The Council issues seven Tall Building awards annually; two Lifetime Achievement awards and five Best Tall Building awards which recognize excellence in design and construction:

• Best Tall Building – Americas
• Best Tall Building – Asia & Australasia
  
• Best Tall Building – Europe
• Best Tall Building – Middle East & Africa
  
• Best Tall Building – Overall
  
• Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award
• Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal

Following an open call period for nominations, the Council’s Awards Committee selects the winner of each category. The Best Tall Building Overall is selected from the four regional winners and announced at the CTBUH Annual Awards Ceremony & Dinner. Winners and finalists are also featured in the annual CTBUH Awards Book, which is published in conjunction with a major international publisher and distributed internationally each year.

Awards Criteria

The CTBUH Awards recognize projects and individuals that have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of tall buildings and the urban environment, and that achieve sustainability at the highest and broadest level. The projects must also exhibit processes and/or innovations that have added to the profession of design and enhance the cities and the lives of their inhabitants...more

Submission Process

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 by completing the nomination forms. The nomination period closes at the end of April, at which time the Awards Committee begins deliberating on the entries received...more

Awards Committee

The CTBUH Jury is typically made up of six individual jurors under the direction of the Awards Committee Chair (who serves a term of up to three years). The Council strives to maintain a multidisciplinary and geographically-spread jury makeup in which each jury member brings a unique and varied perspective on the nominees and allows for a global perspective in the judgment process...more

Previous Winners

The CTBUH began issuing its Lynn S. Beedle Award in 2002, its Fazlur Khan Medal in 2004, and its Best Tall Building Awards in 2007. View a full archive of all previous CTBUH Awards Winners, some of which include: Dr. Ken Yeang, Norman Foster, Cesar Pelli, Leslie Robertson, William Baker; and buildings such as: the Hearst Tower, Shanghai World Financial Center, and the Linked Hybrid building...more

Awards Dinner/Ceremony

Award winners and nominees are recognized at the CTBUH Annual Awards Ceremony & Dinner, celebrating the remarkable achievements of the distinguished individuals and project teams. Typically held in October each year within the atmospheric setting of Mies van der Rohe’s iconic Crown Hall at the Illinois Institute of Technology, cocktails and a formal dinner are served as Awards are presented between courses...more

Awards Publication

Award winners and finalists are featured in the annual CTBUH Awards Book, which highlights each project in writing, photographs and drawings. The Awards Book is published in conjunction with a major international publisher and after premiering at the Awards Ceremony & Dinner, is then sold in bookstores around the globe...more

Past Awards, by Year

The Council has been issuing awards since its 1st Annual Awards Ceremony in 2002 in which CTBUH Founder Lynn S. Beedle was recognized as the first recipient of the Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award. Read about all the previous CTBUH Award years, including an overview of that year's winners, a report on the Awards Dinner & Ceremony, photos and videos of the events...more