Upcoming Events

Below is a list of upcoming tall building and urban conferences, meetings, presentations, exhibitions and events. To see recently passed events click here.
  


Ron Klemencic

2010 Khan Lecture Series at Lehigh University
Ron Klemencic lecture

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 19 March, 2010

As part of the Khan Lecture Series, honoring Dr. Fazlur Rahman Khan’s legacy of excellence in structural engineering and architecture, Zdeněk P. Bažant will present on the topic of “OUTRAGEOUS!”...more


Australian Council On Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat - Breakfast Seminar 1
Brisbane Club, Brisbane, 30 March, 2010

Conceived pre GFC (global financial crisis), constructed largely during the GFC and planned for completion post GFC, One One One Eagle will add considerably to A grade Office space in Brisbane’s CBD. Jamie Nelson,Developer GPT and Petie Walker,Leighton Contractors will explain the challenges in conceiving and delivering this addition to the Brisbane Skyline...
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2010 Global Construction Summit 2010 Global Construction Summit: Winning Business in World Markets
McGraw-Hill Companies Headquarters, New York City, 7-8 April, 2010

The 2010 Global Construction Summit, “Winning Business in World Markets,” will bring together country delegations from the major construction markets of Europe, Asia, North America, South America, the Middle East and Australia, as well as industry leaders, to explore solutions to global industry challenges...
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 China Prophecy: Shanghai

China Prophecy: Shanghai
The Skyscraper Museum, New York, NY, USA, until 11 April, 2010

China Prophecy concludes Future City 20 | 21, a three-exhibit series that has examined parallels in the rapid urbanization and modernization of New York, Hong Kong, and Shanghai in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries...
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Highrise Towers and Tall Buildings 2010 Design and Construction of Safe and Sustainable Highrise Structures
Technische Universität München, 14-16 April, 2010

Welcome to Highrise Towers and Tall Buildings 2010 - Design and Construction of Safe and Sustainable Highrise Structures.  Engineers and researchers from around the world will find the Munich conference 2010 to be a unique opportunity to share new ideas, experiences and knowledge within the field of Highrise Towers and Tall Buildings...
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John E. Breen 2010 Khan Lecture Series at Lehigh University
John E. Breen lecture

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 16 April, 2010

As part of the Khan Lecture Series, honoring Dr. Fazlur Rahman Khan’s legacy of excellence in structural engineering and architecture, Zdeněk P. Bažant will present on the topic of "The ABCD’s of Bridge Building:  Affordable, Beautiful, Constructible, Durable"...more

NAE Grand Challenges for the 21st Century: Chicago Summit 2010 NAE Grand Challenges for the 21st Century: Chicago Summit 2010
Fairmont Hotel, Chicago, 21 April, 2010

CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood to take part in panel discussion at Chicago Summit 2010. The summit is designed to stimulate the engineering, science and policy advances needed to solve these four grand challenges: Clean Water; Carbon, Energy and Climate; Urban Sustainability; and Global Health...more

2010 NASCC The Steel Conference | The Structures Congress
Gaylord Palms Convention Center, Orlando
, 12-15 May, 2010

The American Institute of Steel Construction and the Structural Engineering Institute present the 2010 NASCC The Steel Conference | The Structures Congress to be held in Orlando Florida, USA...
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Building Motion Simulator Workshop
St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, 20-21, May, 2010


RWDI arranged a 2-day May workshop to experience full-scale and realistic building motions that represent the true wind-induced behaviour of high-rise towers, using a special motion simulator. Various motion such as: perceptibility and annoyance levels for lateral accelerations and torsional velocities, will be explored...
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Sustainable Façade and Design Engineering Conference
New York, USA, 24-26, May, 2010


This conference will review the most recent in sustainable design including hydroponically grown vegetation and rainwater, highlight the interest in Green Buildings and innovation, how to compete with other countries who are implementing such designs to their construction projects and up-to-date information on emerging technology as it rapidly changes...
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Research, Academic and Postgraduate Working Group
Venice, Italy, 17-18, June, 2010


This new Research Working Group aims to bring together all those who are undertaking formal, funded research in multi-disciplinary aspects of tall buildings internationally. The group aims to help coordinate that research, maximize output and analyze research gaps and possible future funding opportunities...
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John E. Breen 9th US National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Reaching Beyond Borders
Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto, 25-29 July, 2010

With the theme of “Reaching Beyond Borders,” the 9USN/10CCEE is scheduled for July 25-29, 2010, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Technical tours are planned for the SkyDome on Sunday and the CN Tower Monday evening...
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Awards Dinner 2010      CTBUH 9th Annual Awards Dinner and Ceremony
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA, 21 October, 2010

The CTBUH 9th Annual Awards Dinner will celebrate the seven Tall Building awards issued annually – five recognizing excellence in design and construction, and the two established lifetime achievement awards...
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Recent Events

CTBUH Korea Symposium 2010 A New Paradigm of High-Rise Building Construction in the World
Korean Trade Center, Seoul, Korea, 16 March, 2010

CTBUH Korea has been hosting international symposiums every year since its foundation on June 25, 2008. This time the symposium will invite many experts with the title of “A New Paradigm of High-Rise Building Construction in the World,” and introduce the construction and curtain wall technology of the new buildings...
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ART + SCIENCE = ARCHITECTURE ART + Science = Architecture
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL, until 15 March, 2010

In the exhibit ART + Science = Architecture, guests will see more than 15 of certified LEGO® professional Adam Reed Tucker’s amazing architectural LEGO creations. Some more than 10-feet high, they depict such renowned buildings such as Chicago’s Sears Tower...
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 Fifth International Conference on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics Fifth International Conference on Pedestrian & Evacuation Dynamics
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD USA, 8-10 March, 2010

In many countries, an aging population, increasing obesity and more people with impairments are bringing new challenges to the management of routine and emergency people movement...
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Zdeněk P. Bažant 2010 Khan Lecture Series at Lehigh University
Zdeněk P. Bažant lecture

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 26 Feb, 2010

As part of the Khan Lecture Series, honoring Dr. Fazlur Rahman Khan’s legacy of excellence in structural engineering and architecture, Zdeněk P. Bažant will present on the topic of "Progress Engendered by Collapses of Record Setting Structures:  Malpasset Dam, World Trade Center Towers and KB Bridge in Palau"...more

 CTBUH 2010 World Conference - Remaking Sustainable Cities in the Vertical Age CTBUH 2010 World Conference: "Remaking Sustainable Cities in the Vertical Age"
Renaissance Hotel & Convention Center, Mumbai, India, 3-5 February, 2010

Rapid urbanization of developing countries such as India and China over the past decade have resulted in almost 200,000 people migrating from rural to urban regions somewhere on the planet every day (United Nations statistics)...
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SHC Singapore International Housing Conference 2010 Singapore
Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore, 26-29 January, 2010

The Housing & Development Board is celebrating 50 years of public housing in Singapore. The conference aims to bring together experts and practitioners to look at sustainable development, with a focus on housing...more

    

Vertical Density, the Public Dimension
Grand Ballroom, Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, 21-22 January, 2010

The extreme vertical density of Hong Kong and New York, together with newly expanding cities such as Shanghai, is driven by market forces and private investment and shaped by municipal regulation and planning...more



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