Articles from The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

Chicago, Aug. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) today announced the winners of its 2025 Lifetime Achievement Awards: Peter Murray, Co-founder of New London Architecture (NLA), recipient of the Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award; and SawTeen See, structural engineer and former Managing Partner of Leslie E. Robertson Associates (LERA), recipient of the Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Award. Both will be honored at the CTBUH 2025 International Conference, “From the Ground Up: Tall Buildings and City-Making,” 6–9 October, in Toronto, Canada.

Standouts in design, construction & innovation move forward to present at annual international conference in Toronto

Chicago, Feb. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) today released its 2025 Trends & Forecasts report, which delivers an in-depth analysis of the current state and trajectory of tall building construction worldwide. The report captures key industry movements, including new geographic milestones, economic opportunities and challenges and the ongoing evolution of skyscraper design and function. It is an essential resource for architects, engineers, developers, urban planners and other professionals navigating the ever-changing international tall building landscape.

Singapore’s ambitious environmental vision exemplified in notable “hotel in nature”

City of London & Paris La Défense leaders join international forum on adaptive reuse, sustainability & well-being

Chicago, July 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) today announced the winner of its 2024 Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award: Santiago Calatrava, renowned architect, structural engineer, sculptor, and painter; and the winner of its 2024 Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Award: John Zils, a distinguished structural engineer who worked at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) for more than 40 years and helped pioneer the bundled-tube design with Fazlur Khan. Calatrava and Zils will receive their awards and present at CTBUH’s annual international conference, New or Renew: Addressing the Density Dilemma, September 23–27, in London and Paris.

2024 Award of Excellence winners capable of catalyzing “a paradigm shift in design and construction practices”

Record-setting completions of buildings 200 meters and higher reflect resumption of pre-COVID construction

New Sydney icon wins unprecedented seven awards, demonstrates importance of structure renewal to mitigate climate change

New Sydney icon wins unprecedented seven awards, demonstrates importance of structure renewal to mitigate climate change

Board Chairman Steve Watts to pass the mantle to Shonn Mills

Chicago, IL, Aug. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) today announced the crux of its annual international conference, October 16–21, in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur: “What does it mean to humanize high density?”                                                                                                                                         According to the United Nations, about 70% of the world’s population is expected to live in urban areas by 2050. This could mean as many as 2.5 billion people shifting their residence from rural areas to cities in the next 25 years, with the greatest increases in urban density occurring in Asia and Africa. This migration will fundamentally alter the balance between nature and cities, vertical and horizontal urbanization and individuals and their communities.

2023 honorees represent ‘vibrant minds’ in sustainable vertical urbanism

Record-breaking number of ‘Award of Excellence’ submissions emphasize achievement in height, engineering, respositioning and numerous other categories

Emphasizing sustainability, regional, height, engineering and other functional awards also determined at annual conference in Chicago