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.

16 January 2015 | Vienna

DC Towers

The first of the two towers in this waterside complex was completed in 2014 as the tallest building in Austria at 220 meters tall.

1 January 2015 | Sydney

One Central Park

A 116 meter residential tower that features "vertical gardens" along its outer facade, and a cantilevered section including a heliostat to provide light to the parkland below.

17 December 2014 | Huzhou

Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort

Located next to Nan Tai Lake in Huzhou, a city situated west of Shanghai and north of Hangzhou, the hotel provides views to Suzhou and Wuxi across the lake.

1 December 2014 | Portland

Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building

The renovation of this existing 1970s office tower was completed in 2013 and greatly reduced its energy usage.

1 November 2014 | New York City

UN Secretariat Building

The UN Secretariat symbolizes Modern architecture but required a renovation to bring technology and space into the current era.

1 October 2014 | Beijing

China Zun

Located in Beijing's Central Business District, the project team aim to use the latest in sustainable technology, materials and engineering concepts.

1 September 2014 | London

51 Lime Street

51 Lime Street establishes a great dialogue with the existing fabric of historic masonry buildings and more modern glass buildings.

15 August 2014 | Tokyo

Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower

Turning the traditional configuration for school design literally on its side by projecting it vertically, the Cocoon tower presents an incredible case-study for creating a university.

1 August 2014 | Dubai

Burj Khalifa

Undoubtedly one of the wonders of the modern world, Burj Khalifa is graceful and elegant as it reaches upward with seeming ease.

15 July 2014 | Luxembourg

Court of Justice of the European Communities

A simple and powerful form, this is Perrault doing what he does best; rejecting the experiment with flamboyant form and instead injecting creative thought into materiality and detail.

1 July 2014 | Guangzhou

Pearl River Tower

The building’s siting and its evocative curving shape are performance driven, and represent an example of a 21st century tower that responds responsibly to local climactic conditions.

15 June 2014 | Nagoya

Mode Gakuen Spiral Towers

The Spiral Towers stands in marked contrast to hypothetical-only designs; a real, incredibly-spiraling form standing vibrant on the Nagoya skyline.

1 June 2014 | Berlin

Tour Total

Tour Total establishes a strong anchor for a new urban district in the heart of Berlin. It achieves a remarkable balance between economics and sustainable performance.

15 May 2014 | London

30 St Mary Axe

Rarely does a single building have such a profound impact on the history of the high-rise as 30 St Mary Axe – The Gherkin.

1 May 2014 | The Hague

New Babylon

This project takes the extraordinary step of converting a high-concept but dated design into something wholly different, more ambitious but more contextually appropriate creation.

15 April 2014 | Tel Aviv

6 Remez Tower

As Tel Aviv urbanizes and rapidly grows its skyline, it is refreshing to see a building that gives over so much of its site to public space.

1 April 2014 | Singapore

PARKROYAL on Pickering

In PARKROYAL on Pickering the green strategies work together in a way that is both operationally sound and aesthetically captivating.

15 March 2014 | Houston

BG Group Place

Located in central Houston, adjacent to the new metro system, BG Group Place yields a host of green features while providing a breath of fresh air to the Houston skyline.

15 March 2014 | Munich

ADAC Headquarters

ADAC is instantly recognizable for the playful color pattern of its curtain walls, but from a structural and environmental standpoint, this is a building that means serious business.

1 March 2014 | Chengdu

Sliced Porosity Block

The buildings of Sliced Porosity Block, with their carefully shaped exteriors, bring the environmental needs of today into the cultural framework of local history.