CTBUH Annual Awards Symposiums

The CTBUH holds a yearly Symposium celebrating the annual Best Tall Building Award winners. The program began in 2010, and the archives of each year can be found below.


2012 Awards Symposium
Hermann Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology campus, Chicago
October 18th, 2012


In its third year, the annual free Awards Symposium was held before the Awards Dinner & Ceremony. Nine presentations were made from each of the winners of the Best Tall Building Awards, along with two Featured Finalists and Lifetime Achievement winners. 

2011 Awards Symposium
Hermann Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology campus, Chicago
November 3rd, 2011


For the second year, the CTBUH has organized a free afternoon Awards Symposium to precede the annual Awards Ceremony & Dinner. Over 600 delegates heard special presentations from representatives of the regional award winning projects and  Lifetime Achievement winners.

2010 Awards Symposium
Hermann Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology campus, Chicago
October 21, 2010


For the first time, the CTBUH organized an Awards Symposium preceding the annual Awards Dinner. Here, regional award winning projects were introduced by representatives from both the building owners and the architects while lifetime award winners reflected upon their careers.