Thursday, 22nd October 2009. Frank Zabel, CICO Consultants; Steven Holl, Steven Holl Architects; Bruce Kuwabara, KPMB Architects; and Timothy Poell, SOM present at the CTBUH 2009 Chicago Conference. Each year the CTBUH recognizes excellence in tall building design and construction by conferring international Best Tall Building Awards. In this special session we gain an insight into the 4 regional winning projects for 2009: Manitoba Hydro Place, Winnipeg (Americas); Linked Hybrid Building, Beijing (Asia & Australia); Broadgate Tower, London (Europe) and Tornado Tower, Doha (Middle East & Africa).Click here for more 2009 Chicago Conference Videos.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), based at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, is an international not-for-profit organization sponsored by architecture, engineering, planning, development and construction professionals. Founded in 1969, the Council’s mission is to disseminate best practice information on tall buildings and healthy urban environments, to facilitate business exchange amongst the international tall building / built environment community, and to make the latest knowledge available to professionals in a useful form.