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 2022 | Shenzhen
Dabaihui Plaza
Dabaihui Plaza, with its columnar outline and layered form, represents the high-quality urban visage of Shenzhen, China’s design capital.
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17 May 2022 | Shenzhen
Ping An Finance Center
Ping An Finance Center is located in the city’s Futian District and represents a new generation of the prototypical Asian skyscraper: very tall, very dense, and hyper-connected.
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20 April 2022 | Jakarta
Sequis Tower
Taking inspiration from the local Banyan tree, the tower rises organically from the ground as a series of finely scaled elements.
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6 April 2022 | Sydney
Brookfield Place Sydney
Brookfield Place Sydney has transformed the central Sydney CBD district around Wynyard station into a vibrant and modern mixed-use precinct.
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10 March 2022 | Dubai
Museum of The Future
Occupying a prime location adjacent to the Emirates Towers, the Museum of The Future is a expressive and dynamic landmark.
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3 February 2022 | Shanghai
Shanghai World Financial Center
The Shanghai World Financial Center has become an icon of Shanghai and China, with its clear and elegant form and revolutionary structural design.
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24 January 2022 | New York City
35 Hudson Yards
The building features private residences, a hotel, fitness club and spa, office space, and retail, stacked vertically on floorplates of different sizes
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7 January 2022 | Shenzhen
Shimao Qianhai Center
Shimao Qianhai Center, located in Shenzhen, China, is a Best Tall Office Building 2021 Award of Excellence winner.
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10 November 2021 | Tel Aviv
Azrieli Sarona Tower
The Azrieli Sarona Tower is both the first "twisted” and the tallest building in Israel.
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2 November 2021 | Chicago
110 North Wacker
Located along the South Branch of the Chicago River, 110 North Wacker was constructed upon a trapezoidal shaped site, creating desirable lease spans and a publicly accessible riverwalk.
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13 October 2021 | Addis Ababa
African Union Headquarters
The building was designed to be an icon of the African Union’s progression, symbolizing the stabilization, rejuvenation, and peace of the united continent.
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29 September 2021 | Shenzhen
One Excellence Tower 1
Interior Design Award 2021 Award of Excellence Winner
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1 September 2021 | Chongqing
Raffles City Chongqing
Raffles City Chongqing is a comprehensive mixed-use development with an overall gross floor area of approximately 1,100,000 square meters.
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18 August 2021 | Santiago
Torre Costanera
At 300 meters, Torre Costanera is South America's first supertall building and upon completion was the second tallest building in the southern hemisphere behind Q1 in Sydney.
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4 August 2021 | Changsha
Changsha Hua Center
Changsha Hua Center Phase II project, located in the center of the old city of Changsha, was a CTBUH Best Tall Building 100-199 meters 2021 Award of Excellence winner.
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23 June 2021 | Dubai
The Address Beach Resort
Three key contextual considerations drive the design of The Address Beach Resort: the urban skyline, site location and pedestrian connectivity.
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9 June 2021 | Sydney
ARC by Crown Group
ARC by Crown Group was designed as a contemporary tower that respects the historical context of its surrounding urban fabric.
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20 May 2021 | Vancouver
Vancouver House
The inverted massing turns the inefficient triangle into optimal rectangular floor plates for living spaces at its top, while freeing up public space at its base.
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13 May 2021 | Amsterdam
Hourglass
With architecture inspired by the geometric works of a Romanian sculptor, excess volume around the upper and lower atria was chiseled away to reveal an “hourglass” shape.
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