francisco
Best Tall Building 400 meters and above	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	Sydney
Renovation Award	CHAO Hotel	Beijing
Interior Space Award	Amorepacific Headquarters	Seoul
Structural Engineering Award	181 Fremont	San Francisco
MEP Engineering Award	Britam Tower	Nairobi
Geotechnical Engineering Award	181 Fremont	San Francisco
Façade Engineering Award	Azrieli Sarona Tower	Tel Aviv
Fire & Risk Engineering Award	Morpheus	Macau
10 Year Award	The Pinnacle@Duxton	Singapore
Tall Building Innovation Award	Viscoelastic Coupling Damper (VCD)
Construction Award	Atira La Trobe Street	Melbourne

See also

• Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
• List of architecture prizes

References

1. "CTBUH Annual Awards". awards.ctbuh.org. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
2. "CTBUH Awards Criteria". awards.ctbuh.org. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
3. "Burj Khalifa won "Global Icon" Award". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on 20 November 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
4. "Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award Criteria". CTBUH Annual Awards. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
5. "Lynn Beedle". ctbuh.org. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
6. "Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Award Criteria". awards.ctbuh.org. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
7. "Leslie E. Robertson". globval.ctbuh.org. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
8. "CTBUH Fellows Criteria". awards.ctbuh.org. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
9. "CTBUH Annual Awards: 2006". awards.ctbuh.org. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
10. "Best Tall Building Awards Criteria". awards.ctbuh.org. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
11. "Beetham Tower". The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
12. "Hearst Tower". The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
13. "CTBUH Annual Awards: 2008". awards.ctbuh.org. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
14. "Best Tall Building Overall - Broadcasting Tower, Leeds". Council on Tall Buildins and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on 20 November 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
15. "Winners of Annual "Best Tall Building" Awards for 2011". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
16. http://www.ctbuh.org/Awards/AllPastWinners/tabid/857/language/en-US/Default.aspx
17. "2016 Awards Announcement". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
18. "CTBUH Annual Awards: Winners - 2018". awards.ctbuh.org. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
19. "CTBUH Annual Awards: Winners - 2019". awards.ctbuh.org. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

External links

• CTBUH Awards Winners
• Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Official Website