Last week, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) announced its 2021 winners – high-rise buildings that have demonstrated excellence in various aspects of design, MEP, structural engineering and other forms of innovation in urban built environment. The majority of the world’s new tall buildings are now in Asia (and the Middle East). Here is a round-up of some of the big winners from the awards.
Renovation Award 2021 Winner; photo: RohSpace
Hanwha Headquarters by UNStudio; Height: 125.5m; Floors: 31, Seoul, South Korea
Citic Tower by Kohn Pedersen Fox and Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, Beijing, China
Height: 528m; Floors (above ground): 109
Best Tall Building 400 meters and above 2021 Award of Excellence; Best Tall Building Asia 2021 Award of Excellence
Asia Financial Centre a d AIIB Headquarters by von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects (gmp) and Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University; Beijing China
Height: 81.9m; Floors: 16
Best Tall Building under 100 meters Award of Excellence; Best Tall Office Building Award of Excellence; Best Tall Building Asia 2021 Winner
Duo Twin Towers by Buro Ole Scheeren; Singapore
Height: 179.4m Floors: 39
Urban Habitat – Single Site Scale 2021 Winner
Victoria Dockside by Kohn Pederson Fox and urban designer and landscape architect James Corner; Hong Kong
Height: 272.5m; Floors: 66
Urban Habitat – Single Site Scale 2021 Award of Excellence; MEP Engineering Award 2021 Award of Excellence
Leeza Soho by Zaha Hadid Architects and Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, Beijing, China
Height: 207m; Floors: 46
Best Tall Building 200-299 meters 2021 Award of Excellence; Interior Design Award 2021 Award of Excellence
Raffles City Chongqing by Safdie Architects; Structural Engineer: Arup; Yuzhong Qu, China
Height: 354.5m; Floors: 79 (above ground)
Structural Engineering Award
Siamese Exclusive 31 by Somdoon Architects; Bangkok, Thailand
Height: 91.3m; Floors: 21
Best Tall Building under 100 meters 2021 Award of Excellence
18 Robinson by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates and Architects 61, Singapore
Height: 180m; Floors: 28
Best Tall Building 100-199 meters 2021 Award of Excellence; Urban Habitat – Single Site Scale 2021 Award of Excellence
Changhsa Hua Center by Aedas, Changhsa, China
Height: 138.8m; Floors: 28
Best Tall Building 100-199 meters 2021 Award of Excellence
Eden by Heatherwick Studio and RSP Architects, Planners and Engineers, Singapore
Height: 104.5m; Floors: 26
Best Tall Building 100-199 meters 2021 Award of Excellence
K11 Atelier King’s Road by P&T Group, Hong Kong
Height: 126.1m; Floors: 26
Best Tall Building 100-199 meters 2021 Award of Excellence
Museum Tower Kyobashi by Nikken Sekkei, Tokyo, Japan
Height: 149.6m; Floors (above ground): 25
Best Tall Building 100-199 meters 2021 Award of Excellence, and MEP Engineering Award 2021 Winner
Rosewood Bangkok by Kohn Pedersen Fox and Tandem Architects; Bangkok, Thailand
Height: 154.4m; Floors: 32
Best Tall Building 100-199 meters 2021 Award of Excellence; Interior Design Award 2021 Award of Excellence
Shuibei International Centre by Aedas, Shenzhen, China
Height: 197.5m; Floors: 43
Best Tall Building 100-199 meters 2021 Award of Excellence
Sky Green by Woha; Taichung, Taiwan
Height: 102.9m; Floors: 27
Best Tall Building 100-199 meters 2021 Award of Excellence; Best Tall Residential or Hotel Building 2021 Award of Excellence
Toha Tower 1 by Ron Arad Architects and Yashar Architects, Tel Aviv, Israel
Height: 110.3m; Floors: 27
Best Tall Building 100-199 meters 2021 Award of Excellence, Best Tall Office Building 2021 Winner, Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa 2021 Winner
Five Jumeirah Village, Dubai, UAE
Height: 277m; Floors: 61
Best Tall Building 200-299 meters 2021 Award of Excellence, Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa 2021 Award of Excellence
Suzhou International Finance Square by Kohn Pedersen Fox and East China Architectural Design & Research Institute; Suzhou, China
Height: 450m; Floors above ground: 95
Best Tall Building 400 meters and above 2021 Award of Excellence; Structural Engineering Award 2021 Award of Excellence
Assuta Bauhaus Village by Moshe Tzur Architects and Town Planners;
Height: 102.7m; Floors: 27
Urban Habitat – Single Site Scale 2021 Award of Excellence
DaiyaGate Ikebukuro by Nikken Sekkei; Tokyo, Japan
Height: 99.1m Floors: 18
Structural Engineering Award 2021 Award of Excellence; and MEP Engineering Award 2021 Award of Excellence
ICD Brookfield Place BY Foster + Partners, Dubai, UAE
Height: 279.1m; Floors above ground: 54
Geotechnical Engineering Award 2021 Award of Excellence
Other iconic developments in Asia to have received the 10 Year Award 2021 include the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore; O-14, Dubai; NBF Osaki Building, Tokyo; Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait City; International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong; Guangzhou International Finance Centre, Guangzhou; and Burj Khalifa, Dubai.
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