CTBUH Journal Archive

2013 Issue I

Contents Include:
Case Study: Kingdom: Creating a One-Kilometer High Tower
Skyscraper Reborn in Venezuela
Vertical Universities
Fire Safety in Hong Kong
The Year in Numbers: 2012
Talking Tall on Saudi Arabia

Debating Tall: How High Should We Go?

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2012 Issue IV

Contents Include:
Case Study: Inside Canada’s “Marilyn” Towers
Creating an Energy-Producing Skyscraper
Fluid-based Aerodynamic Performance
Ice, Snow and Tall Buidlings
Assessing Korea’s Technology Potential
Talking Tall with Bjarke Ingels
In Numbers: Canada Rising
Reports: Shanghai Congress & 2012 Awards


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2012 Issue III - China Special Issue: 9th World Congress

Contents Include:
Greenland’s “Breathing Tower” in Wujiang
China’s Advanced Façade Technologies
Details on China’s Unique Linked Towers
Special Report: China’s New Economy
Meet the President of Shanghai Tower
Inside the China Broad Group


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2012 Issue II

Contents Include:
Case Study: Capital Gate, Abu Dhabi
Securing Iconic Structures

The Environmental Performance of the TTDI

Developing Rotterdam's Skyline
Talking Tall: The Skyscraper Index

Debating Tall: is UNESCO Going too Far?

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2012 Issue I

Contents Include:
Case Study: The Hansar, Bangkok
Developing Skyscraper District: La Defénse
Hybrid Mass Dampers for Canton Tower

Greening the Urban Habitat: Singapore
Talking Tall: A Future for Tall Building History

2011: A Tall Building in Review
Tallest 20 in 2020


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2011 Issue IV

Contents Include:
Case Study: Haeundai I'Park, Busan
Humanizing High-rise Urbanism
The Subtropical Residential Tower

Integrating Wind Turbines in Tall Buildings
A New Demolition Method for Tall Buildings

Country Report: South Korea
Talking Tall: The CTBUH Chairmanship


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2011 Issue III - SPECIAL EDITION "WTC: Ten Years On"
 

Contents Include:
Case Study: One World Trade Center
Revitalizing Lower Manhattan
Planning the World Trade Center: 40 Years Apart

Wider Impacts: Tall Buildings as a Viable Proposition
Evolution of Building Code Requirements in a Post 9/11 World
Challenging Attitudes on Codes and Safety
Talking Tall: The Global Impact of 9/11


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2011 Issue II
Contents Include:
Case Study: Capital City Towers, Moscow
Validating the Dynamics of the Burj Khalifa
Real Life Data to Support Environmental Claims
Vibration Control: A Tower Complex with Sky Gardens
Residential Towers in Central Business Districts
Eyesore to Urban Asset: Transformation of Railroad Structures
Talking Tall: So You Want a Tall Building?


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2011 Issue I
Contents Include:
Case Study: Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
Origin of the Skyscraper
World’s Tallest Steel Shear Walled Building
Tall Timber Buildings
Dimensions of Density in Hong Kong
2010: A Tall Building Review
Talking Tall: Ups and Downs in Russia


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2010 Issue IV
Contents Include:
Case Study: Hong Kong International Commerce Centre
The Vertical Living Kids Research Project
Tuned Liquid Dampers for Slender Tall Buildings
Greening Modernism: Westraven Tower
Educational Studio: The Remaking of Mumbai (II)
Tallest World Records
Talking Tall: Dormitowers


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2010 Issue III
Contents Include:
Case Study: O-14 Folded Exoskeleton
New Solar Initiatives in Supertall Buildings:The Spire at Ras Al Khaimah
International Applications of Elevators for Fire Service Access and Occupant Egress in Fires
The High-rise as a Retirement Community
Greening Supertalls
The Economics of High-rise

CTBUH 2010 Awards Winners

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2010 Issue II
Contents Include:
Case Study: Shanghai Tower
The Vertical Garden City: Towards a New Urban Topology
Innovative 20: Challenging the  Typology of Tall Buildings
Tall Buildings, Structural Systems and Materials
Talking Tall: Winy Maas, MVRDV
CTBUH Mumbai Conference Report


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2010 Issue I

Contents Include:
Case Study: The Standard Hotel, New York
The Remaking of Mumbai: A CTBUH–IIT collaborative architectural design studio
Structural Design of Reinforced Concrete Tall Buildings
Historical evolution of the service core
CTBUH changes height criteria: Burj Dubai height increases
Tall Buildings in Numbers 2009: A Tall Building Review


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2009 Issue III
CTBUH Journal 2009 Issue 3 Contents Include:
Case Study: Trump International Tower & Hotel
A Humanist Approach To Tropical High-rise
Shaping the High-rise Framework
40 years of the CTBUH: Chairman Reflections
Tall Buildings and Embodied Energy
2009 Chicago Skyscraper Summer Tours


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2009 Issue II
CTBUH Journal 2009 Issue 2   

Contents Include:
Case Study: Nakheel Harbour & Tower - The Vertical City, Dubai
Condenser Typology: open envelope vertical farming, the extremes of tower urbanism
Performance-Based Evaluation for the 450m Nanjing Greenland Financial Center Main Tower
Report: SEI/ASCE Structures Congress 2009
Exhibit Review: 'Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe

Profile: Gordon Gill,  CTBUH Awards Committee Chairman

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2009 Issue I
CTBUH Journal 09/1

Contents include:
Case Study: Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, Tokyo
Tall Buildings in the Global Recession: 2008, 2020 and beyond
The Skycourt
Restoring Mies van der Rohe's 860-880 Lake Shore Drive
CTBUH Tour: Aqua Tower
The Remaking of Mumbai, Tour


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2008 Issue III

   
CTBUH Journal 08/3   Contents include:
Case Study: CCTV Building
The Vertical Farm - The origin of a 21st century Architectural Typology
Partial Occupancies for Phased and Multi-Use Tall Buildings
CTBUH Working Group Update: Tall Buildings + Sustainability
Report: Australian CTBUH Seminars
Review: Moscow Gaining Height Conference

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2008 Issue II
2008, Issue 2 Contents include:
Case Study: Shanghai World Financial Center
Greener Concrete - Delivering Design Flexibility and Greater Sustainability
Sustainable Rating Systems Around the World
Building Façade or Fire Safety Façade?
CTBUH Working Group Update: Seismic


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2008 Issue I
   
CTBUH Journal Issue 1, 2008   Contents include:
Overview of 8th World Congress Dubai, 2008
The Race for the Sky: Unbuilt Skyscrapers
The Tallest 10 Completed in 2007
The “International” Skyscraper: Observations
High-Rise Home Technology


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2007, Fall Issue

CTBUH Journal, Fall 2007   Contents include:
Burj Dubai Stack Effect
The Sky Court
BIM - A Search for Answers
Maglev goes High-Rise
The Tallest 20 in 2020

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2007 Summer Issue
CTBUH Journal, Summer 2007   Contents include:
Sustainable design in high-rise residential
Executive Director's message
Sustainable and Tall
Toward efficient buildings worldwide

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2006 Summer Issue, No.4
CTBUH Journal, Summer 2006  

Contents include:
The International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong
Wind engineering of the Burj Dubai
High-rise buildings with twisted facades
Firm profile: Skidmore Owings and Merrill LLP

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2004 Fall Issue, No.3
CTBUH Journal, Fall 2004   Contents include:
Taipei 101 sets  new standard for skyscrapers
Rising High in Manhattan - Trump World Tower
New Paradigms in High Rise Design
Hybrid Structures in Challenging Architecture
Firm profile: DeSimone Consulting Engineers PLLC
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2004 Spring Issue, No.2
CTBUH Journal, Spring 2004   Contents include:
In Memoriam: Lynn S. Beedle
Transparency: The Art and Science of Building Design
"World's Tallest" confirmed in Taiwan
Multiple Phase Construction for a Multi-use Tall Building
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2003, Issue No.1  
CTBUH Journal, 2003   Contents include:
CTBUH: A Historical sketch
Firm Profile: ZGF
"What does September 11th mean for Building Structure Design?"
"Educating the Public of safety in Tall Buildings"
"Tall building Fire Safety - Post 9/11"
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2001 Volume 1, No. 2
CTBUH Journal, 2001
  Contents include:
Urban Quality of Life Evaluation Scenarios: The case of Sao Carlos in Brazil
Integrating Architecture and Structural Form in Tall Steel Building Design
Economic Considerations for Multi-use Tall Buildings
Soil-structure Interaction of Damped Structures
Studies on Serviceability of Concrete Structures
High-rise with Cable Net Facade for the 21st Century
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2000 Volume 1, No. 1
CTBUH Journal, 2000
  Contents include:
The Ecological Approach to Design
The South Market Area San Francisco: From Dross to Gloss
Building Where they Said it Couldn't be Done
Composite Retrofit of a 47-Story Steel Building for Wind Loads               
Structural Design for Passive Seismic Control Utilization
Reflectors on the Hancock Concept
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