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Daniel Safarik
CTBUH, Director, Research and Thought Leadership | Chicago, United States
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Daniel Safarik is Director, Research and Thought Leadership at CTBUH. His responsibilities include providing high-level directional oversight for the Council’s research functions, data studies, topical publications, and dedicated tall building database. Additional responsibilities include the development of content for CTBUH publications, particularly the CTBUH Journal. Safarik interfaces directly with the CTBUH President to identify topics and areas in need of detailed exploration and research, then engages analysts, writing staff, and production/digital team members to execute projects using clear operational workflows.
Safarik has co-authored or co-edited numerous of the Council’s recent technical publications.
He served as CTBUH’s Editor from 2013 to 2021, and as the Director of the China Office of CTBUH at Tongji University, Shanghai, from 2015 to 2017, spearheading the Council’s efforts to expand influence and membership in China.
Trained as an architect and a journalist, Safarik was the director of marketing for Brooks + Scarpa Architects (formerly Pugh + Scarpa Architects) from 2008 to 2011. Safarik reported on technology or edited for business publications for 16 years, including The Wall Street Journal, The Economist Group, Fast Company, Advanced Trading, Individual Investor, and others.
Safarik has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University and a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Oregon.
Daniel Safarik is Director, Research and Thought Leadership at CTBUH. His responsibilities include providing high-level directional oversight for the Council’s research functions, data studies, topical publications, and dedicated tall building database. Additional responsibilities include the development of content for CTBUH publications, particularly the CTBUH Journal. Safarik interfaces directly with the CTBUH President to identify topics and areas in need of detailed exploration and research, then engages analysts, writing staff, and production/digital team members to execute projects using clear operational workflows.
Safarik has co-authored or co-edited numerous of the Council’s recent technical publications.
He served as CTBUH’s Editor from 2013 to 2021, and as the Director of the China Office of CTBUH at Tongji University, Shanghai, from 2015 to 2017, spearheading the Council’s…
CTBUH Designated Expert
CTBUH Roles
Expert Peer Review Committee, Member (2014 – Present)
Skyscraper Center Editorial Board, Member (2022 – Present)
Annual Conference, Presenter (Shenzhen 2016; Chicago 2019)
Awards Interior Space Jury (2020)
Annual Conference, Session Chair (New York 2015; Shenzhen 2016; Middle East 2018; Chicago 2019)
First Skyscrapers Symposium, Steering Committee (2019)
CTBUH Initiatives
Videos
31 December 2020
Jørgen Tycho: Building Up the Mass Timber Supply Chain
In this episode, Jørgen Tycho, Founding Partner, Oslotre, talked to CTBUH Editor-in-Chief Daniel Safarik about how the relatively young mass timber supply chain can be...
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Research
04 April 2022
Daniel Safarik, Jacob Elbrecht & William Miranda, CTBUH
The past few years have seen tremendous interest in the development of mass timber buildings of increasing height, in urban settings, many of which are...
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Research
15 December 2021
Overcoming Carbon, Climate, and Societal Challenges in Cities
Daniel Safarik, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)
The tall building, the city, and by extension, urban life, are all facing unprecedented challenges, in multiple aspects—carbon, climate, and societal. The planet’s rapid urbanization...
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CTBUH Initiatives
31 July 2019
Skybridges Research Team Visits Major Projects in China, Malaysia
Three researchers from the CTBUH Skybridges Research Team visited four key skybridge-linked projects in Shenzhen, Chongqing, Beijing, and Kuala Lumpur.
18 July 2019
Skybridges: Bringing the Horizontal into the Vertical Realm
Join CTBUH for a half-day symposium at one of the world’s most significant skybridge-linked projects, Beijing’s Linked Hybrid.
18 July 2019
CTBUH Holds Half-Day Skybridges Symposium
More than 100 attendees gathered at Linked Hybrid for a symposium held in conjunction with the forthcoming skybridge research project, “Bringing the Horizontal Into the Vertical Realm.”
23 April 2019
Publication: Tall Buildings + Urban Habitat, Vol. 2
Tall Buildings + Urban Habitat: Volume 2, explores the projects, technologies, and approaches currently reshaping skylines and urban spaces worldwide.
11 April 2019
Skybridges Research: CTBUH / IIT Studio Visit
As part of the Skybridges research project, CTBUH and IIT College of Architecture traveled to NYC for presentations, workshops, and meetings regarding Skybridge designs.
8 November 2018
Two New CTBUH Technical Guides Released
The CTBUH has released two new Technical Guides, focused on Façade Access and Maintenance and Skyspaces in Tall Buildings.
20 October 2018
Record Numbers Convene at 2018 Leaders Meeting
CTBUH Leaders convened on Day 1 of the 2018 Middle East Conference for updates on the year's developments and to plan for 2019.
20 October 2018
Smart Building Technology Working Group Meets at 2018 Conference
The CTBUH Smart Technology Working Group held its first meeting at the CTBUH 2018 Middle East Conference, with the goal of producing a document on smart technologies for tall buildings.
19 October 2018
Skybridges Research Project Holds First Meeting
The CTBUH Skybridges research project steering committee held its initial kickoff meeting, just ahead of the 2018 Middle East Conference.
19 October 2018
Robotics Research Project Holds First Meeting
The CTBUH Robotics in Tall Building Construction research project steering committee held its initial kickoff meeting, just ahead of the 2018 Middle East Conference.
27 July 2018
Talking Tall: Engineering a Better Future
In the 2018 CTBUH Journal Issue III, Aine Brazil, Vice Chairman, Thornton Tomasetti, talks about her career highlights in high-rises and the support for more women in engineering.
7 February 2018
IIT Students Tour at SCB and Lurie Children's Hospital
As part of the CTBUH-IIT Academic Courses, a group of IIT architecture students visited the SCB Chicago Office on February 7.
8 December 2017
CTBUH Staff Taste Riverfront Lifestyle at Chicago’s Wolf Point
As a treat for a long year of hard work, CTBUH staff members took a top-to-bottom tour of Wolf Point West, a luxury apartment tower that sits on the Chicago River.
29 October 2017
CTBUH Urban Habitat/Urban Design Workshop Held at 2017 Conference
The CTBUH Urban Habitat/Urban Design Committee held its third annual meeting and workshop, which included presentations by James Parakh and Chris Proctor.
29 October 2017
CTBUH Leaders Connect at 2017 Conference
The Annual Leaders Meeting was held the day before the start of the CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference, bringing together the Council’s leaders.
3 November 2017
CTBUH-IIT Design Research Studio Student 2017 Conference Tour
Students from the 2017–2018 CTBUH-IIT design research studio attended the 2017 CTBUH International Conference and toured Sydney.
13 October 2017
CTBUH-IIT Design Research Studio Midterm Fall Review
During a semester of intense work assisted by the CTBUH and supported by AECOM, IIT architecture students presented their design research studio projects in Crown Hall.
7 September 2017
CTBUH Supports High-Rise Conference at Samara State University
22 speakers discussed the state of high-rise design & construction at this conference, a partner event between the CTBUH and Samara State Technical University.
17 January 2017
SuperTEC Visit to CTBUH China Office
The CTBUH China Office hosted a visit from SuperTEC, a consortium of researchers and practitioners from Korea University and Dankook University in Seoul.
16 October 2016
2016 CTBUH Leaders Meeting Report
The Annual Leaders Meeting was held this year in conjunction with the 2016 Conference in China, bringing together the Council’s leaders from around the world.
14 October 2016
2016 Vertical City Conference
This event will explore how the Vertical City concept can contribute to the development of metropolitan areas and mega metropolitan areas, such as "Jing Jin Ji" in China.
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9 September 2016
Urban Transitions Global Summit 2016
CTBUH is pleased to be a Supporting Partner of Urban Transitions 2016, a five-day symposium / workshop event to be held in Shanghai from September 5–9, 2016.
25 August 2016
Global Twilight Walking Tours
The CTBUH UH/UD Committee organized its third annual Global Walking Tours in 13 cities around the world, examining public spaces in a twilight setting.
13 May 2016
Shanghai Tower Signboard Ceremony
CTBUH joined Shanghai Tower officials in unveiling the commemorative signboard designating Shanghai Tower as the tallest building in China.
24 March 2016
The Innovative Hub for Architecture and Design
As a strategic partner of CADEX, a premier architecture and design exhibition, CTBUH China will have a significant presence at the event.
3 March 2016
TJAD Hosts CTBUH China for Year in Review Event
CTBUH China’s first 2016 event was a look back at a record-setting 2015, from the perspective of the country that contributed the greatest number of tall buildings 200 meters or higher.
29 February 2016
CONEFEC Virtual Conference in Brazil
Daniel Safarik, CTBUH China Office Director, has contributed a lecture titled “Is Tall All? The Potential of the 21st Century Skyscraper” to CONEFEC.
15 January 2016
2015–2016 Design Research Studio Final Reviews
Tongji students in the collaborative design studio, “Network Reshaping Downtown: Transit-Oriented Mega-Development,”presented their final designs.
18 November 2015
CTBUH Beijing Workshop
CTBUH Beijing is holding a technical workshop and networking event in Arup's Beijing Office to introduce the CTBUH China Office.
18 November 2015
Future Places Workshop
The second CTBUH Beijing Chapter workshop placed a particular emphasis on the subject of future workplaces and the importance of a robust marketing campaign for tall buildings.
28 October 2015
World Trade Center: One WTC Office Building Tour
CTBUH 2015 delegates toured One World Trade Center Office Building which is the current tallest building in the Americas.
28 October 2015
Jersey City Urban Tour & Reception
CTBUH 2015 delegates toured Jersey City which will has been transformed from a post-industrial backwater to a mini-Manhattan across the Hudson.
18 September 2015
CTBUH, Tongji Press Sign Two More Publishing Agreements
Zhi Wenjun, TJUP, and Daniel Safarik, CTBUH, recently signed an agreement covering several publications, including a Chinese language version of the CTBUH Journal.
16 July 2015
CTBUH, Tongji Press Sign Publishing Agreement
CTBUH signed the first of several planned publishing contracts with Tongji University Press for the book related to the 2016 International Conference.
3 July 2015
Panel Handles Mean, Green Questions at Architect @ Work in China
As part of its role as a strategic partner of the Architect @ Work China Conference in Shanghai, CTBUH hosted a panel discussion entitled “Greening the Vertical Habitat.”
3 July 2015
Architect @ Work
CTBUH is a supporting partner of Architect @ Work, a two-day event that reinvents how architects, designers, and real estate professionals discover knowledge and innovation.
22 May 2015
Inaugural Japan Symposium Rises to the Occasion in Tokyo
CTBUH held its inaugural Japan Symposium at the Academy Hills lecture hall of the Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills, bringing together leading experts
18 March 2015
China Office to Launch...Founding Sponsors Confirmed
The CTBUH is extremely pleased to announce that 18th March will see the official launch of its new China Office, located at Tongji University, Shanghai.
18 March 2015
China Office Launch Reception
We encourage you to join us at the Launch Reception for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) China Office / Asia Headquarters.
18 March 2015
CTBUH China Office Kicks Off
The CTBUH China Office / Asia Headquarters officially launched at CAUP at Tongji University with the inaugural board meeting and a reception
20 February 2015
Miami Grows Up
Daniel Safarik, CTBUH China Office Director & Journal Editor, visited Miami to engage with firms, welcome new members, and gain a understanding of a fast growing tall building market.
21 September 2014
Nanjing Regional Tour Report
After getting the high speed train from Shanghai, delegates toured the Suning Gulou Ruicheng project, followed by a trip to the rooftop of one of its 250-meter office buildings.
19 September 2014
Jing An Kerry Centre Technical Tour Report
At the Jing An Kerry Centre, the overall sense of luxury was amplified by traveling through the lushly appointed lobby and convention spaces of the Shangri-La Hotel on-site.
19 September 2014
Tomorrow Square Technical Tour Report
Delegates toured the 37th floor of Tomorrow Square, which takes advantage of the building’s 45-degree plan shift by offering views in at least eight directions.
16 September 2014
Building Management and Operation Workshop, Shanghai 2014
The workshop “Building Management and Operation” shed light on the critical period of a building’s life after the designs have been submitted and the ribbons have been cut.
16 September 2014
Wind Engineering Workshop, Shanghai 2014
Design adaptation in tall buildings was a main theme in the Technical Workshop, "Wind Engineering," at the Shanghai 2014 Conference.
19 February 2014
CTBUH Helps CAF Answer "What Do You Mean by TALL?" with LEGOs
The CTBUH helped the CAF launch its “Drinks + Design” adult-education evening program for 2014, by supervising and judging the designs of about a dozen teams of LEGO skyscrapers
13 December 2013
CTBUH Staff Given Tour of AMA Plaza
In keeping with its annual tradition, CTBUH staff enjoyed a tall-building tour as part of its holiday party, exploring the newly remodeled AMA Plaza.
22 October 2013
CTBUH Joins Launch of Mongolian Tower
Editor Daniel Safarik attended and spoke at the launch of the Morin Khuur Tower at the Construction Mongolia 2013 Expo.
1 October 2013
New York’s New Delirium
At least five once-in-a-lifetime multi-acre projects are underway in New York. CTBUH Editor Daniel Safarik reports on his journey to investigate further.
13 June 2013
Tower 42 Technical Tour Report
The tallest building in the United Kingdom from 1980 until 1991 and the first major skyscraper in the City of London, Tower 42 encapsulates the theme of the conference: Height and Heritage.
13 June 2013
One Canada Square + Canary Wharf Technical Tour Report
A tour of Canary Wharf is an object lesson in the kind of place-making that can stem from the exploitation of an increasing rarity and developer’s delight: a 100-acre blank space in a major metropolitan area.
13 June 2013
City of London Walking Tour Report with Peter Rees
To truly gain an understanding of how to reconcile “Height and Heritage” one of the best options was to accompany the man whose job it is to do just exactly that. Peter Wynne Rees has been the chief planner for the City of London for 28 years.
13 June 2013
Broadgate Tower Technical Tour Report
The Broadgate Tower was the first tower building in the City designed specifically for the speculative market.
11 June 2013
Activity at the CTBUH London Conference: Day One
See the highlights from the first day of the CTBUH 2013 London Conference including the Opening Plenary and Conference Dinner.
31 July 2019
Skybridges Research Team Visits Major Projects in China, Malaysia
Three researchers from the CTBUH Skybridges Research Team visited four key skybridge-linked projects in Shenzhen, Chongqing, Beijing, and Kuala Lumpur.
18 July 2019
Skybridges: Bringing the Horizontal into the Vertical Realm
Join CTBUH for a half-day symposium at one of the world’s most significant skybridge-linked projects, Beijing’s Linked Hybrid.
18 July 2019
CTBUH Holds Half-Day Skybridges Symposium
More than 100 attendees gathered at Linked Hybrid for a symposium held in conjunction with the forthcoming skybridge research project, “Bringing the Horizontal Into the Vertical Realm.”
23 April 2019
Publication: Tall Buildings + Urban Habitat, Vol. 2
Tall Buildings + Urban Habitat: Volume 2, explores the projects, technologies, and approaches currently reshaping skylines and urban spaces worldwide.
11 April 2019
Skybridges Research: CTBUH / IIT Studio Visit
As part of the Skybridges research project, CTBUH and IIT College of Architecture traveled to NYC for presentations, workshops, and meetings regarding Skybridge designs.
8 November 2018
Two New CTBUH Technical Guides Released
The CTBUH has released two new Technical Guides, focused on Façade Access and Maintenance and Skyspaces in Tall Buildings.
20 October 2018
Record Numbers Convene at 2018 Leaders Meeting
CTBUH Leaders convened on Day 1 of the 2018 Middle East Conference for updates on the year's developments and to plan for 2019.
20 October 2018
Smart Building Technology Working Group Meets at 2018 Conference
The CTBUH Smart Technology Working Group held its first meeting at the CTBUH 2018 Middle East Conference, with the goal of producing a document on smart technologies for tall buildings.
19 October 2018
Skybridges Research Project Holds First Meeting
The CTBUH Skybridges research project steering committee held its initial kickoff meeting, just ahead of the 2018 Middle East Conference.
19 October 2018
Robotics Research Project Holds First Meeting
The CTBUH Robotics in Tall Building Construction research project steering committee held its initial kickoff meeting, just ahead of the 2018 Middle East Conference.
27 July 2018
Talking Tall: Engineering a Better Future
In the 2018 CTBUH Journal Issue III, Aine Brazil, Vice Chairman, Thornton Tomasetti, talks about her career highlights in high-rises and the support for more women in engineering.
7 February 2018
IIT Students Tour at SCB and Lurie Children's Hospital
As part of the CTBUH-IIT Academic Courses, a group of IIT architecture students visited the SCB Chicago Office on February 7.
8 December 2017
CTBUH Staff Taste Riverfront Lifestyle at Chicago’s Wolf Point
As a treat for a long year of hard work, CTBUH staff members took a top-to-bottom tour of Wolf Point West, a luxury apartment tower that sits on the Chicago River.
29 October 2017
CTBUH Urban Habitat/Urban Design Workshop Held at 2017 Conference
The CTBUH Urban Habitat/Urban Design Committee held its third annual meeting and workshop, which included presentations by James Parakh and Chris Proctor.
29 October 2017
CTBUH Leaders Connect at 2017 Conference
The Annual Leaders Meeting was held the day before the start of the CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference, bringing together the Council’s leaders.
3 November 2017
CTBUH-IIT Design Research Studio Student 2017 Conference Tour
Students from the 2017–2018 CTBUH-IIT design research studio attended the 2017 CTBUH International Conference and toured Sydney.
13 October 2017
CTBUH-IIT Design Research Studio Midterm Fall Review
During a semester of intense work assisted by the CTBUH and supported by AECOM, IIT architecture students presented their design research studio projects in Crown Hall.
7 September 2017
CTBUH Supports High-Rise Conference at Samara State University
22 speakers discussed the state of high-rise design & construction at this conference, a partner event between the CTBUH and Samara State Technical University.
17 January 2017
SuperTEC Visit to CTBUH China Office
The CTBUH China Office hosted a visit from SuperTEC, a consortium of researchers and practitioners from Korea University and Dankook University in Seoul.
16 October 2016
2016 CTBUH Leaders Meeting Report
The Annual Leaders Meeting was held this year in conjunction with the 2016 Conference in China, bringing together the Council’s leaders from around the world.
14 October 2016
2016 Vertical City Conference
This event will explore how the Vertical City concept can contribute to the development of metropolitan areas and mega metropolitan areas, such as "Jing Jin Ji" in China.
9 September 2016
Urban Transitions Global Summit 2016
CTBUH is pleased to be a Supporting Partner of Urban Transitions 2016, a five-day symposium / workshop event to be held in Shanghai from September 5–9, 2016.
25 August 2016
Global Twilight Walking Tours
The CTBUH UH/UD Committee organized its third annual Global Walking Tours in 13 cities around the world, examining public spaces in a twilight setting.
13 May 2016
Shanghai Tower Signboard Ceremony
CTBUH joined Shanghai Tower officials in unveiling the commemorative signboard designating Shanghai Tower as the tallest building in China.
24 March 2016
The Innovative Hub for Architecture and Design
As a strategic partner of CADEX, a premier architecture and design exhibition, CTBUH China will have a significant presence at the event.
3 March 2016
TJAD Hosts CTBUH China for Year in Review Event
CTBUH China’s first 2016 event was a look back at a record-setting 2015, from the perspective of the country that contributed the greatest number of tall buildings 200 meters or higher.
29 February 2016
CONEFEC Virtual Conference in Brazil
Daniel Safarik, CTBUH China Office Director, has contributed a lecture titled “Is Tall All? The Potential of the 21st Century Skyscraper” to CONEFEC.
15 January 2016
2015–2016 Design Research Studio Final Reviews
Tongji students in the collaborative design studio, “Network Reshaping Downtown: Transit-Oriented Mega-Development,”presented their final designs.
18 November 2015
CTBUH Beijing Workshop
CTBUH Beijing is holding a technical workshop and networking event in Arup's Beijing Office to introduce the CTBUH China Office.
18 November 2015
Future Places Workshop
The second CTBUH Beijing Chapter workshop placed a particular emphasis on the subject of future workplaces and the importance of a robust marketing campaign for tall buildings.
28 October 2015
World Trade Center: One WTC Office Building Tour
CTBUH 2015 delegates toured One World Trade Center Office Building which is the current tallest building in the Americas.
28 October 2015
Jersey City Urban Tour & Reception
CTBUH 2015 delegates toured Jersey City which will has been transformed from a post-industrial backwater to a mini-Manhattan across the Hudson.
18 September 2015
CTBUH, Tongji Press Sign Two More Publishing Agreements
Zhi Wenjun, TJUP, and Daniel Safarik, CTBUH, recently signed an agreement covering several publications, including a Chinese language version of the CTBUH Journal.
16 July 2015
CTBUH, Tongji Press Sign Publishing Agreement
CTBUH signed the first of several planned publishing contracts with Tongji University Press for the book related to the 2016 International Conference.
3 July 2015
Panel Handles Mean, Green Questions at Architect @ Work in China
As part of its role as a strategic partner of the Architect @ Work China Conference in Shanghai, CTBUH hosted a panel discussion entitled “Greening the Vertical Habitat.”
3 July 2015
Architect @ Work
CTBUH is a supporting partner of Architect @ Work, a two-day event that reinvents how architects, designers, and real estate professionals discover knowledge and innovation.
22 May 2015
Inaugural Japan Symposium Rises to the Occasion in Tokyo
CTBUH held its inaugural Japan Symposium at the Academy Hills lecture hall of the Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills, bringing together leading experts
18 March 2015
China Office to Launch...Founding Sponsors Confirmed
The CTBUH is extremely pleased to announce that 18th March will see the official launch of its new China Office, located at Tongji University, Shanghai.
18 March 2015
China Office Launch Reception
We encourage you to join us at the Launch Reception for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) China Office / Asia Headquarters.
18 March 2015
CTBUH China Office Kicks Off
The CTBUH China Office / Asia Headquarters officially launched at CAUP at Tongji University with the inaugural board meeting and a reception
20 February 2015
Miami Grows Up
Daniel Safarik, CTBUH China Office Director & Journal Editor, visited Miami to engage with firms, welcome new members, and gain a understanding of a fast growing tall building market.
21 September 2014
Nanjing Regional Tour Report
After getting the high speed train from Shanghai, delegates toured the Suning Gulou Ruicheng project, followed by a trip to the rooftop of one of its 250-meter office buildings.
19 September 2014
Jing An Kerry Centre Technical Tour Report
At the Jing An Kerry Centre, the overall sense of luxury was amplified by traveling through the lushly appointed lobby and convention spaces of the Shangri-La Hotel on-site.
19 September 2014
Tomorrow Square Technical Tour Report
Delegates toured the 37th floor of Tomorrow Square, which takes advantage of the building’s 45-degree plan shift by offering views in at least eight directions.
16 September 2014
Building Management and Operation Workshop, Shanghai 2014
The workshop “Building Management and Operation” shed light on the critical period of a building’s life after the designs have been submitted and the ribbons have been cut.
16 September 2014
Wind Engineering Workshop, Shanghai 2014
Design adaptation in tall buildings was a main theme in the Technical Workshop, "Wind Engineering," at the Shanghai 2014 Conference.
19 February 2014
CTBUH Helps CAF Answer "What Do You Mean by TALL?" with LEGOs
The CTBUH helped the CAF launch its “Drinks + Design” adult-education evening program for 2014, by supervising and judging the designs of about a dozen teams of LEGO skyscrapers
13 December 2013
CTBUH Staff Given Tour of AMA Plaza
In keeping with its annual tradition, CTBUH staff enjoyed a tall-building tour as part of its holiday party, exploring the newly remodeled AMA Plaza.
22 October 2013
CTBUH Joins Launch of Mongolian Tower
Editor Daniel Safarik attended and spoke at the launch of the Morin Khuur Tower at the Construction Mongolia 2013 Expo.
1 October 2013
New York’s New Delirium
At least five once-in-a-lifetime multi-acre projects are underway in New York. CTBUH Editor Daniel Safarik reports on his journey to investigate further.
13 June 2013
Tower 42 Technical Tour Report
The tallest building in the United Kingdom from 1980 until 1991 and the first major skyscraper in the City of London, Tower 42 encapsulates the theme of the conference: Height and Heritage.
13 June 2013
One Canada Square + Canary Wharf Technical Tour Report
A tour of Canary Wharf is an object lesson in the kind of place-making that can stem from the exploitation of an increasing rarity and developer’s delight: a 100-acre blank space in a major metropolitan area.
13 June 2013
City of London Walking Tour Report with Peter Rees
To truly gain an understanding of how to reconcile “Height and Heritage” one of the best options was to accompany the man whose job it is to do just exactly that. Peter Wynne Rees has been the chief planner for the City of London for 28 years.
13 June 2013
Broadgate Tower Technical Tour Report
The Broadgate Tower was the first tower building in the City designed specifically for the speculative market.
11 June 2013
Activity at the CTBUH London Conference: Day One
See the highlights from the first day of the CTBUH 2013 London Conference including the Opening Plenary and Conference Dinner.
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Videos
31 December 2020
Jørgen Tycho: Building Up the Mass Timber Supply Chain
In this episode, Jørgen Tycho, Founding Partner, Oslotre, talked to CTBUH Editor-in-Chief Daniel Safarik about how the relatively young mass timber supply chain can be...
31 December 2020
Brian Brashaw: Mass Timber and Sustainable Forestry: The Government Perspective
CTBUH Editor-in-Chief Daniel Safarik interviewed Brian Brashaw, Program Manager, Forest Products Marketing Unit & Wood Innovations, USDA Forest Service. This episode focuses on the incentives...
31 December 2020
Kathryn Fernholz: What’s Sustainable About Cutting Down Trees?
Sustainable forestry is key to the success of the mass timber construction industry. The fact that responsible and selective timber harvesting can actually help preserve...
31 December 2020
Ara Erickson: The Timber Industry, Forest Management, and Building Tall
CTBUH Editor-in-Chief Daniel Safarik interviewed Ara Erickson, Director, Corporate Sustainability, Weyerhaeuser, about the timber industry’s role in sustainable forest management and interest in tall timber...
17 October 2016
The rise of the megacity presents unprecedented opportunities to understand the human urbanization project, and to observe the effects of multi-core, polycentric cities growing together...
17 October 2016
Megacities - Setting the Scene Q&A
Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Daniel Safarik, CTBUH; Peter Kindel, Skidmore Owings & Merrill; Travis Soberg, Goettsch Partners, answer questions at the end of...
27 October 2015
Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Bjarke Ingels Group; Scott Frank, Jaros, Baum & Bolles; Russel Unger, Urban Green; and Tom Wright, Regional Plan Association, discuss the future of...
22 October 2013
Construction Mongolia 2013 Expo
CTBUH Editor Daniel Safarik presents at Construction Mongolia 2013 Expo at the invitation of CTBUH Supporting Contributor Morin Khuur Tower LLC on the history and...
31 December 2020
Jørgen Tycho: Building Up the Mass Timber Supply Chain
In this episode, Jørgen Tycho, Founding Partner, Oslotre, talked to CTBUH Editor-in-Chief Daniel Safarik about how the relatively young mass timber supply chain can be...
31 December 2020
Brian Brashaw: Mass Timber and Sustainable Forestry: The Government Perspective
CTBUH Editor-in-Chief Daniel Safarik interviewed Brian Brashaw, Program Manager, Forest Products Marketing Unit & Wood Innovations, USDA Forest Service. This episode focuses on the incentives...
31 December 2020
Kathryn Fernholz: What’s Sustainable About Cutting Down Trees?
Sustainable forestry is key to the success of the mass timber construction industry. The fact that responsible and selective timber harvesting can actually help preserve...
31 December 2020
Ara Erickson: The Timber Industry, Forest Management, and Building Tall
CTBUH Editor-in-Chief Daniel Safarik interviewed Ara Erickson, Director, Corporate Sustainability, Weyerhaeuser, about the timber industry’s role in sustainable forest management and interest in tall timber...
17 October 2016
The rise of the megacity presents unprecedented opportunities to understand the human urbanization project, and to observe the effects of multi-core, polycentric cities growing together...
17 October 2016
Megacities - Setting the Scene Q&A
Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Daniel Safarik, CTBUH; Peter Kindel, Skidmore Owings & Merrill; Travis Soberg, Goettsch Partners, answer questions at the end of...
27 October 2015
Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Bjarke Ingels Group; Scott Frank, Jaros, Baum & Bolles; Russel Unger, Urban Green; and Tom Wright, Regional Plan Association, discuss the future of...
22 October 2013
Construction Mongolia 2013 Expo
CTBUH Editor Daniel Safarik presents at Construction Mongolia 2013 Expo at the invitation of CTBUH Supporting Contributor Morin Khuur Tower LLC on the history and...
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Research
04 April 2022
Daniel Safarik, Jacob Elbrecht & William Miranda, CTBUH
The past few years have seen tremendous interest in the development of mass timber buildings of increasing height, in urban settings, many of which are...
15 December 2021
Overcoming Carbon, Climate, and Societal Challenges in Cities
Daniel Safarik, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)
The tall building, the city, and by extension, urban life, are all facing unprecedented challenges, in multiple aspects—carbon, climate, and societal. The planet’s rapid urbanization...
17 September 2021
Sustainable Tall Building Design Exemplars
Will Miranda & Daniel Safarik, CTBUH
Some 97 cities worldwide, including most of the world’s megacities with a population of 10 million or more, have signed onto the C40 Cities Climate...
23 September 2020
Towards Post-Crisis Tall Buildings and Cities
Daniel Safarik & William Miranda, CTBUH
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a massive and sudden rethink of how tall office buildings, and cities as a whole, should operate. With national and...
01 August 2020
Antony Wood, Peng Du & Daniel Safarik, CTBUH
For more than a century, architects and urban visionaries have foretold of three-dimensional cities, with tall buildings linked by skybridges forming a new kind of...
25 April 2019
What Makes for Tall Building Innovation?
Daniel Safarik, CTBUH
In this paper, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat seeks to define “innovation” in terms of the potentially transformative technologies and practices for...
25 April 2019
Best Tall Buildings 2019: Dominant Trends
CTBUH
This year, CTBUH has vastly expanded its Awards program to consider the Best Tall Building category through several classes of height, rather than geographic regions,...
20 October 2018
Towering Aspirations in Dubai and Beyond
Mohamed Ali Alabbar, Emaar Properties
In 2008, CTBUH held its Eighth World Congress in Dubai, at which time the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, was still under construction. His...
20 October 2018
The Tall, Polycentric City: Dubai and the Future of Vertical Urbanism
Daniel Safarik, Shawn Ursini & Antony Wood, CTBUH
The development pattern of Dubai, host city of the 2018 CTBUH Middle East Conference core program, typifies the polycentric city phenomenon more than most cities....
28 July 2018
Aine Brazil, Thornton Tomasetti
Aine Brazil, Vice Chairman, Thornton Tomasetti, is the recipient of the 2018 CTBUH Fazlur R. Khan Medal. Through a 40-plus-year career, she has been responsible...
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17 October 2016
Daniel Safarik, Shawn Ursini & Antony Wood; Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
The rise of the megacity presents unprecedented opportunities to understand the human urbanization phenomenon, and to observe the effects of multicore, polycentric cities growing together...
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04 February 2016
The Other Side of Tall Buildings: The Urban Habitat
Daniel Safarik, CTBUH
A growing number of tall buildings recognized by the CTBUH, through its international awards programs and research, are noteworthy not so much because of their...
31 December 2014
Interactive Study on Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014
Daniel Safarik, Antony Wood, Marty Carver & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH
An All-Time Record 97 Buildings of 200 Meters or Higher Completed in 2014 and 2014 showed further shifts towards Asia, and also surprising developments in...
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16 September 2014
Learning From 50 Years of Hong Kong Skybridges
James Robinson, Hongkong Land
Hongkong Land was instrumental in developing Hong Kong’s famous network of skybridges between buildings. CTBUH Editor Daniel Safarik spoke to James Robinson, Executive Director of...
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31 December 2013
Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2013
Daniel Safarik, Antony Wood, Marty Carver & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH
By all appearances, the small increase in the total number of tall-building completions from 2012 into 2013 is indicative of a return to the prevalent...
04 April 2022
Daniel Safarik, Jacob Elbrecht & William Miranda, CTBUH
The past few years have seen tremendous interest in the development of mass timber buildings of increasing height, in urban settings, many of which are...
15 December 2021
Overcoming Carbon, Climate, and Societal Challenges in Cities
Daniel Safarik, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)
The tall building, the city, and by extension, urban life, are all facing unprecedented challenges, in multiple aspects—carbon, climate, and societal. The planet’s rapid urbanization...
17 September 2021
Sustainable Tall Building Design Exemplars
Will Miranda & Daniel Safarik, CTBUH
Some 97 cities worldwide, including most of the world’s megacities with a population of 10 million or more, have signed onto the C40 Cities Climate...
23 September 2020
Towards Post-Crisis Tall Buildings and Cities
Daniel Safarik & William Miranda, CTBUH
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a massive and sudden rethink of how tall office buildings, and cities as a whole, should operate. With national and...
01 August 2020
Antony Wood, Peng Du & Daniel Safarik, CTBUH
For more than a century, architects and urban visionaries have foretold of three-dimensional cities, with tall buildings linked by skybridges forming a new kind of...
25 April 2019
What Makes for Tall Building Innovation?
Daniel Safarik, CTBUH
In this paper, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat seeks to define “innovation” in terms of the potentially transformative technologies and practices for...
25 April 2019
Best Tall Buildings 2019: Dominant Trends
CTBUH
This year, CTBUH has vastly expanded its Awards program to consider the Best Tall Building category through several classes of height, rather than geographic regions,...
20 October 2018
Towering Aspirations in Dubai and Beyond
Mohamed Ali Alabbar, Emaar Properties
In 2008, CTBUH held its Eighth World Congress in Dubai, at which time the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, was still under construction. His...
20 October 2018
The Tall, Polycentric City: Dubai and the Future of Vertical Urbanism
Daniel Safarik, Shawn Ursini & Antony Wood, CTBUH
The development pattern of Dubai, host city of the 2018 CTBUH Middle East Conference core program, typifies the polycentric city phenomenon more than most cities....
28 July 2018
Aine Brazil, Thornton Tomasetti
Aine Brazil, Vice Chairman, Thornton Tomasetti, is the recipient of the 2018 CTBUH Fazlur R. Khan Medal. Through a 40-plus-year career, she has been responsible...
17 October 2016
Daniel Safarik, Shawn Ursini & Antony Wood; Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
The rise of the megacity presents unprecedented opportunities to understand the human urbanization phenomenon, and to observe the effects of multicore, polycentric cities growing together...
04 February 2016
The Other Side of Tall Buildings: The Urban Habitat
Daniel Safarik, CTBUH
A growing number of tall buildings recognized by the CTBUH, through its international awards programs and research, are noteworthy not so much because of their...
31 December 2014
Interactive Study on Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014
Daniel Safarik, Antony Wood, Marty Carver & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH
An All-Time Record 97 Buildings of 200 Meters or Higher Completed in 2014 and 2014 showed further shifts towards Asia, and also surprising developments in...
16 September 2014
Learning From 50 Years of Hong Kong Skybridges
James Robinson, Hongkong Land
Hongkong Land was instrumental in developing Hong Kong’s famous network of skybridges between buildings. CTBUH Editor Daniel Safarik spoke to James Robinson, Executive Director of...
31 December 2013
Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2013
Daniel Safarik, Antony Wood, Marty Carver & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH
By all appearances, the small increase in the total number of tall-building completions from 2012 into 2013 is indicative of a return to the prevalent...
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