7 October 2015

Does London Need Tall Buildings?

The CTBUH UK Chapter hosted a successful panel discussion posing the question "Does London need tall buildings?" at Grimshaw's Clerkenwell studio.

19 August 2015

CTBUH Accredits Cardiff University Course

A new course at Cardiff University focusing on the sustainable analysis and design of "mega-buildings" has been accredited by the CTBUH.

20 February 2015

Philip Oldfield Cloud Talk: Rethinking the Tall Building

Cloud Talks are a series of lectures that brings visiting architects and academics to speak to students in IIT Architecture Chicago’s innovative Cloud Studio.

20 February 2015

Philip Oldfield Gives Talk on Rethinking the Tall Building

Dr. Philip Oldfield delivered a presentation on "Rethinking the Tall Building: Opportunities in the 21st Century Metropolis" as part of the ongoing IIT Cloud Talk series.

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.

12 June 2013

Activity at the CTBUH London Conference: Day Two

See the highlights from the second day of the CTBUH 2013 London Conference including The Shard Networking Reception.

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.

12 December 2012

Executive Director Visits University of Nottingham

The University of Nottingham welcomed Executive Director Antony Wood to meet the students, view their latest work and to discuss the development of the Masters Course in Sustainable 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.

9 October 2011

2011 CTBUH Leaders Meeting

Tall building industry leaders from around the globe met at the seminal Dongbu Financial Center tower for the 2011 CTBUH Leaders Meeting.

19 July 2011

CTBUH Accredits University of Nottingham 2011 Masters Course

The University of Nottingham welcomed CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood as part of the annual CTBUH accreditation of the Masters Course in Sustainable Tall Buildings.

1 July 2011

University of Nottingham Visit

The University of Nottingham, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, welcomed CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood on Tuesday July 19th.

21 May 2011

ISOVER Multi-Comfort-House Student Contest

The 2011 Isover Competition focused on the creative approach in the concept of energy efficient construction for high-rise buildings.

1 April 2011

Korean Supertall Technologies Research Project

The Council has secured research project funding from Korea as part of the establishment of its new research division.

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.

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.

1 June 2010

CTBUH Accredits New Masters in Tall Buildings Course at the UoN

The CTBUH have accredited the newly established 'Masters in Sustainable Tall Buildings' architectural course at the University of Nottingham.

4 February 2010

Dharavi

India’s largest slum, Dharavi, lies on prime property right in the middle of India's financial capital, Mumbai (Bombay). It is home to more than a million people.

1 January 2010

CTBUH to Play Accreditation Role in New Nottingham Masters Course

The course, coordinated by Philip Oldfield and David Nicholson-Cole at the University of Nottingham, explores the sustainable design of tall buildings.

8 May 2009

2009 Mock Firms Competition

CTBUH staff Antony Wood, Jan Klerks and Philip Oldfield were involved in the reviews of the "Mock Firms National Skyscraper Challenge" organized by Chicago Architecture Today.

7 May 2009

Tall & Green: The Remaking of Mumbai - Final Reviews

The culmination of a semester of intense work for the students and tutors involved in the CTBUH-IIT ‘Tall & Green: The Remaking of Mumbai’ advanced architectural studio.

2 October 2008

Tall Buildings and Sustainability Working Group Update

The Working Group have announced the chapter plan for a 200-page, richly illustrated book, entitled the ‘CTBUH Guide to Sustainabilty for Tall Buildings in Urban Environments’.

2 October 2008

Sustainability Working Group - 2nd Meeting

Discussions at this meeting centered on the creation of a significant new publication “The CTBUH Guide to Sustainability for Tall Buildings in Urban Environments.”

1 August 2008

CTBUH Tall Buildings and Sustainability Working Group Meeting

The meeting took place on August 1st, at the LEED Platinum rated Chicago Center for Green Technology and was attended by some of the world’s leading experts on tall buildings.

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...

03 March 2008

Track 7 Panel Questions and Answers

The panel of Track 7 including Mir Ali, Shyam Sunder, Philip Oldfield and Dickson Despommier, answered questions from the CTBUH 8th World Congress audience.

16 September 2014

Vertical Public Realms: Creating Urban Spaces in the Sky

Dr. Yuri Hadi, Leicester School of Architecture; Professor Tim Heath & Dr. Philip Oldfield, University of Nottingham

The resurgence of the ‘Streets in the Sky’ concept is driving the recent transformation of social and public spaces in vertical cities, with Asia leading...

19 September 2012

Embodied Carbon and High-Rise

Philip Oldfield, University of Nottingham

This paper examines the significance of embodied energy and carbon in tall buildings. It presents the life-cycle carbon analysis (including both operational and embodied emissions)...

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...

01 February 2009

Tall Buildings in the Global Recession: 2008, 2020 and Beyond

Philip Oldfield & Antony Wood, CTBUH

The year 2008 will long be remembered as the start of an economic crisis that has gripped the entire globe - a year that may...

01 October 2008

Global Trends of the High-rise Building Design

Antony Wood & Philip Oldfield, CTBUH

The paper analyses High-rise building through four key factors - land prices, global icons, sustainability and collapse of the World Trade Centre towers, especially focuses...

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...

16 October 2005

Bridging the gap: An analysis of proposed evacuation links at height in the World Trade Centre design competition entries

Antony Wood & Philip Oldfield, University of Nottingham

This paper analyses the skybridge links of the numerous re-design proposals for the World Trade Centre Towers, with the aim of establishing their advantages and...

16 October 2005

Bridging the Gap: Proposed Evacuation Links at Height in the World Trade Center Design Entries

Antony Wood & Philip Oldfield, University of Nottingham

This paper proposes to analyse in detail the skybridge links of the WTC replacement designs – impact on evacuation, structure, façade, tower operation etc –...