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 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.

15 December 2011 | Chicago

Aqua Tower

The signature cantilevered balconies are breathtaking and exemplary of where concrete technology can take tall building design today.

1 December 2011 | Frankfurt am Main

KfW Westarkade

Already being touted as one of the most energy-efficient office buildings in the world, KfW Westarkade stands out as a shining example of an environmentally-responsible project.

1 November 2011 | Winnipeg

Manitoba Hydro Place

Designed to be site specific, this building could not be transplanted to another city in the form we see here; making it the perfect response to the homogenization of skylines.

1 October 2011 | Busan

Haeundae I'Park

The Haeundae I’Park is a high-density mixed-use development which includes three high-rise residential towers on the coast of Busan.

15 September 2011 | New York City

One World Trade Center

Part of the ambitious World Trade Center redevelopment, the symbolic 1,776-foot One World Trade Center rises on the northwest corner of the Lower Manhattan site.

1 September 2011 | London

Strata

From the outset, sustainability has been key to the building's evolution. This holistic approach to sustainable high-rise design will prove to be very useful for the future of tall.

15 August 2011 | Hong Kong

iSQUARE

iSQUARE, a 28-story tall retail mall, achieves height with grace and transparency.

1 August 2011 | New York City

One Madison Park

One Madison Park is situated in a unique location on the Manhattan grid. The strong yet simple form rises from a seemingly impossibly small New York City site.

15 July 2011 | Utrecht

Westraven

The radical renovation of the existing 85-meter tall construction along with the new extension of the Westraven Office Complex exemplifies the potential of sustainable practice.