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 June 2018

Eighth Annual Italian & International Tall Buildings Conference

Join CTBUH Italy for the 8th Annual Italian & International Tall Buildings Conference, which will explore tall building initiatives and research around the world.

1 June 2018

CTBUH Leaders Meet at Annual Awards Event

The first 2018 Leaders Meeting brought together CTBUH leaders from around the world to provide mid-year updates on the Council's major initiatives.

15 January 2018

Cyclone-Glazing and Façade Resilience for the Asia-Pacific Region

CTBUH has launched the second phase of the "Cyclone-Glazing and Façade Resilience for the Asia-Pacific Region" research project, kindly sponsored by Trosifol.

29 October 2017

Calculating Floor Areas in Skyscrapers Workshop

The day before the CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference, delegates gathered for the Calculating Floor Areas in Skyscrapers Workshop.

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.

28 August 2017

Master's Thesis Challenge

CTBUH is launching a new academic initiative, empowering Master's-level architecture students to research new possibilities in rope-less elevator technology.

30 June 2017

CTBUH Presents, Advances Cyclone-Glazing Research

The 25th edition of the Glass Performance Days Conference (GPD), chaired by Jorma Vitkala, GPD, and focusing on “Growth, Knowledge, New Generation,” was held at the TähtiAreena.

23 June 2017

CTBUH Rope-Less, Non-Vertical Elevators Team Holds Second Meeting

The second meeting of the research team involved in “A Study on the Design Possibilities Enabled by Rope-Less, Non-Vertical Elevators” was held in Rottweil, Germany.

22 June 2017

CTBUH Germany Hosts Symposium on Technical Innovation

CTBUH Germany held a symposium to discuss the role of technical and technological innovation and its effect on the various disciplines within the construction industry.

22 June 2017

CTBUH Germany Symposium, Including MULTI Elevator Unveiling

CTBUH Germany, through the support of thyssenkrupp Elevator, invites you to the official unveiling of MULTI, the world’s first ropeless elevator system.

7 June 2017

CTBUH Italy Co-Hosts the 7th Tall Buildings Conference in Milan

CTBUH Italy co-hosted the seventh edition of the one-day International Tall Buildings Conference held in Milan, which focused on various challenges of tall buildings.

7 June 2017

IUAV International Tall Buildings Conference 2017

The 7th Annual IUAV International Tall Buildings Conference will be held at the Milan Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation, featuring a plethora of experts from industry and academia.

29 March 2017

What is the Future of Berlin’s Urban Development?

CTBUH and CallisonRTKL, a design consultancy of Arcadis, organized a debate to discuss the future of development in Berlin and the role of the tall building.

29 March 2017

Tall Buildings - Berlin’s Next Urban Chapter?

The capital city will be the focus of this panel discussion at EUREF Campus 10. CTBUH, in conjunction with CallisonRTKL, are pleased to invite you to join the debate.

27 January 2017

CTBUH Research Kick-off Meeting

The kick-off meeting for the CTBUH research project, “Cyclone-Glazing and Façade Resilience for the Asia-Pacific Region,” was held in Miami.

12 January 2017

Composite Megacolumns Report Now Available

The summary of the research project on composite megacolumns, sponsorsed by ArcelorMittal, and is now available on the CTBUH Shop.

28 November 2016

CTBUH Meeting Frankfurt

A preparatory meeting for the creation of a CTBUH Germany Chapter was held on the 7th floor of the TaunusTurm in Frankfurt, kindly sponsored by Werner Sobek.

28 November 2016

CTBUH Germany Meeting in Frankfurt

Please join the CTBUH as they discuss their role and research in the tall building field and the future presence of CTBUH in Germany.

5 October 2016

New research project on cyclone-resistant façade solutions

CTBUH has initiated the “Cyclone-Glazing and Façade Resilience for the Asia-Pacific Region” research project, kindly sponsored by Trosifol and is looking for Expert Panel members.

30 August 2016

Research Kick-off Meeting: Rope-Less, Non-Vertical Elevators

The kick-off meeting for the CTBUH research project on rope-less, non-vertical elevators sponsored by thyssenkrupp AG was held on the campus of IIT.

19 April 2016

Milan Tall Building Conference

The Tall Buildings Iuav International Conference held its sixth annual seminar at the CityLife Conference Hall in Milan.

11 March 2016

CTBUH Board of Trustees Gather in Venice for March Retreat

The CTBUH Board of Trustees held its first meeting of the year, reviewing 2015 accomplishments, 2016 plans, the upcoming China Conference, and more.

11 February 2016

New CTBUH Research Project on Green Walls / Green Roofs

The CTBUH Research project “Green Living Technologies: What is Missing in the Standards?” has received $ 50,000 in funding from UL Standards.

1 December 2015

Second CTBUH Demolition Working Group Meeting

Members of the CTBUH research team visited the head offices of Despe to learn about their successful demolition of Gallowgate Twins as part of the demolition working group.

28 October 2015

Rockefeller Center Historical Building and Urban Habitat Tour

CTBUH 2015 delegates toured the Rockefeller Center which the tour predominantly focused on discovering what happens “backstage” at one of the most famous tall building complexes.

28 October 2015

United Nations Secretariat Building Renovation Tour

CTBUH 2015 delegates toured the United Nations Secretariat Building which the tour guided the group of visitors through some of the most exclusive and famous parts of the building.

26 October 2015

Second CTBUH Damping Research Meeting

Nearly 30 industry professionals and academic experts were in attendance at the second meeting for the CTBUH research project on damping.

25 October 2015

CTBUH 2015 Height Committee Meeting

After providing a snapshot of the Height Committee’s duties and past actions since its last meeting, Height Committee Chair Peter Weismantle led a discussion on a series of topics.

29 July 2015

Interesting Results from Second Round of Megacolumn Tests

CTBUH research division members attended the second round of tests in Beijing related to the Megacolumn Research project, sponsored by ArcelorMittal.

19 May 2015

First Meeting for CTBUH Damping Technologies Research

More than 40 industry and academic experts convened at CTBUH Chicago to mark the launch of the Bouygues Construction-funded damping initiative.

15 May 2015

CTBUH Research Manager Tours the Allianz Project

CTBUH Research Manager Dario Trabucco visited the recently completed Allianz Tower in Milan, a potential candidate for new CTBUH research on the damping technologies.

9 April 2015

Innovative Technologies for the Construction of Tall Buildings

This free conference will focus on new trends in tall buildings with a speakers on Static Concepts and Criticality and Innovative Techniques for the Construction of Tall Buildings.

5 February 2015

First Composite Megacolumns Test a Big Success

The large research team working on the composite megacolumns research project gathered in Beijing to start the test campaign on the first megacolumn samples.

23 January 2015

Executive Director’s Europe Trip Paves Way For Research Projects

CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood and Research Director Dario Trabucco made a week-long journey to Paris and Luxembourg to pursue several initiatives on behalf of the Council.

15 December 2014

Composite Megacolumns Research Meeting Held in Beijing

Megacolumns researcher goes to Beijing to explore the actual behavior (N-M curve) of large composite concrete/steel megacolumns with encased steel profiles.

12 December 2014

Research Division LCA Project Nearing Completion

Research Manager meets in Luxembourg to discuss the results of the "A Whole Life Cycle Assessment of the Sustainable Aspects of Structural Systems in Tall Buildings" project.

27 November 2014

ThyssenKrupp Launches MULTI Ropeless Elevator System

On a rainy November day, ThyssenKrupp announced to the world the launch of a shiny new product, a ropeless elevator system.

25 November 2014

First CTBUH "Tall Timber Buildings" Working Group Meeting

The first meeting of the CTBUH "Tall Timber Buildings" Working Group was held in the CTBUH Research Office at University Iuav of Venice.

21 November 2014

CTBUH Co-Hosts Iuav International Tall Buildings Conference

The 5th Iuav International Conference on Tall Buildings was held in Venice, organized by Elena Giacomello and Dario Trabucco of CTBUH.

5 November 2014

First CTBUH Demolition Working Group Meeting

The first meeting of the CTBUH Tall Buildings Demolition Working Group discussed an entire spectrum of possibilities for demolition.

21 September 2014

Changsha Regional Tour Report

The tour began with the Broad Sustainable Building (BSB) campus including the New-Ark Hotel. The group also visited Broad’s construction site of a 59-story tower.

16 September 2014

Vertical Transportation Workshop, Shanghai 2014

The room containing the Technical Workshop session on Vertical Transportation was packed with more than 200 vertical transportation experts from all over the world.

16 September 2014

Considering the Whole Life Cycle Workshop, Shanghai 2014

This session brought building environmental performance issues to the forefront in building design, a field that has been criticized in the past for its resource-heavy construction.

10 September 2014

Megacolumns Research – Update and First Deliverable

Progress is being made on the Composite Megacolumns research project, with a case study and laboratories selected for the destructive tests

31 March 2014

New Research Office at IUAV

The CTBUH has established a physical CTBUH Research Office within the Università Iuav di Venezia to lead the Research Division.

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

21 November 2013

CTBUH Steers IIT Cloud Research Studio

Executive Director Antony Wood and research associates Payam Bahrami and Dario Trabucco led a one-semester-long Research Studio at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

1 November 2013

Tongji University Faculty and Students Visit Chicago

“Towards Zero Carbon,” a collaborative design studio between Tongji University, CTBUH and the Illinois Institute of Technology, made a week-long visit to Chicago in November.

17 July 2013

CTBUH Research Team Consults Prominent Demolition Experts

Dario Trabucco, involved in the Life Cycle Assessment of Tall Building Structural Systems research project funded by ArcelorMittal, visited Despe Spa.

10 July 2013

CTBUH Visits ACME Plant Site, Furthering Recycling Knowledge

The Life Cycle Assessment of Tall Building Structural Systems research team gained significant understanding of the steel recycling process after a meeting at the ACME Refining Plant.

10 July 2013

CTBUH Gains Info on Concrete Recycling at Bluff City

The CTBUH research team visited Bluff City Materials to gain a greater understanding of the amount of energy that goes into recycling concrete.

9 July 2013

CTBUH Researchers Uncover Cost of Steel Recycling Process at ACME

The CTBUH research team made a short trip to visit ACME Refining to collect more information regarding the energy involved in steel scrap and the processes employed in the facility.

25 June 2013

CTBUH Visits Gerdau Ameristeel Facility

The CTBUH research team traveled to the Gerdau Ameristeel Facility to gain more information regarding the steel to be analyzed in the Life Cycle Assessment research project.

24 June 2013

CTBUH Researchers Tour MBL Recycling Plant

The CTBUH research team made a visit to MBL Recycling to gather more information for the Life Cycle Assessment of Tall Building Structural Systems research project.

24 June 2013

Construction & Demolition Recycling Association Meeting

CTBUH researchers met with the Construction & Demolition Recycling Association to answer questions about demolition and recycling costs for concrete and steel structures.

13 June 2013

The Lloyd's Building Technical Tour Report

The Lloyd’s Building received strong opposition after its completion, and almost 30 years later, it still remains a very recognizable building in London.

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.

27 March 2013

CTBUH Researchers, Clark Construction Meet

The CTBUH research team met with Senior Project Manager Chris Phares of Clark Construction Group as part of the LCA Study.

20 February 2013

CTBUH Meets with ArcelorMittal Research Office

The CTBUH visited ArcelorMittal’s research offices to make progress on the Life Cycle Analysis research project.

9 January 2013

Key Stakeholders Meet to Launch Life Cycle Research Project

ArcelorMittal funded research project: “A Whole Life Cycle Assessment of the Sustainable Aspects of Structural Systems in Tall Buildings” launched and met for the first time in Chicago.

14 November 2012

CTBUH to Study the Life Cycle of Tall Building Structural Systems

ArcelorMittal has awarded a $300,000 research grant to the CTBUH to study and compare the full range of environmental effects assignable to structural systems in tall buildings.

18 September 2012

Research, Academic and Postgraduate Workshop, Shanghai

The assembly of the CTBUH Research, Academic and Postgraduate Working Group in Shanghai was the fifth official meeting of group since it formed in Venice in June, 2010.

13 July 2012

Venice Workshop Explores "Tall on the Water"

More than 50 students from eight countries participated this month in the IUAV University of Venice's second annual Venice Tall Building Workshop, Tall on the Water.

29 July 2011

The Tall Stones of Venice

The Venice Architectural Association, and the Council launched an International Student Workshop & Competition for the high-rise redevelopment of a derelict industrial zone.

11 July 2011

Design Research Workshop: Venice

A design research workshop titled “The Tall Stones of Venice” was held at the IUAV, University of Venice from the 11th - 29th of July, 2011.

4 April 2011

Research, Academic & Postgraduate Working Group Meeting

The third meeting of the CTBUH Research, Academic & Postgraduate Working Group was held in New York City on April 4. The meeting was hosted by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.

15 December 2010

Research Roadmap Collaboration

CIB, CTBUH and UNESCO are pleased to announce the formation of an international working group to deliver a ‘Roadmap’ on the research needs of buildings.

22 November 2010

CTBUH-IUAV Tall Building event, Venice

The symposium 'Tall Buildings - Technical constraints of high rise buildings' on 22nd on November is organized by IUAV and CTBUH.

22 October 2010

CTBUH 2010 Annual Leaders Meeting

Following the CTBUH 9th Annual Awards Dinner & Ceremony, the CTBUH Leadership team met again bright and early on the campus of the IIT in Chicago for their annual Leaders Meeting.

21 October 2010

Research Working Group Meeting, Chicago

The Research Working Group met to discuss the planned activities and strategies to move forward with multiple initiatives.

18 June 2010

CTBUH Research Meeting, Venice

The inaugural meeting of its Research, Academic & Postgraduate Working Group attracted much attention from both academia and industry.

11 October 2011

Seoul Conference 2011 Track Session 20: Q&A

Question & Answers session for Track Session 20.

10 October 2011

The LCA of Tall Buildings: a Pre-Design Assessment Tool

The study of the two elements (embodied energy and running energy consumption) is called Life Cycle Energy Analysis, a part of an more comprehensive LCA....

03 March 2008

Five Energy Generations of Tall Buildings

Philip Oldfield, University of Nottingham/Illinois Institute of Technology presented the the history of energy use in tall buildings, from their origins in North America in...

28 July 2018

Damping Technologies for Tall Buildings

Alberto Lago, Hadi Moghadasi Faridani & Dario Trabucco, IUAV University of Venice

The scope of this paper is to review the possible solutions for modifying building motions through dampers. The three main categories of devices on the...

30 April 2018

Cyclone-Glazing and Façade Resilience for the Asia-Pacific Region: Market and Code Study

Angela Mejorin, Dario Trabucco, CTBUH; Reisuke Nakada, Malvinder Singh Ruprai & Ingo Stelzer, Trosifol World of Interlayers

This paper summarizes the Stage 1 results of the CTBUH Research Division’s project “Cyclone-Glazing and Facade Resilience for the Asia-Pacific Region.” The project was possible...

30 October 2017

Connecting the City: People, Density & Infrastructure

CTBUH 2017 Conference Speakers

The future of humanity on this planet relies on the collective benefits of urban density; reducing both land consumption and the energy needed to construct...

01 June 2016

A Whole LCA of the Sustainable Aspects of Structural Systems in Tall Buildings

Dario Trabucco, IUAV University of Venice; Antony Wood, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat; Olivier Vassart & Nicoletta Popa, ArcelorMittal

This paper summarizes the results of a two-year-long research project conducted by the CTBUH on the life cycle assessment (LCA) of tall building structural systems....

26 October 2015

A Whole Life Cycle Assessment of the Sustainable Aspects of Structural Systems in Tall Buildings

Dario Trabucco & Antony Wood, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat; Olivier Vassart & Nicoletta Popa, ArcelorMittal

During a dedicated two-year-long research effort, the CTBUH analyzed all life phases of a tall building’s structural system: the extraction and production of its materials,...

16 September 2014

CTBUH Research Project: A Whole LCA of the Sustainable Aspects of Structural Systems in Tall Buildings

Dario Trabucco, Dr. Antony Wood & Meysam Tabibzadeh, CTBUH; Olivier Vassart, ArcelorMittal

This paper illustrates the tasks completed so far and the initial findings of the first part of a 24-month long, US $300k research project on...

28 January 2014

Debating Tall: Antennas vs. Spires

Larry Silverstein, Siliverstein Properties Inc.; Dario Trabucco, IUAV University of Venice

The CTBUH’s Height Committee ratified the architectural height of One World Trade Center last November, touching off massive media coverage and opening up complicated mixed...

01 November 2013

Confronting the Question of Demolition or Renovation

Dario Trabucco & Fava Pablo, Università IUAV di Venezia

Crumbling façades, asbestos, and outdated elevators are often cited as reasons to tear down tall buildings and create new skyscrapers. However, renovating a tall building...

19 September 2012

Life Cycle Energy Analysis of Tall Buildings: Design Principles

Dario Trabucco, IUAV University of Venice

The goal of the paper is the identification of the most suitable strategies to reduce the energy consumption of a tall building from a life-cycle...

10 October 2011

The LCA of Tall Buildings: a Quick Pre-Design Assessment Tool

Dario Trabucco, IUAV University of Venice

This paper presents an alternative methodology for embodied energy quantification based on econometric procedures. As such, this methodology is easily applicable from the very early...

11 September 2011

The Global Impact of 9/11

Leader Interviews by Jan Klerks, CTBUH

Just as many Americans still remember exactly where they were when they heard the news that US president John F. Kennedy had been shot, most...

01 February 2010

Historical Evolution of the Service Core

Dario Trabucco, IUAV University of Venice, Italy

The service core is the distinctive feature of a tall building: it provides the skyscraper with structural solidity, room for elevators, and other amenities, and...

04 September 2009

Five Energy Generations of Tall Buildings: An Historical Analysis of Energy Consumption in High-Rise Buildings.

Philip Oldfield, University of Nottingham; Dario Trabucco, Universita IUAV di Venezia; Antony Wood, CTBUH

Whilst there have been numerous categorisations of high-rise buildings according to their function, architectural style, height or structural strategy, historically little work has been undertaken...

03 March 2008

Five Energy Generations of Tall Buildings: A Historical Analysis of Energy Consumption in High Rise Buildings

Philip Oldfield, University of Nottingham; Dario Trabucco, Universita IUAV di Venezia; Antony Wood, CTBUH

This paper aims to rectify this by examining the history of energy use in tall buildings, from their origins in North America in the late...