CTBUH Announces 2019 Best Tall Building Worldwide and Category Winners for Annual Awards Program

SHENZHEN,China,April 11,2019 --The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is pleased to announce the winners of the 17th Annual CTBUH Awards Program. These winning projects – comprising tall buildings,urban developments,and technical innovations – competed for winning distinctions at the 2019 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference from April 8–10 in Shenzhen. The CTBUH Awards Jury has named Salesforce Tower in San Francisco the "Best Tall Building Worldwide",in addition to naming Category Winners across 20 award categories.

The Salesforce Tower project team pictured with their CTBUH Best Tall Building Worldwide trophy. From left to right: John Jacobs,CTBUH; Edward Dionne,Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects; Paul Paradis,Hines Interests LP; Ron Klemencic,Magnusson Klemencic Associates; and Best Tall Building Jury Chair Karl Fender,Fender Katsalidis Architects.

Described by Best Tall Building Jury Chair Karl Fender,Founding Partner,Fender Katsalidis Architects,as a "building that gives back," Salesforce Tower was recognized for its multipronged focus on occupant health,sustainability,structural efficiency,and a significant level of integration with the surrounding urban habitat. The result is not just a contribution to the city skyline,but a highly successful exercise in human-centric and resilient design for tall buildings.

Salesforce Tower was selected from the "Best Tall Building" track,which falls into five height thresholds: under 100 meters,100–199 meters,200–299 meters,300–399 meters,and 400 meters and above. Additional categories include: Urban Habitat,Innovation,Renovation,Interior Space,and Construction,alongside five categories focused specifically on Engineering achievements.

The CTBUH Annual Awards program recognizes projects and individuals that have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of tall buildings and the urban environment,and that achieve sustainability at the highest and broadest level. The objective is to deliver a comprehensive and sophisticated view of these important buildings,spaces,and technologies,while advocating for improvements in every aspect of their performance,especially those that have the greatest effect on the people who use them each day.

See the full list of recognized projects below. For more information,download the Press Kit.

Best Tall Building Worldwide

Winner: Salesforce Tower,San Francisco

Best Tall Building <100 Meters

Category Winner: Forma Itaim,São Paulo

Award of Excellence Winners

Emblem,Sydney

Kampung Admiralty,Singapore

Lè Architecture,Taipei

The Opus,Dubai

Best Tall Building 100–199 Meters

Category Winner: Amorepacific Headquarters,Seoul

Award of Excellence Winners

Baidu Headquarters,Shenzhen

Crystal Laputa Towers,Chengdu

DUO,Singapore

European Patent Office,Rijswijk

Manhattan Loft Gardens,London

Morpheus,Macau

One Park Taipei,Taipei

Best Tall Building 200–299 Meters

Category Winner: Shenzhen Energy Headquarters,Shenzhen

Award of Excellence Winners

181 Fremont,San Francisco

277 Fifth Avenue,New York City

Best Tall Building 300–399 Meters

Category Winner: Salesforce Tower,San Francisco

Award of Excellence Winners

China Resources Tower,Shenzhen

Jumeirah Nanjing Hotel & International Youth Cultural Centre,Nanjing

King Power MahaNakhon,Bangkok

Best Tall Building ≥400 Meters

Category Winner: Ping An Finance Center,Shenzhen

Award of Excellence Winners

CITIC Tower,Beijing

Best Tall Office Building

Category Winner: European Patent Office,Rijswijk

Best Tall Residential or Hotel Building

Category Winner: 277 Fifth Avenue,New York City

Best Tall Mixed-Use Building

Category Winner: Kampung Admiralty,Singapore

Urban Habitat: Single-Site Scale

Category Winner: Kampung Admiralty,Singapore

Award of Excellence Winners

150 North Riverside,Chicago

Tanjong Pagar Centre,Singapore

District/Master Plan Scale

Category Winner: Central Park,Sydney

Award of Excellence Winners

Changsha Jinmao Meixi International Plaza,Changsha

One Shenzhen Bay,Shenzhen

UNI-Center,Shenzhen

Innovation Award

Category Winner: Viscoelastic Coupling Damper (VCD)

Award of Excellence Winners

Building Maintenance Unit and Vertical Delivery Planning at H Queen's

Parametric Digital Strategy for Morpheus

Robotic Installation System for Elevators

Self-Climbing Kokoon®

The Development of EFFECT

Renovation Award

Category Winner: CHAO Hotel,Beijing

Award of Excellence Winners

Five Manhattan West,New York City

Torre Europa,Madrid

Interior Space Award

Category Winner: Amorepacific Headquarters,Seoul

Award of Excellence Winners

Jumeirah Nanjing Hotel & International Youth Cultural Centre,Nanjing

The Central Bank of Kuwait New Headquarters Building,Kuwait City

Construction Award

Category Winner: Atira La Trobe Street,Melbourne

Award of Excellence Winners

Hanking Center Tower,Nanjing

Structural Engineering

Category Winner: 181 Fremont,San Francisco

Award of Excellence Winners

CITIC Tower,Beijing

Manhattan Loft Gardens,London

Wilshire Grand Center,Los Angeles

YC Condominiums,Toronto

MEP Engineering

Category Winner: Britam Tower,Nairobi

Award of Excellence Winners

181 Fremont,San Francisco

Amorepacific Headquarters,Seoul

Raffles City Hangzhou,Hangzhou

Salesforce Tower,San Francisco

Geotechnical Engineering

Category Winner: 181 Fremont,San Francisco

Award of Excellence Winners

Avalon Brooklyn Bay,New York City

Panorama Tower,Miami

Façade Engineering

Category Winner: Azrieli Sarona Tower,Tel Aviv

Award of Excellence Winners

10 Hudson Yards,New York City

Gaia Building,Quito

Vanke Jierong Tower,Shenzhen

Fire & Risk Engineering

Category Winner: Morpheus Hotel & Resort at City of Dreams,Macau

Award of Excellence Winners

181 Fremont Tower,San Francisco

Ping An Finance Center,Shenzhen

10-Year Award

Category Winner: The Pinnacle@Duxton,Singapore

Award of Excellence Winners

Broadcasting Place,Leeds

Linked Hybrid,Beijing

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