{"id":5660,"date":"2025-05-27T13:46:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/?p=5660"},"modified":"2025-05-27T13:58:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:58:15","slug":"council-on-tall-buildings-and-urban-habitat-announces-2025-award-of-excellence-winners-recognizes-projects-driving-the-future-of-vertical-urbanism-in-an-unpredictable-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/2025\/05\/27\/council-on-tall-buildings-and-urban-habitat-announces-2025-award-of-excellence-winners-recognizes-projects-driving-the-future-of-vertical-urbanism-in-an-unpredictable-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Announces 2025 Award of Excellence Winners, Recognizes Projects Driving the Future of Vertical Urbanism in an Unpredictable Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Standouts in design, construction & innovation move forward to present at annual international conference in Toronto<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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CHICAGO<\/strong>\u2014The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat<\/a><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0(CTBUH) has announced the winners of its 2025 Award of Excellence competition<\/a><\/u><\/strong>, a robust slate of built and unbuilt projects from around the world that respond to current global challenges and demonstrate the vital role of tall buildings in the 21st century. (View the full list of winning projects here.<\/a><\/u><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Spanning 20\u00a0<\/strong>countries and more than 20 categories, this year\u2019s winners exemplify creative and technical leadership across the gamut of sustainable vertical urbanism. From carbon-negative towers to adaptive reuse strategies that extend the life of existing structures by decades, the 2025 awardees are unified by an evolution of values: growth as well as<\/em>\u00a0stewardship, height and<\/em>\u00a0impact.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s cohort demonstrates not only technical sophistication and design ingenuity but also an ability to respond to the circumstances shaping the world right now\u2014from regional issues and economic challenges to the accelerating climate crisis,\u201d according to Javier Quintana de U\u00f1a<\/a><\/u><\/strong>, CEO of CTBUH. \u201cThese projects prove that tall buildings and the vertical urbanism they engender can instigate better quality of life, ecological resilience and urban equity simultaneously. That\u2019s the direction our industry must move in.\u201d<\/p>\n

In categories such as Best Tall Building, Innovation and Urban Habitat, this year\u2019s winners emphasize reuse, low-carbon materials, equitable housing and integrated infrastructure. Submitting companies were also asked to share data on the carbon and material usage in their projects\u2014part of the CTBUH 2025 Awards Carbon Pilot Program\u2014which attempts to consolidate embodied carbon data from across the globe and serve as a benchmark for sustainable development practices. Several projects introduce hybrid programmatic models, blurring the line between public and private realms and prioritizing circularity from the outset.<\/p>\n

\u201cVertical urbanism isn\u2019t just about going taller\u2014it\u2019s about rethinking how height intersects with livability, connectivity and\u00a0the relationship of the tall buildings with the street,\u201d said James Parakh<\/a><\/u><\/strong>, Urban Design Manager at the City of Toronto\u00a0Planning Division and a juror in the Urban Habitat category. \u201cThis year\u2019s submissions illustrate how tall buildings can do more than dominate skylines\u2014they can\u00a0animate streets, enliven their contexts\u00a0and shape cohesive, vibrant neighborhoods. The most compelling projects treat the base, the tower and the spaces between towers as a continuous urban experience. That kind of holistic thinking\u00a0can benefit cities, improve livability and create vibrant places where people thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

CTBUH\u2019s call for entries drew its broadest global participation yet, with submissions from firms working in cities as diverse as Brisbane, G\u00f6teborg, New Cairo, Tokyo and Toronto, among many others. Each submission was evaluated by multidisciplinary juries comprising leaders in architecture, engineering, planning, construction and real estate development. The selection criteria prioritized performance\u2014environmental, cultural and operational\u2014over prestige or aesthetics alone.<\/p>\n

Awardees will present their work during the CTBUH 2025 International Conference<\/a><\/u><\/strong>, themed From the Ground Up: Tall Buildings and City-Making<\/em>, taking place 6\u20139 October in Toronto, where they\u2019ll vie for \u201cbest in category\u201d recognition. Results will be announced during the conference\u2019s prestigious award ceremony and dinner.<\/p>\n

Now in its 22nd year, the CTBUH awards program can enhance the reputation and marketability of the companies responsible for selected projects. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cReceiving the CTBUH Award of Excellence for One Za\u2019abeel<\/a><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0has been a defining moment\u2014both personally and for our entire team,\u201d expressed Dr. Mohamed Hegazy<\/a><\/u><\/strong>, Director of Property & Buildings Construction Supervision in the Middle East at WSP. The project was named overall winner\u00a0in the Best Tall Building, Middle East & Africa category in the 2024 competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs professionals leading complex projects, we navigate diverse challenges while aligning stakeholder interests. We\u2019re proud of the industry-leading engineering that made this achievement possible\u2014advancing standards and integrating it seamlessly with the community\u2014which marks a meaningful evolution in the architectural landscape,\u201d continued Hegazy. \u201cThe award showcased our work on the global stage, inspiring new conversations about what\u2019s possible when visionary thinking, purposeful execution and ambition converge to raise the bar and pave\u00a0the way for the next generation of transformative structures.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur awards have always spotlighted excellence, but in 2025 excellence looks different,\u201d added Quintana de U\u00f1a. \u201cWe\u2019re now measuring success not by spectacle but by a building\u2019s capacity to support life\u2014human and otherwise\u2014for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information on the CTBUH awards program, including jury members by category and all prior Award of Excellence winners, please visit awards.ctbuh.org<\/a><\/u><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to smarter, more sustainable cities and a more viable future for global populations. Specifically, CTBUH focuses on the critical role of density in addressing climate change. CTBUH is headquartered in Chicago and has offices in Shanghai, China, and Venice, Italy. CTBUH\u2019s worldwide membership network includes companies from fields such as real estate development, architecture, engineering, cost consulting, building management and construction, among others. In addition to hosting leading industry events, CTBUH produces research and reports on issues of significant consequence to its membership. Its most utilized asset is the SkyscraperCenter.com<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0database, a comprehensive compendium of detailed figures, images and technical information on more than 40,000 tall buildings throughout the world. CTBUH is best known to the public for developing international standards for measuring tall building height and is recognized as the arbiter of the \u201cWorld\u2019s Tallest Building\u201d designation. For more information, please visit ctbuh.org<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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