The Four Best Tall Buildings for 2015

John Hill

25. June 2015

Photos courtesy of CTBUH

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has named the four regional winners of the Best Tall Building Awards as part of the organization's annual awards.

The awards were judged "by a prestigious panel of experts," per CTBUH, from a pool of 123 new projects. CTBUH sums up the selection:

This year’s winners and finalists are remarkable in that they show a strong commitment to sustainability, with some exemplifying dramatic progress in the use of greenery both to enhance the comfort of the building’s users and reduce the environmental impact of the building. Others show dramatic sculptural form and urban presence, and we are now starting to see the positive integration of buildings into their direct urban habitat, which has been a long-needed requirement.

The winners (L-R in image photos above):

One World Trade Center, New York, USA (Americas), designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

CapitaGreen, Singapore (Asia & Australasia), designed by Toyo Ito & Associates Architects

Bosco Verticale, Milan, Italy (Europe), designed by Boeri Studio

Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid Tower, Abu Dhabi, UAE (ME & Africa), designed by Foster + Partners

Visit the CTBUH website for more information on the winners and to see the runners-up. An overall winner will be announced in November during a CTBUH symposium.