In the Building category, Dubai Future Foundation, Killa Design, BuroHappold Engineering, BAM Higgs & Hill, and Transgulf received the first place award for the Museum of the Future. Image courtesy of Killa Design
In the Construction category, China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Corp. Ltd. won the first place award for the Tianjin ChowTai Fook Financial Center Project. Image courtesy of China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Co., Ltd.
new landmark with integrated business and commercial space, luxury apartments, and a five-star hotel. It has a 390,000-square-meter total construction area, constituting a four-story basement, a five-story po- dium, and a 103-story tower, reaching a total height of 530 meters. Second place in the Construction category went to China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd. for China Zun Tower. Set to become the tallest structure in the city of Beijing, and in an area prone to 8.0 seismic intensity, CITIC Group’s new $3.5 billion China Zun Tower — with a gross floor area of 43.7 million square meters — will reach 528 meters with 108 floors and seven floors underground. Obayashi Corporation and ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation received the third place award in the Construction category for the
Mikusa tunnel on the Kinki Highway Kise Line. Surrounded by the sea, Japan is especially susceptible to the devastation of tsunamis. Since many areas are connected by a single road, there is a high risk of isolation during a disaster. A new highway was recently built to serve for additional transportation, which included construction of the 2,380-meter Mikusa tunnel. Learn more about the winners of the 2017 AEC Excellence Awards and watch the 2017 AEC Excellence Awards show reel at www.autodesk. com/solutions/bim/hub/aec-excellence-2017.
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