Awards Symposium – Thursday, November 12, 2015 Morning & Afternoon
10:45 AM
Hermann Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology
Session 1
10:45 AM12:30 PM
David Malott, CTBUH Chairman, Kohn Pedersen Fox
Welcome & Opening Remarks
David Malott, CTBUH Chairman, Kohn Pedersen Fox
Presentation description coming soon.
Video of presentation will be posted here after the Awards event.
Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award
Transforming Cities with a Singular Vision: Minoru MoriHiroo Mori, Director & Executive VP, Mori Building Co., Ltd.
Transforming Cities with a Singular Vision: Minoru Mori
Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award
Hiroo Mori, Director & Executive VP, Mori Building Co., Ltd.
The late Minoru Mori is considered to have been one of Japan’s most influential building developers. As a developer, he was best known for transforming the shape of Tokyo’s skyline with towering buildings. His foresight and business acumen allowed him to challenge traditional skyscraper conventions. Works such as Roppongi Hills and the Shanghai World Financial Center successfully redefined the concepts of mixed-use construction and vertical urbanism. The man himself was a fascinating combination of artist, visionary builder, and savvy businessman.
Hiroo Mori, Director and Executive VP of Mori Building, joined the session to discuss the work of his father and the legacy that he left.
Accompanying PowerPoint Presentation
Best Tall Building Featured Finalist
Evolving Russian Tall Building Typologies: Evolution Tower, MoscowPhilip Nikandrov, Chief Architect, Gorproject (Urban Planning Institute of Residential and Public Buildings)
Evolving Russian Tall Building Typologies: Evolution Tower, Moscow
Best Tall Building Featured Finalist
Philip Nikandrov, Chief Architect, Gorproject (Urban Planning Institute of Residential and Public Buildings)
Evolution Tower is one of the most architecturally significant contributions to Moscow’s International Business Center. Although its spiral design – with an overall twist reaching 156 degrees – draws attention to the building, its commitment to quality landscaping and integrated public spaces is what sets it apart. The plan devotes the majority of space to a landscaped, terraced plaza that integrates with a newly developed city piazza, which is the mainstay of the burgeoning financial district.
Philip Nikandrov, Chief Architect for Gorproject, presented the architectural inspirations and design challenges behind the construction of Evolution Tower, as well as its impact on the surrounding landscape.
Accompanying PowerPoint Presentation
Best Tall Building Featured Finalist
Rethinking Office Space Through Creative Design: Al Hilal Bank Tower, Abu DhabiJames Goettsch, Chairman, Co-CEO, Goettsch Partners
Rethinking Office Space Through Creative Design: Al Hilal Bank Tower, Abu Dhabi
Best Tall Building Featured Finalist
James Goettsch, Chairman, Co-CEO, Goettsch Partners
The Al Hilal Bank Tower is a flagship commercial development for the Al Hilal banking network. The building’s design offers an original scheme shaped by a combination of the building’s function, site, and contextual influences. Its composition features stacked boxes that are slightly offset from each other vertically so that it shifts in massing as it rises. The project is well integrated into the city, with direct access to three primary island roads, and fulfills a need in the capital city for more office space. The building design implemented a number of sustainable strategies and achieved the Estidama One Pearl certificate.
James Goettsch, Chairman and CEO, Goettsch Partners, presented on the implementation of the project.
Accompanying PowerPoint Presentation
Tall Building 10 Year Award
Putting a Twist on Contemporary Skyscraper Design: Turning Torso, MalmöJan Andersson, Senior Advisor, HSB Sundsfastigheter
Santiago Calatrava, Principal, Calatrava International
Putting a Twist on Contemporary Skyscraper Design: Turning Torso, Malmö
Tall Building 10 Year Award
Jan Andersson, Senior Advisor, HSB Sundsfastigheter
Santiago Calatrava, Principal, Calatrava International
Completed in 2005, the Turning Torso was the first twisting skyscraper in the world, rotating 90 degrees along its height in nine pentagonal sections. The tower embodies Malmö’s revival and Sweden’s determination to lead the world in expressive, sustainable design typologies. Intentionally provocative and contextually definitive, the Turning Torso has become a landmark of the city’s redeveloped Western Habour. At 190 meters, it remains the tallest building in Scandinavia.
Jan Andersson, Senior Advisor, HSB Malmö, and Santiago Calatrava, Founder, Santiago Calatrava Architects & Engineers, reflected on the impact of Turning Torso 10 years after its completion. Their presentation examined the building from both a design and real estate development perspective.
Accompanying PowerPoint Presentation
01:30 PM
Hermann Hall Gallery Lounge
Session 2
01:30 PM03:00 PM
2015 Technical Jury Member
2015 Technical Jury Member
Welcome Back
Presentation description coming soon.
Video of presentation will be posted here after the Awards event.
Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal
Facilitating the World’s Tallest Buildings: Nicholas BillottiNicholas E. Billotti, Chairman, Turner International LLC
Facilitating the World’s Tallest Buildings: Nicholas Billotti
Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal
Nicholas E. Billotti, Chairman, Turner International LLC
As Chairman of Turner International, Nicholas Billotti has had a direct role in shaping many of the tallest and most influential buildings around the world. His adeptness at fostering productive and strategic relationships with local partners in regions around the world has facilitated the construction of many of the world’s iconic towers, including TAIPEI 101 and Burj Khalifa.
With over four decades of experience at Turner International, Nick has contributed to consistently high-quality work that underscores his extraordinary levels of professionalism and a sincere commitment to the industry. Nick took the stage to share some of his experiences at Turner International.
Accompanying PowerPoint Presentation
Tall Building Performance Award
Managing Performance Through Incremental Improvements: Chifley Tower, SydneyMichael George, Regional Director, Head of Premium Asset Group, Office - Asia Pacific, JLL
Managing Performance Through Incremental Improvements: Chifley Tower, Sydney
Tall Building Performance Award
Michael George, Regional Director, Head of Premium Asset Group, Office - Asia Pacific, JLL
Originally completed in 1992, Chifley Tower’s core infrastructure dated back to 1980s technology, and it was steadily falling behind its competitors in terms of its performance. In 2008, Chifley Tower began an overhaul of its key building systems and services to deliver vastly improved performance, energy efficiency, and reliability. This highly complex project was achieved in an occupied commercial property over the course of several years, which is a testament to a high standard of project planning and management.
Michael George, Regional Director, JLL, spoke on behalf of the Chifley Tower team, detailing the work they accomplished to reinvigorate an aging tower and achieve superior building performance.
Accompanying PowerPoint Presentation
Tall Building Innovation Award
A New Concrete Solution for Tall Buildings: HOLEDECKAlberto Alarcon, Chief Executive Officer, HOLEDECK
Maria Ramirez, Managing Director, HOLEDECK
A New Concrete Solution for Tall Buildings: HOLEDECK
Tall Building Innovation Award
Alberto Alarcon, Chief Executive Officer, HOLEDECK
Maria Ramirez, Managing Director, HOLEDECK
HOLEDECK is a system of voided concrete slabs that can be pierced through their thickness by electrical and plumbing systems, drastically reducing the vertical space needed to house these components. This technology has a multitude of implications for sustainability, especially when it is implemented on the scale of a tall building. By reducing the necessary height of each floor, fewer materials are required to achieve the same floor area as a typical high-rise building. This results in a reduction of built volume, and thus minimizes the carbon footprint of a building project.
Alberto Alarcon, Chief Executive Officer, and Maria Ramirez, Managing Director, HOLEDECK, presented on the innovations realized with their concrete technology.
Accompanying PowerPoint Presentation
CTBUH Urban Habitat Award
Blurring the Boundary Between Building and Habitat: PARKROYAL on Pickering, SingaporeMun Summ Wong, Founding Director, WOHA
Blurring the Boundary Between Building and Habitat: PARKROYAL on Pickering, Singapore
CTBUH Urban Habitat Award
Mun Summ Wong, Founding Director, WOHA
The PARKROYAL on Pickering fully embraces the concept of “hotel-in-a-garden” through extensive landscaping carefully integrated into the building’s design. Located in the midst of Singapore’s high-density city center, the project incorporates extensive greenery and landscaping throughout and utilizes an expansive vegetated buffer between the street and a covered walkway on-site to achieve a permeable relationship with its surroundings. 15,000 square meters of landscaping amounts to 215 percent of the site area, showing that, even as cities become taller and denser, green spaces can still thrive.
Mun Summ Wong, Founding Director of WOHA Architects, detailed the architecture and design considerations executed in the PARKROYAL on Pickering.
Accompanying PowerPoint Presentation
03:30 PM
Hermann Hall Gallery Lounge
Session 3
03:30 PM05:30 PM
Antony Wood, CTBUH Executive Director,
Research Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology, Symposium Co-Chair
Welcome Back
Antony Wood, CTBUH Executive Director,
Research Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology, Symposium Co-Chair
Presentation description coming soon.
Video of presentation will be posted here after the Awards event.
Best Tall Building Americas
A New Icon for an Evolving City: One World Trade Center, New YorkYoram Eilon, Senior Vice President, WSP
Kenneth Lewis, Managing Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
A New Icon for an Evolving City: One World Trade Center, New York
Best Tall Building Americas
Yoram Eilon, Senior Vice President, WSP
Kenneth Lewis, Managing Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
One World Trade Center is a contemporary landmark for New York City that simultaneously pays tribute to its predecessors while also creating a new identity for the World Trade Center site. The building’s plan matches the dimensions of the first World Trade Center Towers, while its roof and parapet heights also symbolically reference the heights of the original buildings. Its anti-prism design allows it to be viewed differently from a number of angles, changing the viewer’s perspective of the building depending on his or her location.
Kenneth Lewis, Managing Partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and Yoram Eilon, Senior Vice President, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, presented on the design and implementation of the building.
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia
The Tower as a Living Plant: CapitaGreen, SingaporeHin Kong Poon, Deputy Chief Development Officer, CapitaLand Limited
Shinichi Takeuchi, Chief Architect, Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
The Tower as a Living Plant: CapitaGreen, Singapore
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia
Hin Kong Poon, Deputy Chief Development Officer, CapitaLand Limited
Shinichi Takeuchi, Chief Architect, Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
CapitaGreen, a 40-story office tower in Singapore’s central business district, has a striking façade that is lined with greenery from the lowest office floor to the “Sky Forest” at the top. This design is a “natural” response that befits its climatic context and distributes greenery across more than 50% of the perimeter of its floor-plates. Designed with the concept of “The Tower as a Living Plant,” the building also has a "cool void" in its core for distribution of fresh air to the air-conditioning system, a feature akin to the circulatory system of a plant.
Hin Kong Poon, Deputy Chief Development Officer, CapitaLand Limited, and Shinichi Takeuchi, Chief Architect, Toyo Ito & Associates Architects, offered a presentation on the sustainable innovations implemented in the building.
Accompanying PowerPoint Presentation
Best Tall Building Europe
A Forest in the Sky: Bosco Verticale, MilanAlida Forte Catella, Shareholder, COIMA
Stefano Boeri, Principal, Stefano Boeri Architetti
A Forest in the Sky: Bosco Verticale, Milan
Best Tall Building Europe
Alida Forte Catella, Shareholder, COIMA
Stefano Boeri, Principal, Stefano Boeri Architetti
Bosco Verticale – translating literally as “Vertical Forest” in Italian – is an intensive realization of the concept of vertical greenery. It replaces traditional cladding materials with screens of vegetation creating a distinct microclimate that works to improve the sustainability of the structure. The vast quantities of trees, plants, and shrubs – and their proximity to the built environment – encourage interaction between residents and flora, while also working to screen the tower from the outside environment. The total amount of greenery on the structure is equivalent to an entire hectare of forest cover.
Stefano Boeri, Founder and Senior Architect, Boeri Studio, and Alida Forte Catella, Shareholder, COIMA, presented on the challenges of fully integrating vegetation into such a structure.
Accompanying PowerPoint Presentation
Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa
A Landmark in the Heart of the City: Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid, Abu DhabiToby Blunt, Partner, Foster + Partners
Robert Halvorson, Executive Vice President, WSP
A Landmark in the Heart of the City: Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid, Abu Dhabi
Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa
Toby Blunt, Partner, Foster + Partners
Robert Halvorson, Executive Vice President, WSP
Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid is located in the heart of Abu Dhabi at the site of the old Central Market, a traditional crossroads and meeting point in the city. The building operates as an extension of the market, facilitating a seamless transition between public, semi-private, and private spaces in order to create a successful urban habitat. The billowing design of the tower generates unique floor plans that deviate widely from those found in a more typical building, resulting in an assortment of multiform spaces.
Toby Blunt, Partner, Foster + Partners, and Robert Halvorson, Executive Vice President, Halvorson and Partners, presented on the inspiration behind this building and its impact on the Abu Dhabi skyline.
Accompanying PowerPoint Presentation
Awards Dinner Ceremony – Thursday, November 12, 2015 Evening
07:00 PM
Mies van der Rohe’s S.R. Crown Hall (For Registered Dinner Attendees Only)
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