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CTBUH organizes educational tours of important tall buildings / cities as part of its continuing education program. If you would like to find out more about CTBUH tours, or register an interest in participating, contact info@ctbuh.org
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CTBUH Willis Tower Tour
Chicago, USA, 29 October, 2009
On the occasion of saying goodbye to our Development Coordinator, Katharina Holzapfel, the CTBUH staff had a unique opportunity to see the in and outs of the Willis Tower in Chicago, from the very top to the deepest bottom...more |
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CTBUH John Hancock Center Tour
Chicago, USA, 21 October, 2009
One of the most famous tall buildings ever built, and still a progressive lesson in both structural engineering and achieving true mixed-use in a skyscraper (retail/office/residential/leisure), the 40-year old, 100-story Hancock Tower revealed some of its secrets to the attendees on this tour, with tour areas including a typical office floor, mechanical floor and the high-level observatory...more
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CTBUH One Museum Park West Tour
Chicago, USA, 21 October, 2009
Part of the complex of new residential towers built adjacent to Chicago’s Museum Campus at the southern edge of Grant Park, this prominent grouping of buildings enjoys a separation from the dense tall clusters of the Chicago loop. Topped out by the time of the tour, attendees experienced a typical Chicago concrete-frame building under construction...more
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Doha Visit
Qatar, October 12-15, 2009
CTBUH’s Jan Klerks and Bill Maibusch represented the CTBUH as the guest of honor during the TowerTech fair in Doha, Qatar between October 12 and 15. During the opening session, they presented on global developments and sustainable tall buildings. ... more
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Singapore Visit
Singapore, August, 2009
During CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood shares his recent experiences of a new and exciting Singapore which has, in a quiet, unpretentious way, been implementing social-urban policies over the past few decades that many cities now keenly aspire to. A city worthy of visit and study…more
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CTBUH Summer Tours
Chicago, US, May - July, 2009
During the months of May, June and July, CTBUH offered tours to three Chicago skyscrapers under construction. Guided by the professionals involved, tour guests learned about the development and construction of the newest additions to the Chicago skyline...more |
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CTBUH Blue Cross Blue Shield Tour
Chicago, USA, 17 July, 2009
The final tour of the CTBUH Summer Study Tour series was held on Friday, 17 July 2009, as CTBUH members and tour guests gathered at the Blue Cross Blue Shield Headquarters in downtown Chicago. Chicagoans have watched the progress of the major vertical building expansion since 2006, as builders have nearly doubled the size of the massive building...more |
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Chicago Helicopter Tour
Chicago, USA, 5 July, 2009
On Sunday, July 5, CTBUH staff member Jan Klerks was invited on a helicopter tour over the city of Chicago. The tour was planned for an early morning moment as the sun shines from the East, allowing for good pictures from the lake viewpoint...more |
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CTBUH Aqua Tower Tour
Chicago, USA, 19 June, 2009
The crown jewel of Chicago’s Lakeshore East master planned community, Aqua Tower, was the subject for the second in the series of CTBUH Summer Tours on Friday, June 19, 2009. Led by Ryan Keane and Suzanne Browne of McHugh Construction Company and Mauricio Sanchez of Studio Gang Architects, 36 tall building enthusiasts joined the two-hour technical tour, which took the group through Aqua's completed and uncompleted spaces...more |
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CTBUH Trump Tower Tour
Chicago, USA, 29 May, 2009
CTBUH staff had a most informative tour of Chicago skyline’s newest feature, the Trump International Hotel & Tower on Friday, 29 May 2009. The tour began from across the street at the base of the former IBM building. Lucas Tryggestad of Skidmore Owings and Merrill (SOM) led the tour, assisted by Iana Gueorquieva of SOM and Lucas Osmon of Bovis Lend Lease, Inc...more
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CTBUH Legacy at Millennium Park Tour
Chicago, USA, 22 May, 2009
Friday, May 22nd marked the start of the CTBUH 2009 Chicago Skyscraper Summer Tours with a construction tour of the Legacy at Millennium Park project in Chicago. CTBUH member Jay Butler of Walsh Construction was our host for the afternoon, aided by Peter Noone of architects for the project Solomon Cordwell Buenz. With a fully booked attendance of 30 CTBUH members and affiliates, knowledgeable tour guides and glorious weather, the tour was a great success...more |
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Discovering Asia, from Moscow
Asia, 23 April - 2 May, 2009
The 4th Russian Intellectual Business-Tour devoted to High-Rise buildings (“Asian Pearls: Shanghai & Hong Kong”) was recently held by the Moscow-based Lobby Agency with support from the CTBUH. The Russian tour group had a number of meetings with active CTBUH organizational members in these cities, visits to landmark tall buildings and construction sites...more |
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The Remaking of Mumbai, Tour
Mumbai, India, 1 - 11 February, 2009
With the financial and logistical support of CTBUH organizational member The Remaking of Mumbai Federation (RoMF), ten advanced architectural students from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and Prof. Antony Wood set out from the white winter background of Chicago ready to engage in the very real complex urban issues of the C-ward district of Mumbai...more
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CTBUH Aqua Tower Tour
Chicago, USA, 17 December, 2008
CTBUH staff had the great opportunity to receive an educational tour of the Aqua Tower guided, by Jim Loewenberg (Magellan Development Group), Randy Bullard (McHugh Construction) and Mauricio Sanchez (Studio Gang Architects)...more
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Australian Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Meetings - Building Tours
Brisbane and Sydney, Australia, 9 - 15 November, 2008
After the best part of a week in Australia, from the 9th – 15th November 2008, I am very pleased to report that the Australian Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (ACTBUH) is very much alive and kicking. The driving force behind this trip was delivering two presentations...more |
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Moscow Gaining Height Conference - Technical Tours
Moscow, Russia, 22 - 24 October, 2008
From the 22-24 of October, 2008, the Lobby Agency and TSNIIEP organized the 'Moscow Gaining Height' conference, with the CTBUH as an international conference partner. Following five sessions of knowledgeable speaker presentations, the remaining day and a half of the conference was devoted to technical tours...more |
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CTBUH 8th World Congress - Technical Tours
Dubai, UAE, 4 March, 2008
Members of the Congress Organizing Committee had personally organized tours to experience five seminal projects in Dubai including the Burj Dubai, the Emirates Towers, the Index Tower, the Burj Al Arab and Palm Jumeirah, either built or under construction...more
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CTBUH 8th World Congress - Regional Tours
Dubai, UAE, 2 & 6 March, 2008
Though much of the congress was obviously focused on Dubai, there was the opportunity for delegates to witness the incredible achievements of some of the other cities in the Middle East region, through a number of pre- and post-congress regional tours...more
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Trump International Hotel & Tower Tour
Chicago, USA, 29 October, 2007
Lucas Tryggestad of SOM gave an educational tour of the Trump International Hotel & Tower as part of the design research studio held at the Illinois Institute of Technology by Antony Wood, CTBUH Executive Director in fall 2007...more
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Chicago City Hall Tour
Chicago, USA, 29 August, 2007
As part of the IIT's studio project’s initial research and site study period a field visit was undertaken of the Chicago City Hall. It included a presentation and a tour of Chicago City Hall’s incredible green roof...more
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CTBUH / Nakheel Asia Tour 2007
Asia, 19 - 29 April, 2007
In 2007 CTBUH collaborated with the Dubai-based developer Nakheel and architects Woods Bagot to facilitate a 5-nation tour of seminal tall buildings in south-east Asia. Over 12 days, the group experienced in- depth technical tours of 20 buildings in 7 cities across 5 countries; including...more.
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CTBUH London Tour
London, UK, 2003 - 2005
As part of the University of Nottingham tall building design research studios, a number of study tours to London have been organized. Highlights of these visits have included a guided tour of Foster’s iconic Swiss Re Tower (the Gherkin) whilst still under construction and approximately 80% complete, a tour of Rogers Stirk Harbour Partners’ Lloyds of London building...more.
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