Broadcasting Place, a 23-storey student complex built for Leeds Metropolitan University, was named alongside the
It was chosen as one of four winners of the annual ‘Best Tall Building’ awards by the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
They were picked for their design and technical innovations, sustainable attributes, and the enhancement they provide
Broadcasting Place, which opened in November, has already been given an award for excellence by the Royal Institute It is covered in “corroded steel” to give it a distinctive, weathered finish. Here are the four best tall buildings as chosen by the CTBUH. 1. EUROPE: BROADCASTING PLACE, LEEDS, UK Date of completion: September 2009 Total Height/Floors: 228 ft. (70 m) / 23 Architect: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
The 23-storey building has irregular sides which were designed to maximize natural light without creating overheating. 2. AMERICAS: BANK OF AMERICA TOWER, NEW YORK, USA Date of completion: May 2010 Total Height/Floors: 1200 ft. (366 m) / 55 Architect: Cook+Fox Architects LLP
The office block boats “hospital-grade, 95 per cent filtered air” as well as abundant natural daylight, underfloor 3. MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA: BURJ KHALIFA, DUBAI, UAE Date of completion: January 2010 Total Height / Floors: 2,717 ft. (828 m) / 163 Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
The tallest building in the world required new design techniques construction practices. Its shape is meant to provide 4. ASIA/AUSTRALASIA: PINNACLE AT DUXTON, SINGAPORE Date of completion: December 2009 Total Height / Floors: 535 ft. (163 m) / 51 Architect: ARC Studio Architecture + Urbanism
The block provides 1,848 homes in the city and features gardens on the 26th and 50th floors that weave through all (转自Telegraph (London)) |