Featured Tall Buildings

CTBUH features seminal tall buildings as case studies. These projects, typically either recently completed or historically significant, are examples of influential tall building development, design, engineering, and/or construction. Click a project to view more information about it.

15 October 2012 | Frankfurt am Main

Nextower

The striking interrelationship of the tilted façades forms the central theme of the design of this office tower and its smaller neighboring hotel.

1 October 2012 | Suzhou

Greenland's Suzhou Center

The Suzhou Center incorporates passive ventilation techniques in the the design to create a unique interior "lung" that appears as a large opening.

15 September 2012 | New York City

Eight Spruce Street

A beautiful building, elegantly fitting into its Manhattan context, “New York by Gehry” at Eight Spruce Street uses the very latest in computer-enabled construction.

1 September 2012 | Dubai

The Index

The Index is a model for developing sustainable built environments in the Middle East region, as well as other similar climatic environments elsewhere in the world.

15 August 2012 | Chicago

Blue Cross-Blue Shield Tower

The design concept defined an initial building to serve a company’s immediate needs and planned for vertical expansion in the future.

1 August 2012 | Guangzhou

Guangzhou IFC

Guangzhou IFC is a landmark tower which defines the emerging international strength of China’s third city and serves as a landmark for Guangzhou Zhujiang New Town’s main axis.

15 July 2012 | Rotterdam

The Red Apple

The Red Apple is a residential complex with shops, cafés, restaurants and business spaces that towers skyward at the head of Rotterdam’s Wijnhaven Island (“Wine Harbor” Island).

1 July 2012 | Abu Dhabi

Capital Gate Tower

Throughout history, a strong link has existed between iconic architecture and exhibitions. One of the best known examples is Paris’ Eiffel Tower, Capital Gate is Abu Dhabi's icon.

15 June 2012 | New York City

Eleven Times Square

Eleven Times Square attempts to make a more sustainable model for an urban building.

1 June 2012 | Beijing

CCTV Headquarters

The recently completed new headquarters of China Central Television contains the entire television-making process within a single building.

15 May 2012 | Istanbul

Sapphire Tower

Sapphire Tower brings a fantastic residential building into a downtown business core with sky gardens and "indoor-outdoor" terraces housed within the two skins of the tower.

1 May 2012 | Abu Dhabi

Aldar Headquarters

A perfect circle at the water's edge, Aldar's new headquarters is the centrepiece of Al Raha Beach, an exclusive new city on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi.

15 April 2012 | New York City

100 11th Ave

A crystalline architectural beacon along the shore of the Hudson River, 100 11th Avenue utilizes a multi-pane panelized façade system to impart its signature shimmer on Manhattan.

1 April 2012 | London

Heron Tower

Heron Tower provides highly flexible work-spaces which support diverse tenant needs through a series of ten multi-story “villages”—with a full-height atrium at the heart of each.

15 March 2012 | Osaka

Fukoku Tower

This tower has a very constructive interaction with the ground plane. This starts with the generous extension of the pedestrian way as the sidewalks extend within the property.

1 March 2012 | New York City

HL23

The building addresses the adjacent High Line in a very successful way, rising from its ultra-compact site to create a very positive relationship with the elevated linear park.

15 February 2012 | Padova

Net Center

Net Center serves as a perfect foil for the ambient architectural context, and creates a new point of reference for this part of the city.

1 February 2012 | Bangkok

The Hansar

In the tall building world of so many often-ridiculous gestures, The Hansar has a fantastic balance and poise embodying principles of sustainable and tropical living.

15 January 2012 | Dubai

Rolex Tower

The tower sits amidst the exuberance that is the tall building development of Dubai’s main thoroughfare. The building comes as a breath of fresh air among the crowd of towers.

1 January 2012 | Shanghai

Riviera TwinStar Square

This building has a fantastic balance and poise. The towers stand out for the new spatial dimension they give to the “emptiness” that lies between them.