Skyscrapers of the Year
This month, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat released the names of winners and finalists of the Best Tall Building Awards as part of the 2015 CTBUH Annual Awards. This year’s selection was the most competitive yet, with winners selected from a pool of 123 entries, which is up nearly 40% from 2014.
The CTBUH Awards are an independent review of new projects, judged by a prestigious panel of experts. The Awards aspire to provide a more comprehensive and sophisticated view of these important structures, while advocating for improvements in every aspect of performance, including those that have the greatest positive effect on the people who use these buildings and the cities they inhabit. The Best Tall Buildings have been named from each of four competing regions in the world, from nominees representing a total of 33 countries.
The winners for 2015 are:
- One World Trade Center, New York, USA (Americas)
- CapitaGreen, Singapore (Asia & Australia)
- Bosco Verticale, Milan, Italy (Europe)
- Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid Tower, Abu Dhabi, UAE (Middle East & Africa)
One World Trade Center is a bold new icon for New York City built on the World Trade Center site, whose design acknowledges the adjacent memorial, and whose symbolic importance to the city and the country cannot be overstated. Its form calls to mind several classical New York skyscrapers for which the city is best recognized. The building had high design expectations which the jury felt were met and exceeded.
CapitaGreen is outstanding in that green living vegetation covers 55 percent of the perimeter of its façade, giving the landmark its iconic appearance. The jury noted that the building presented a new way forward for high-rise vegetated façades by placing them within the double skin, offering the potential for solar shade and even agricultural output, as well as environmental and psychological benefits.
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