Tall Buildings
CTBUH Announces Name Change to Council on Vertical Urbanism
After more than half a century as the world’s preeminent authority on tall buildings, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) announced its transformation into the Council on...
CTBUH Dubai Event Draws 300+ and Features KONE
More than 300 delegates gathered at Atlantis The Royal Resort in Dubai on September 23 for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Dubai Conference, for which KONE...
CTBUH Announces 2025 Award of Excellence Winners
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has announced the winners of its 2025 Award of Excellence competition: built and unbuilt projects from around the world that respond to...
Redesign Plans for London’s 70 Gracechurch Approved
The City of London has approved Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)’s proposals for a 32-story tower – a redesign of consented proposals from 2021, Architects’ Journal reports. The 132-m-tall scheme includes the part-retrofit...
CTBUH Calls for Submissions for the 2025 International Conference
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is seeking abstract submissions for the CTBUH 2025 International Conference, “From the Ground Up: Tall Buildings and City-Making,” by 11:59 PM CST...
EW Photo Contest Voting Open Until June 14
Voting is now open for the 2024 ELEVATOR WORLD Photo Contest and will last until June 14. With more than 300 photos submitted from across the globe during our 12th...
KONE Wins Order for Panda Tower in Chengdu, China
KONE Corp. has won an order to supply a suite of vertical-transportation solutions for the new 489-m-high mixed-use Panda Tower (officially Chengdu Tianfu Supertall) in Chengdu, Western China. Towering to...
280-M Shanghai Tower Completed
Ole Scheeren has completed the first of two towers for the Axiom development in The Springs in the center of the Yangpu district in Shanghai, China, Building Design reports. The...
“Cities in the Sky: The Quest To Build the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers” To Publish in May
Rutgers University Professor Jason M. Barr tells ELEVATOR WORLD his new book, “Cities in the Sky: The Quest to Build the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers,” will be published by Scribner Books...
Register for CTBUH 2024 Europe Conference in Istanbul
Organizers of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) 2024 Europe Conference in Istanbul, Türkiye, on April 18-19 invite interested parties to register now to secure their spots...
