VIA 57 WEST | New York City, New YorkCompletion Date: 2016 Project Overview VIA 57 WEST is an iconic and award-winning addition to the New York skyline. Located at 625 West 57th Street in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, CTBUH has named it best tall building in the Americas category as part of the 2016 Tall Buildings Awards.…
Ilham Tower | Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaCompletion Date: 2015 Project Overview Standing at fifty-eight stories and 274 meters, Ilham Tower sticks out with its diagonal lines and crisp accents of glass, steel, and greenery. Located in Kuala Lumpur’s “Golden Triangle,” the skyscraper was completed in 2015 and is today the fifth tallest building in the Malaysian…
One Central Park | Sydney, AustraliaCompletion Date: 2014 Project Overview The One Central Park development located in Sydney, Australia combines technology, design, and vegetation. The development is designed by world-renowned French architect Jean Nouvel, French artist and botanist Patrick Blanc, and PTW Architects. The development is comprised of two buildings that uniquely offer residents city…
Fiona Stanley Hospital | Perth, AUCompletion Date: 2014 Project Overview Fiona Stanley Hospital is a state-of-the-art hospital located in Perth, Australia. Opened in stages from October 2014 to February 2015, the hospital covers four city blocks and is the largest building project ever undertaken by the government of the state of Western Australia. Why CPP…
University of Southampton Building 30 | Southampton, EnglandCompletion Date: 2012 Project Overview The University of Southampton is situated on England’s southern coast, about 70 miles (113 km) southwest of London. The university’s Synthetic Chemistry Building—or, simply, Building 30—relies on four large exhaust fans to remove pollutants from the indoor environment and disperse them to the…
Sun And Sky Towers | Dhabi, UAECompletion Date: 2011 Project Overview Al Reem Island is a mixed-use community in Abu Dhabi that includes residential, retail, and commercial spaces. There’s even a campus of Paris’s famed Sorbonne University. Shams Abu Dhabi, Aldar’s flagship development on the island, is home to two of the tallest buildings in the…
Massachusetts General Hospital Launder Building | Boston, Mass.Completion Date: 2011 Project Overview Founded in 1811, Massachusetts General Hospital is the oldest hospital in the American New England states. When “Mass General” sought to add its new Lunder Building for advanced patient care, the design team knew that both hospital staff and the general public would…
Contemporary Arts Center at University of Irvine | Irvine, CACompletion Date: 2010 Project Overview Irvine, California is home to mild temperatures, regular winds, and low humidity. When designing their new Contemporary Arts Center, University of California Irvine wanted to take advantage of Irvine’s temperate climate to naturally ventilate the new building and maximize its sustainability.…
Aldar Headquarters | Al Raha, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesCompletion Date: 2010 Project Overview The Aldar Headquarters building, located at Al Raha Beach in Abu Dhabi, is one of the most recognizable structures on earth. Resembling an upright biconvex lens, the Aldar Headquarters relies upon a diagonal grid, or diagrid, to transfer the weight of…
Marina Bay Sands | Singapore Completion Date: 2010 Project Overview The Marina Bay Sands is a world-class resort on Singapore’s waterfront designed by internationally renowned architect, Moshe Safdie. It is immediately recognizable from its triple towers, which are connected by the Sands SkyPark™. A unique feature of the sky park is that it extends 65 meters…
