Edited by: Antony Wood
Published by CTBUH in conjunction with IIT and Elsevier / Architectural Press, Chicago, 2008


ISBN: 978-1-85617-674-3
ISSN: 1948-1012
Price: $40 S&H (Purchase with 2009 Awards Book for an additional $30)

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The CTBUH recognizes five outstanding tall buildings annually. One winner is chosen from each of four geographical regions (Americas, Asia/Australasia, Europe, and Middle East/ Africa) and a further award presents the title of ‘Best Tall Building Overall’ to one of the four regional winners. This book features the 2008 winning projects alongside other honorable nominees from each region, profiling each in writing, photographs and drawings.

Additionally the CTBUH awards two annual lifetime achievement awards, the Lynn S. Beedle Award and the Fazlur Rahman Khan Medal, awarded this year to Cesar Pelli (Pelli Clarke Pelli) and William F. Baker (Skidmore Owings and Merrill LLP) respectively. The book provides an outline of their life’s work and achievements.

The book also features the official list of the ‘100 Tallest Buildings in the World’ and the height criteria upon which tall buildings are measured.

Hard cover with jacket,128 pp.

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