The best skyscraper of 2016, according to the Chicago International Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Environment (CTBUH), was the Shanghai Tower. The 632 m high office building was designed by the American architectural bureau Gensler.
The Shanghai Tower is the second tallest building in the world (after the 828-meter Burj Khalifa in Dubai) and the absolute leader in this indicator in China. For energy efficiency reasons, the tower was designed on the principle of a thermos - with an outer "shell" of a double-layer glass facade.
Spiral cylindrical shape makes the structure more stable in strong winds. Another interesting part of the Shanghai Tower is the world's fastest elevator; it moves at a speed of 20.5 m / s.
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There were four contenders for the CTBUH award, each representing one of the global regions. As a reminder, the International Council for High-Rise Buildings awards its award to multi-storey buildings that meet the principles of sustainability and contribute to the development of high-rise architecture and urban environments. In addition, the impact on the people who work or live in these buildings is also taken into account. For these reasons, the winners are not always the tallest among skyscrapers, but they are necessarily the most innovative and “humane”.
The Shanghai Tower also won the Grand Prix Emporis Skyscraper Award from Emporis, headquartered in Hamburg, which analyzes high-rise real estate data. The second place, by the way, was taken by the Evolution tower (246 m) of the RMJM bureau, which is part of the Moscow City complex. The Emporis Skyscraper Award has been around since 2000; this time, buildings built in 2015 with a height of 100 m and more were nominated for the award. Architectural excellence and functionality were taken into account in the selection.
1st place
Shanghai Tower (632 m)
Gensler Architects, 2Define Architecture
Shanghai, China
2nd place
Evolution (246 m)
Philip Nikandrov, GORPROEKT, RMJM
Moscow, Russia
3rd place
Il Dritto (210 m)
Arata Isozaki & Andrea Maffei Associati
Milan, Italy
4th place
Jiangxi Greenland Zifeng Tower (303 m)
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Nanchang, China
5th place
Abode318 (187 m)
Elenberg Fraser, Disegno Australia
Melbourne, Australia
6th place
Icon Bay (139 m)
Arquitectonica
Miami, USA
7th place
D1 Tower (284 m)
Holfords & Associates
Dubai, UAE
8th place
432 Park Avenue (426 m)
Rafael Viñoly Architects, Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman & Efron
New York, USA
9th place
Citygate Tower (110 m)
Querkraft Architekten
Vienna, Austria
10th place
ÏCE II (234 m)
architectsAlliance
Toronto, Canada
The third prize for high-rise buildings, the results of which were recently summed up, is the International Highrise Award 2016. It is held by the German Museum of Architecture and DekaBank together with the authorities of Frankfurt am Main, famous for its skyscrapers. Here the victory was won by the 137-meter residential building of Bjarke Ingels and his bureau BIG - VIA 57 West, located in New York. Two other buildings from New York and two from Singapore were also shortlisted for the award. The main criteria for choosing the jury were sustainability, the appearance of the skyscraper, the interior and social aspects. Buildings with a height of at least 100 m, which were put into operation within the last two years, could apply for recognition.
Here are the five finalists for the IHA 2016 award:
Residential building VIA 57 West (142 m)
BIG
New York, USA
4 World Trade Center (298 m)
Maki & Associates
New York, USA
432 Park Avenue (426 m)
Rafael Viñoly Architects
New York, USA
SkyHabitat (133 m)
Safdie Architects
Singapore
SkyVille @ Dawson (147.9 m)
WOHA Architects
Singapore
