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.

1 December 2012 | Milan

Palazzo Lombardia

The Palazzo Lombardia is a confident and controlled execution of what is actually an exuberant plan, and it does so while quietly integrating sustainable strategies.

15 November 2012 | Singapore

Reflections at Keppel Bay

In providing the necessary differentiated typologies and units for the residential development at Keppel Bay, the Reflections towers create a dynamic interaction with their environment.

1 November 2012 | Doha

Doha Tower

Doha Tower stands out for its deft and subtle sensitivity to culture, context, and climate. The strength of the proposal is in its unapologetic connection to culture and place.

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.