"Best Tall Building Overall" to be announced at Awards Ceremony;
"Lifetime
Achievement" winners William Pedersen and Ysrael Seinuk
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is pleased to announce the
winners of its annual "Best Tall Building" awards for 2010. These awards
recognize outstanding tall buildings from each of four geographical regions, and
this year are awarded to: Bank of America Tower, New York (Americas); The
Pinnacle @ Duxton, Singapore (Asia & Australasia); Broadcasting Place, Leeds
(Europe); and Burj Khalifa, Dubai (Middle East & Africa). These buildings were
selected for their design and technical innovations, sustainable attributes, and
the enhancement they provide to both the cities and the lives of their
inhabitants.
Bank of America Tower, New York City, New York
Americas
Bank of America Tower, New York City, New York
Owner/Developer: Durst Organization & the Bank of America
Building Type: Office
Date of completion: May 2010
Total Height / Floors: 1200 ft. (366 m) / 55
Architect: Cook+Fox Architects LLP
Structural Engineer: Severud Associates Consulting Engineers, P.C.
MEP Engineer: Jaros, Baum & Bowles
Contractor: Tishman Construction
Read more about the Bank of America Tower
Pinnacle @ Duxton, Singapore
Asia & Australasia
Pinnacle @ Duxton, Singapore
Owner/Developer: Housing & Development Board
Building Type: Residential
Date of completion: December 2009
Total Height / Floors: 535 ft. (163 m) / 51
Architect: ARC Studio Architecture + Urbanism
Associate Architect: RSP Architects Planners & Engineers PTE Ltd
Structural Engineer: Housing & Development Board
MEP Engineer: SIPM Consultants PTE Ltd
Contractor: Chip Eng Seng Contractors (1988) PTE Ltd
Read more about Pinnacle @ Duxton
Broadcasting Place, Leeds, United Kingdom
Europe
Broadcasting Place, Leeds, United Kingdom
Owner/Developer: Downing and Leeds Metropolitan University
Building Type: Residential / Education / Office
Date of completion: September 2009
Total Height / Floors: 228 ft. (70 m) / 23
Architect: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Structural Engineer: Halcrow Yolles
MEP Engineer: KGA
Contractor: George Downing Construction
Read more about the Broadcasting Place
Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Middle East & Africa
Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Owner/Developer: Emaar Properties PJSC
Building Type: Office / Residential / Hotel
Date of completion: January 2010
Total Height / Floors: 2,717 ft. (828 m) / 163
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Structural Engineer: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
MEP Engineer: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Contractor: Samsung Engineering and Construction; Arabtec; Besix
Read more about the Burj Kahlifa
Jury
With an unprecedented number of entries this year, the CTBUH Awards Committee
had much to deliberate. Led by Awards Chairman, Gordon Gill of Adrian Smith +
Gordon Gill Architecture, the committee included: Ahmad Abdelrazaq, Samsung
(South Korea); Bruce Kuwabara, KPMB Architects (Canada); Peter Murray,
Wordsearch (UK); Matthias Schuler, Transolar (Germany); Mun Summ Wong, WOHA (Singapore);
and Antony Wood, CTBUH (USA).
The jury also selected the 2010 recipients of the Council's two lifetime
achievement awards:
William Pedersen of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (Lynn S.
Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award) and
Ysrael A. Seinuk, Ysrael A. Seinuk, P.C.
(Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal). Both men were selected for their
lifetime's work to the advancement of Tall Buildings, with their portfolios
including many seminal, iconic skyscrapers.
William Pedersen
Lynn S. Beedle Award 2010 for William Pedersen
William Pedersen, FAIA, FAAR, is the Principal Design Partner of Kohn Pedersen
Fox Associates, which he founded in 1976 with A. Eugene Kohn and Sheldon Fox.
Under his direction, KPF has amassed a body of work that includes commercial
buildings and institutional facilities, civic and cultural spaces, and mixed-use
residential and retail projects in cities across the United States and
throughout Europe, Asia and the Middle East. For his achievements and
contributions to the built environment, Mr. Pedersen amongst others has
personally received six AIA National Chapter Honor Awards and numerous Merit,
Design Excellence and Distinguished Architecture Awards from various AIA state
and city chapters. His work has also earned five Progressive Architecture
citations, in addition to honors from the Society of American Registered
Architects, Urban Land Institute, and the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban
Habitat. Of particular note, his design for the Shanghai World Financial Center
was the recipient of the Best Tall Building Worldwide Award in 2008. Mr.
Pedersen lectures internationally and has served on academic and professional
juries and symposia throughout the world.
Ysrael A. Seinuk
Fazlur Khan Medal 2010 for Ysrael A. Seinuk
Professor Ysrael A. Seinuk is a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute,
American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Institution of Civil Engineers
(U.K.), and is a worldwide authority on the design and construction of high-rise
concrete and steel buildings, a lecturer, author, educator, and entrepreneur. A
native of Cuba and a graduate of the University of Havana, Professor Seinuk is a
licensed engineer in 15 states: the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the
United Kingdom. Professor Seinuk has received over 60 industry, professional,
and community awards including the Concrete Industry Board’s Leader of Industry
Award and the Cooper Union Urban Visionaries Award. He was involved in the
creation of the structural concepts and supervised the structural design of an
extensive portfolio of major projects. Among the most notable national projects
are 785 Eighth Avenue, Trump World Tower, Miami Performing Arts Center and The
renovation of Grand Central Station. In addition, Professor Seinuk’s many
notable international projects include O-14 Tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
which recently won the 2010 ACEC Diamond Award and the 2010 ACEC National Award
for Structural Systems.
This year's winners will be recognized, and the awards conferred, at the
CTBUH 9th Annual Awards Dinner & Ceremony which will take place at the Illinois
Institute of Technology in Mies van der Rohe's iconic Crown Hall, Chicago, on
the evening of Thursday 21st October 2010. All the winning projects and finalists
will be celebrated at this gala event. Additionally, from the four regional best
tall building winners, one "Overall" winner will be chosen and announced at the
ceremony. All dinner attendees will receive a complimentary copy of the CTBUH
2010 Awards Book on the night.
This year the awards dinner will take place in conjunction with an afternoon
Symposium which will be focused on the four regional best tall buildings, and
the two lifetime achievement award winners. This Symposium will take place at
the Illinois Institute of Technology close to the awards dinner venue, during
the afternoon prior to the dinner.
Further Information:
http://awards.ctbuh.org
www.ctbuh.org
