2012 Best Tall Building Finalists

Americas


Winner
8 Spruce Street  

Absolute Towers, Mississauga, Canada
Height: 
Tower 1, 179.5 meters (576 ft); Tower 2, 158 meters (518 ft)
Stories:
Tower 1, 56 stories; Tower 2, 50 stories
Use: Residential
Owner: Fernbrook and Cityzen
Design Architect: MAD architects
Associate Architect: Burka Architects
Structural Engineer: Sigmund Soudack
MEP Engineer: Stantec
Project Manager:
MAD: Ma Yansong, Dang Qun, Fernbrook: Anthony Pignetti, Sergio Vacilotto, Ivano DiPietro, Faruq Ahmad, Jordana Scola

Finalists
Eleven Times Square  

Jameson House, Vancouver, Canada
Height: 119 meters (389 ft)
Stories: 36

Use: Residential/Office
Owner: Jameson Development Corporation

Developer: Bosa Properties

Design Architect: Foster + Partners

Associate Architect: Walter Francl Architecture Inc.

Structural Engineer: Halcrow Yolles
MEP Engineer: Imec Mechanical Ltd
Project Manager: Bosa Properties
Main Contractor: Axiom Builders Inc

HL23  

BG Group Place, Houston, USA
Height: 193 meters (632 ft)
Stories: 46

Use: Office
Owner: Hines CalPERS Green Fund

Developer: Gerald D Hines Interests

Design Architect: Pickard Chilton
Associate Architect: Kendall / Heaton Associates
Structural Engineer: Ingenium Inc
MEP Engineer: Wylie & Associates
Main Contractor: D.E. Harvey Builders

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Asia & Australasia

Winner
GIFC  

1 Bligh Street, Sydney, Australia
Height: 135 m
eters (442 ft)
Stories: 28
Use: Office
Owner: DEXUS Property Group; Cbus Property
Design Architect: ingenhoven architects; Architectus
Structural Engineer: Enstruct Group
MEP Engineer: Arup Sydney
Project Manager: APP Corporation

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Finalists
Fukoku Tower  

KK100 Development, Shenzhen, China
Height: 442 meters (1,449 ft)
Stories: 100

Use: Hotel/Office
Owner/Developer: Shenzhen Kingkey Real Estate Development Co. Ltd
Design Architect: TFP Farrells

Associate Architect: Huasen Architectural & Engineering Designing Consultants Ltd.
Structural Engineer: RBS Architectural Engineering Design Associates

MEP Engineer: Arup

Project Manager:
Shenzhen Kingkey Real Estate Development Co. Ltd
Main Contractor: China Construction Fourth Engineering Division Corp. Ltd.

ICC  

Reflections at Keppel Bay, Singapore
Height: 175/117 meters (573/382 ft)
Stories: 41/24

Use: Residential
Owner/Developer: Keppel Land International Ltd
Design Architect: Studio Daniel Libeskind
Associate Architect: DCA Architects
Structural Engineer: T Y Lin International Pte Ltd; KK Lim $ Associates Pte Ltd
MEP Engineer: BECA Carter Hollings & Ferner (S. E. Asia) Pte Ltd
Project Manager: Keppel Land International Ltd

Main Contractor: Woh Hup Pte Ltd

Riviera  

Solaris, Singapore
Height: 79 meters (260 ft)
Stories: 15

Use: Office
Owner: JTC Corporation

Developer: SB (Solaris) Investment P/L

Design Architect: TR Hamzah & Yeang
Associate Architect: CPG Corporation
Structural Engineer: Arup
MEP Engineer: CPG Corporation
Main Contractor: Soil Build Pte Ltd
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Europe

Winner
KfW  

Palazzo Lombardia, Milan, Italy
Height: 161 m
eters (529 ft)
Stories: 40

Use: Government
Owner: Regione Lombardia

Developer: Infrastrutture Lombarde

Design Architect: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

Associate Architect: Paolo Caputo Partnership; Sistema Duemila Architettura e Ingegneria
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
MEP Engineer: Ove Arup & Partners

Project Manager:
Infrastrutture Lombarde

Finalists
Heron  

Victoria Tower, Stockholm, Sweden
Height: 118 meters (386 ft)
Stories: 35

Use: Hotel/Office
Owner/Developer: Call Tower Invest AB
Design Architect: Wingardh Arkitektkontor
Structural Engineer: Integra Engineering AB
MEP Engineer: AB Teknoplan

Net Center Complesso Garibaldi - Tower B, Milan, Italy
Height: 94 meters (307 ft)
Stories: 28

Use: Office
Owner/Developer: Beni Stabili S.p.A.
Design Architect: Progetto CMR
Structural Engineer: Studio Tecnico Ing. Rom
MEP Engineer: Tekser S.r.l.
Project Manager:
Beni Stabili S.p.A.
Main Contractor: Maltauro S.p.A.
 
Middle East & Africa

Winner
Index  

Doha Tower, Doha, Qatar
Height: 236 meters (773 ft)
Stories: 46

Use: Office
Owner: H.E. Sheikh Saoud Bin Mohamed Bin Ali Al-Thani

Design Architect: Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Structural Engineer: Terrell International; China Construction Design International
MEP Engineer: Terrell Internationa

Finalists
Rolex  

Al Hamra Firdous Tower, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Height: 413 meters (1,354 ft)
Stories: 80

Use: Residential/Office
Owner/Developer: Al Hamra Real Estate and Entertainment Co.

Developer: Ajial Real Estate and Entertainment

Design Architect: Skidmore Owings & Merrill; Al Jazera Consultants
Structural Engineer: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
MEP Engineer:
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Project Manager: Turner Construction
Main Contractor: Ahmadiah Contracting and Trading Company

Al Bahar Towers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Height: 145 meters (476 ft)
Stories: 29

Use: Office
Owner/Developer: Abu Dhabi Investment Council

Design Architect: Aedas

Associate Architect:
Diar Consult
Structural Engineer: Arup
MEP Engineer:
Arup
Project Manager: Mace Ltd
Main Contractor: Al-Futtaim Carillion

Villaggio II, Accra, Ghana
Height: 65 meters (212 ft)
Stories: 19

Use: Residential
Owner/Developer: Metropolis Developments

Design Architect: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Structural Engineer: Adams Kara Taylor
MEP Engineer:
Halcrow Yolles
Main Contractor: Trasacco Estates Development Company Ltd

 
Innovation

Winner

Al Bahar Towers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Height: 145 meters (476 ft)
Stories: 29

Use: Office
Owner/Developer: Abu Dhabi Investment Council

Design Architect: Aedas

Associate Architect:
Diar Consult
Structural Engineer: Arup
MEP Engineer:
Arup
Project Manager: Mace Ltd

Finalists
Rolex  

Ark Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower, Tokyo, Japan
Height: 207 meters (678 ft)
Stories: 47

Use: Office/Residential
Owner: Union Urban Redevelopment of Toranomon-Roppongi Area

Developer: Mori Building

Design Architect:
Mori Building
Associate Architect: Irie Miyake Architects and Engineers; Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Structural Engineer: Obayashi Gumi Corporation; Yamashita Sekkei
MEP Engineer:
Kenchiku Setubi Sekkei Kenkyusho
Project Manager: Mori Building
Main Contractor: Obayashi Gumi Corporation

Kajima Corporation Head Office Building No. 2, Tokyo, Japan
Height: 76 meters (250 ft)
Stories: 20

Use: Office
Owner/Developer: Kajima Corporation

Design Architect:
Kajima Design

Structural Engineer: Kajima Design
MEP Engineer:
Kajima Design
Project Manager: Kajima Corporation
Main Contractor: Kajima Corporation