Rafael Gomes de Oliveira Representante do CTBUH em São Paulo
Capítulo No. 111 do IREM - SP
10 de Outubro, 2014
About the CTBUH
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Founded in 1969
As of September 2013, the CTBUH
organizational member network included
799,985 individuals working in 5,117 offices
around the world
CTBUH Headquarters is located within the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of
Technology Chicago.
CTBUH Headquarters & Resource Center
Height Criteria & World’s Tallest Title
World’s ten tallest buildings according to Height to Tip (as of Nov. 2013)
Research – Technical
“A Whole Life Cycle Assessment of the
Sustainable Aspects of Structural Systems in
Tall Buildings” to study the life cycles of tall
building structural systems, funded by
ArcelorMittal
Real Fires for the Safe Design of Tall Buildings,
funded by UK Engineering and Physical Sciences
Research Council
Survey Research of Measuring the
Perceptional Level of Core Technology in the
Area of Super Tall Buildings in Korea, funded
by KICTEP
Study the energy-saving effectiveness of
green wall façade systems, funded by Wanger
Institute for Sustainable Energy Research
(WISER)
Research – Student Design
The Council is involved in design research projects in conjunction with multiple higher-
education institutions and academics around the world. This research is archived by the
CTBUH and presented on the Council’s website.
ArcelorMittal Research Project
“A Whole Life Cycle Assessment of the Sustainable Aspects of Structural
Systems in Tall Buildings”
Research Seed Funding Awards
2013
Dr. Elena Giacomello
Iuav University of Venice, Italy
to study the radical new “Vertical
Forest”
(Bosco Verticale)
2012
Dr. Kristen Day
Polytechnic Institute of New York
University to study the impact of tall
building developments on physical
activity in China
CTBUH Signboards & Plaques
Tornado Tower, Doha, Qatar, 2009
(English side). Best Tall Building
Middle East & Africa (2009).
Q1 Tower, Gold Coast, Australia,
2005
World’s tallest residential tower.
Antony Wood (CTBUH), Richard Tomlinson (SOM), Andrew Weiss
(Trump Organization), and Paul James (Bovis Lend Lease) in front
of the Trump skyscraper sign on Wabash Ave.
The Council organizes a number of significant events each year. These include: world
congresses and conferences attended by some of the world’s most influential
architects, engineers and developers; annual tall building awards; technical tours of tall
buildings around the world, and various meetings and seminars.
Events
Conference – Overview
There have been 9 World Congresses and 86 regional Conferences since 1969. Some
examples are shown below:
Congresses/Conferences Speakers
HE Mohamed Ali
Alabbar William F. Baker HRH Prince Charles Charles Correa Mayor Richard
Daley
Jeanne Gang Gerald D. Hines
Christoph
Ingenhoven
Fazlur Khan Eugene Kohn Daniel Libeskind Cesar Pelli John Portman,
Jr.
Paul Rudolf Larry Silverstein Adrian Smith Werner Sobek Carol Willis Ken Yeang
Steven Holl
Leslie Robertson
Technical Tours
The CTBUH organizes educational tours of important
tall buildings/cities as part of its continuing education
program. These tours provide an opportunity for
participants to gain significant technical knowledge on
the subject building or area.
Shanghai Tower (2012) Kanchanjunga Apartments
(2010)
Roosevelt University Tower
(2011)
Annual Awards Dinner
11th Annual CTBUH Awards Dinner held at Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s historic Crown Hall, October 2012
2013 CTBUH Award Winners Europe Middle East & Africa
The Bow
Calgary
Americas Asia & Australaisa
10 Year Award
CCTV Headquarters
Beijing
The Shard
London
Sowwah Square
Abu Dhabi
Innovation Award Innovation Award Lynn S. Beedle Award Fazlur R. Khan Award
30 St Mary Axe
London
BSB Prefabricated
Construction Method
KONE UltraRope Henry N. Cobb
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Clyde Baker
AECOM
CTBUH Website Resources – Research Papers
The Research Papers Library contains many hundreds of papers published by architects,
engineers and academics on a range of multi-disciplinary subjects. The papers cover every
facet of tall building design, construction and occupation and are searchable by author, topic
and category.
CTBUH Website Resources – Video Database
The Video Library contains hundreds of videos available for viewing. It includes videos from
CTBUH Conferences and Congresses, Seminars, Interviews, Presentations and Design
Research Projects.
CTBUH Website Resources – Newsletter
The CTBUH Tall Building Newsletter is a monthly newsletter emailed at the beginning of each
month to subscribers. It contains a summary of the past month's international tall building
news articles and also provides events and news related to the Council and other
organizations and companies.
CTBUH Website Resources – CTBUH in the Media
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