Intermediate Finish

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat is pleased to announce the winners of its annual “Best Tall Building” awards for 2011. This year’s recipients of the Council’s two lifetime achievement awards were selected by the CTBUH Board of Trustees, under the leadership of Chairman Sang Dae Kim: Adrian Smith of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award) and Dr. Akira Wada, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal).

THE BEST TALL BUILDING FINALIST
PROJECTS IN EACH REGIONAL CATEGORY
ARE AS FOLLOWS:
America:
• Eleven Times Square, New York, USA HL23, New York, USA Asia and Australia:
• Fukoku Tower, Fukoku, Japan International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong
• Riviera TwinStar Square, Shanghai, China
• The Hansar, Bangkok, Thailand
Europe:
• Heron Tower, London, UK
• Net Center, Padua, Italy
• Sapphire Tower, Istanbul, Turkey Middle East and Africa:
• Rolex Tower, Dubai, UAE

BEST TALL BUILDING AMERICAS:
EIGHT SPRUCE STREET
Location: New York, USA
Completion Date: April 2011
Height: 265 m (870 ft)
Stories: 76
Use: Residential
Owner/Developer: Forest City Ratner Companies
Design Architect: Gehry Architects New York, PC
Structural Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk
MEP Engineer: Jaros Baum and Bolles
Construction Manager: Kreisler Borg Florman
Main Contractor: Kreisler Borg Florman

BEST TALL BUILDING EUROPE:
KFW WESTARKADE
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Completion Date: May 2010
Height: 56 m (184 ft)
Stories: 14
Use: Office
Owner: KfW Bankengruppe
Design Architect: Sauerbruch Hutton
Associate Architect: Architekten Theiss Planungsgesellschaft mbH
Structural Engineer: Werner Sobek GmbH
MEP Engineer: Reuter Ruhrgartner GmbH; Zibell, Willner & Partner.
Project Manager: Architekten Theiss Planungsgesellschaft mbH

BEST TALL BUILDING MIDDLE EAST
& AFRICA:
THE INDEX
Location: Dubai, UAE
Completion Date: March 2011
Height: 326 m (1,070 ft)
Stories: 80
Use: Residential/Office
Owner/ Developer: Union Properties
Design Architect: Foster + Partners
Associate Architect: Khatib & Alami; Woods Bagot
Structural Engineer: Halvorson and Partners; BG&E
MEP Engineer: Roger Preston & Partners; WSP
Project Manager: Gerard Evenden
Main Contractor: Brookfield Multiplex

BEST TALL BUILDING ASIA &
AUSTRALASIA:
GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL
FINANCE CENTER
Location: Guangzhou China
Completion Date: 2010
Height: 440 m (1,444 ft)
Stories: 103
Use: Hotel/Offi ce
Owner/Developer: Yue Xiu Group
Design Architect: Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Associate Architect: South China Design Institute
Structural Engineer: Arup
MEP Engineer: Arup
Project Manager: Yue Xiu Group
Main Contractor: China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd; Guangzhou Municipal Construction Group Co Ltd

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