STRUCTURES + BUILDINGS
Standing tall Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat names ‘2018 Best Tall Building Worldwide’ and other awards.
The CTBUH Awards jury named Oasia Hotel Downtown the “Best Tall BuildingWorldwide.” Photo: © Patarick Bingham-Hall
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) announced the winners of the 16th Annual CTBUH Awards Program, which competed for winning distinctions at the 2018 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference, May 30-31 at Aqua Tower in Chicago. The CTBUH Awards jury named Oasia Hotel Downtown the “Best Tall Building Worldwide” in addition to recognizing the winners of nine award categories chosen from a group of 48 finalist projects representing 28 countries. Oasia Hotel Downtown was chosen from among the four regional Best Tall Building winners, includingAmerican Copper Buildings, Best Tall Building Americas; Oasia Hotel Downtown, Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia; The Silo, Best Tall Building Europe; and Zeitz MOCAA, Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa. The visually striking Oasia Hotel Downtown stands out among the gray and blue high-rises of Singapore with its plant-covered façade of red and green, which connects to the green of the cityscape. Landscaping is used exten- sively as an architectural surface treatment and forms a major part of the development’s material palette, with a total of 54 species of plants climbing along the aluminum mesh façade screen. With a substantial commitment to outdoor communal space through the incorporation of “skyspaces” along its height, the tower provides respite and relief to its occupants, neighbors, and city. “This project won not only because it incorporates 60 stories of green walls along the exterior,” said CTBUH Executive Director and Awards Juror Ant- ony Wood, “but because of its significant commitment to communal space. The tower has given over 40 percent of its volume to open-air communal terraces in the sky.” Best Tall Building Awards This category recognizes projects that have made extraordinary contribu- tions to the advancement of tall buildings and the urban environment, and that achieve sustainability at the highest and broadest level. The winning projects exhibit processes and innovations that have added to the profession of design and enhance the cities and the lives of their inhabitants. Best Tall Building Americas — American Copper Buildings represent a venturesome and highly visible architectural statement along the edge of New York City’s East river. Clad in copper on the north and south façades, the color and refractive qualities of the towers will patina gracefully over time, shifting from a russet brown to a signature blue-green throughout the years, much like the iconic Statue of Liberty. Perhaps the most conspicu-
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