The Council typically initiates its Call for Awards in the month of March each year. This begins an open nomination period where companies can submit their projects or colleagues for consideration for a CTBUH Award. The nomination period closes at the end of April, at which time the Awards Committee begins deliberating on the entries received. The Best Tall Building Regional Award Winners and Lifetime Achievement Award Winners are selected in mid-June. The Jury then undertakes site visits of each regional building winner in order to make their final selection on the Best Tall Building Overall winner. All awards are conferred at the annual Awards Dinner & Ceremony held in October. This event is attended by approximately 300 colleagues from around the world.


Lifetime Achievement Awards
To nominate a colleague for one of the Council’s two Lifetime Achievement Awards, A Lifetime nomination form will need to be completed in its entirety and submitted to the CTBUH along with relevant support material. Information on the nominees’ experience and contributions, as well as justification as to why the individual should be considered for the award should be clearly evident in your submission form.  Letters of recommendation are welcome, but not required.

Best Tall Building Awards
To nominate a building for one of the Council’s Best Tall Building Awards, A representative from the building’s client/consultant team needs to complete the Best Tall Building nomination form in its entirety and submit to the CTBUH along with relevant images and drawings. Required submission information includes: Building Data, Project Team Information, Text description, and Images/Drawings.

Notes:
1. A single organization is welcome to submit multiple nominations so long as each project meets the qualifying criteria. A separate submission form is required for each nomination.
2. A project is only eligible for submission of a CTBUH award once, and cannot be submitted in a consecutive year’s awards program regardless of whether it may still meet the completion date criteria.

Winners: CTBUH Expectations
All Best Tall Building and Lifetime Achievement winners carry the following expectations (building owner/lead consultants in the case of winning buildings):

• Provide additional and comprehensive material for inclusion in the CTBUH Annual Awards  Publication.
  

• Attend the annual Awards Dinner & Ceremony in October to collect the award and give a short acceptance speech.
  

• Attend and present at an afternoon symposium on the winning project/lifetime’s work on the day of the Awards Dinner & Ceremony.
  

• Occasionally, winners may be invited to sit on the awards jury the following year.