2009 Best Tall Building Finalists
Americas

Winner
Manitoba Hydro Place
 

Manitoba Hydro Place, Winnipeg, Canada
Client: Manitoba Hydro
Building Type: Office, Retail
Date of completion:  December 2008
Total Area: 690,000 sq. ft. (64,103 sq.m)
Total Height / Floors: 377 ft. (115 m) / 22
Architect:  Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects / Smith Carter Architects and Engineers Incorporated
Energy Engineers:
Transsolar Energietecknik GMBH
Structural E
ngineer: Halcrow Yolles
MEP Engineer: AECOM (formerly Earth Tech)
Contractor: PCL

Finalist
Trump Chicago
 

Trump International Hotel & Tower, Chicago, USA
Owner/Developer: The Trump Organization
Building Type: Residential / Hotel
Date of completion:  2009
Total Area: 2,600,000 sq. ft. (241,547 sq.m)
Total Height / Floors: 1389 ft. (423 m) / 98
Architect:  Skidmore Owings & Merrill

Structural Engineer: Skidmore Owings & Merrill
MEP Engineer: WMA Consulting Engineers
Contractor:  JBovis Lend Lease Inc.

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Asia & Australasia

Winner
Linked Hybrid Building  

Linked Hybrid Building, Beijing, China
Client: Modern Green Development Co., Ltd. Beijing
Building Type: Office, Commercial, Residential, Public Space
Date of completion: 2009
Total Area: 2,368,060 sq. ft. (220,000 sq.m)
Total Height / Floors: 223 ft. (68 m) / 21
Architect: Steven Holl Architects / Beijing Capital Engineering Architecture Design Co. LTD
Structural Engineer: Guy Nordenson and Associates
MEP Engineer: Transsolar
Contractor: Beijing Construction Engineering Group

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Finalists
The Met
 

The Met, Bangkok, Thailand
Owner/Developer: Pebble Bay Thailand
Building Type: Residential
Date of completion:  2009
Total Area: 1,214,530 sq. ft. (112,834 sq.m)
Total Height / Floors: 758 ft. (231 m) / 66
Architect:  WOHA Architects
Associate Architect:  Tandem Architects

Structural Engineer: Worley Pte. Ltd.
MEP Engineer: Lincolne Scott Ng Pte. Ltd.
Contractor:  Bouygues Thai Ltd.

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Missing Matrix
 

Missing Matrix Building - Boutiue Monaco, Seoul, South Korea
Owner/Developer: Las Vegas Sands Corporation
Building Type: Hotel
Date of completion:  2010
Total Area: 2,689,288 sq. ft. (249,843 sq.m)
Total Height / Floors: 679 ft. (207 m) / 57
Architect:  Mass Studies

Structural Engineer: TEO Structure
MEP Engineer:  HANA Consulting Engineers Co., Ltd.
Contractor:  GS E&C

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Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower
 

Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, Tokyo, Japan
Owner/Developer: Mode Gakuen
Building Type: School
Date of completion:  2008
Total Area: 870,424 sq. ft. (142,495 sq.m)
Total Height / Floors: 668 ft. (204 m) / 50
Architect:  Tange Associates

Structural Engineer: Arup Japan
MEP Engineer: Kenchiku Setsubi Sekkei Kenkyusho
Contractor:  Shimizu Corporation

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Mode Gakuen Spiral Towers
 

Mode Gakuen Spiral Towers, Nagoya-shi, Japan
Owner/Developer: Mode Gakeun
Building Type: School
Date of completion:  2008
Total Area: 527,324 sq. ft. (48,990 sq.m)
Total Height / Floors: 558 ft. (170 m) / 36
Architect: 
Nikken Sekkei
Structural Engineer: Nikken Sekkei
MEP Engineer: Nikken Sekkei
Contractor:  Obayashi Gumi Corporation

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Europe

Winner
The Broadgate Tower  

The Broadgate Tower, London, UK
Client: British Land
Building Type: Office
Date of completion: 2008
Total Area: 1,145,377 sq. ft. (106,409 sq.m)
Total Height / Floors: 585 ft. (178 m) / 35
Architect:  Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Structural Engineer: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
MEP Engineer: Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Contractor:  Bovis Lend Lease, Inc

Finalists
Court of Justice
 

Court of Justice of the European Communities, Luxembourg
Owner/Developer: Court of Justice of European Communities
Building Type: Institutional Offices
Date of completion:  2008
Total Area: 368,212 sq. ft. (34,208 sq.m)
Total Height / Floors: 351 ft. (107 m) / 24
Architect:  Dominique Perrault Architecture

Structural Engineer: Gehl, Jacoby & Associes SA
MEP Engineer: Jean Schmit Engineering SA
Contractor: Kurt Constructions SA

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Westraven
 

Westraven, Utrecht, Netherlands
Owner/Developer: Government Buildings Agency
Building Type: Office
Date of completion:  2008
Total Area: 570,487 sq. ft. (53,000 sq.m)
Total Height / Floors: 279 ft. (85 m) / 22
Architect:  cepezed architects

Structural Engineer: ABT
MEP Engineer: Grontmij Technical Management
Contractor:  Construction Combination Westraven

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Middle East & Africa

Winner
Westraven Tornado Tower, Doha
Owner/Developer: Qatar Investment & Projects Development Holding Company
Building Type: Office
Date of completion:  2008
Total Area: 861,113 sq. ft. (80,000 sq.m)
Total Height / Floors: 640 ft. (195 m) / 51
Architect: CICO Consulting Architects & Engineers
Structural Engineer: Stroh + Ernst
Contractor:
MIDMAC-Six Construct