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2010, Issue III - including:
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Serenity Tower
Abhinav Mohapurkar, Mihir Bhatt & Saurabh Barde, University of Nottingham

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Register Now for the 9th Annual Awards Dinner & Symposium
Registration is now open for the Awards Dinner/Ceremony, with free attendance at the Symposium - both to be held on Thursday October 21 at the IIT Campus, Chicago. Speakers include Bill Pedersen and Ysrael Seinuk, and the teams behind the Best Tall Building winners...more


CTBUH Trustee Bill Baker Award by ASCE
William F. Baker P.E., S.E., FASCE, FIStructE, Structural Engineering Partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) has been recognized with a 2011 Outstanding Projects And Leaders (OPAL) Lifetime Award for Design from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)...more

CTBUH Journal 2010, Issue III
The second edition of the year includes articles on the O-14: Folded Exoskeleton, the Spire at Ras Al Khaimah and the CTBUH 2010 Awards Winners. Members should already have received their hard copy. The full digital copies of the Journal will be available to members only, and by request... more


CTBUH Research Meeting, Venice
On 17-18 June 2010, the CTBUH held the inaugural meeting of its Research, Academic & Postgraduate Working Group. Taking place in the unforgettable city of Venice, the meeting attracted much attention from both academia and industry, resulting in the attendance of 76 researchers representing 60 institutions...more

VAST 2010
The result of Chris Abel’s latest Vertical Architecture Studio (VAST) conducted at the University Of New South Wales is now available. VAST, which marks a departure from conventional high-rise studies, was created to explore the possibilities and implications of the new movement for tall building urban form...more

"Piraeus Tower 2010" competition
The results of the CTBUH supported Piraeus Tower architectural competition have been announced. The competition focused on the re-design of the face of the second tallest building in Athens, an unfinished project since 1974. CTBUH Executive Director, Antony Wood served on the jury...more


CTBUH 2010 Best Tall Building Award winners announced
The CTBUH is pleased to announce the winners of its annual "Best Tall Building" awards: Americas, Bank of America Tower; Asia & Australasia, Pinnacle @ Duxton; Europe, Broadcasting Place; Middle East & Africa, Burj Khalifa; Lynn S. Beedle Award, William Pedersen...more


2009/10 Design Research: The Remaking of Mumbai 
Design research projects from the recently completed tall building design studio at Illinois Institute of Technology are now available on the CTBUH website. The studio produced six individual projects that each address serious problems within the heart of Mumbai...more


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CMA CGM Headquarters, Marseille, Zaha Hadid architects
July 27, Marseille
  CMA CGM Headquarters, Zaha Hadid architects

Virtual computer-generated skyscraper in Brazil
July 27, Brazil
Virtual computer-generated skyscraper in Brazil

Albert Speer & Partner in Shanghai wins 'North Bund' international ideas competition
July 27, Shanghai
  Albert Speer & Partner in Shanghai wins 'North Bund' international ideas competition

Herzog & De Meuron: Beirut Terraces
July 22, Beirut
  Herzog & De Meuron:
Beirut Terraces

NY+LA
July 22, New York/Los Angeles
Architecture firms re-imagine our future cities

Using elevators in fires
July 21
  Using elevators in fires

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CTBUH Executive Director, Antony Wood, comments on the newly completed Strata tower
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July 18, 2010
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