Tag Archives: CTBUH

World’s best tall building: BIG’s unique biophilic New York skyscraper

October 31, 2023

The Spiral, a 66-story commercial high-rise designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), was crowned the world’s best tall building by The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). The ziggurat-inspired building features a unique facade featuring green cascading terraces on its exterior.

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CTBUH names top architecture company of 2022

January 3, 2023

In Dec. 2022, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) named Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) the number one architecture company for 2022.

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CTBUH announces Urban Habitat award winners

January 29, 2021

The Hudson Yards project in New York City wins the Urban Habitat – District/Master Plan Scale Award of Excellence from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).

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Skyscraper construction took a hit in 2020 due to the pandemic

January 26, 2021

According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to a dip in the year-on-year completions of tall buildings in 2020.

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The tallest buildings in 2020: Predictions versus reality from CTBUH

April 28, 2020

In 2012, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) published a research paper titled Tallest 20 in 2020: Era of the Megatall – The Projected World’s Tallest 20 Skyscrapers in the Year 2020. Now, the CTBUH research and editorial teams reviewed the projections they made in 2012, the assumptions that guided them, and the roller-coaster reality of what has come hence.

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