A Look at the Prestigious CTBUH 2023 Award of Excellence Winners

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has revealed its 2023 Award of Excellence Winners, which honors completed and proposed structures from around the world that reflect an extensive variety of architectural styles, customers, and ethical standards. The list compiles the best and brightest projects that have tackled the world’s most challenging problems in novel ways each year.

The Interlace / OMA / Ole Scheeren. © Iwan Baan

“Each of the 2023 Award of Excellence Winners exemplifies how to take a systemic approach to implement cutting-edge technological solutions, public and cultural institutions, greenery, business organizations, and other vital facilities in order to achieve long-term, equitable, and desirable outcomes.” Javier Quintana de Uña, CEO of CTBUH, said.

CTBUH 2023 Award of Excellence Winners

The 2023 Award of Excellence Winners are scheduled to move on to vie for best-in-class honors at the CTBUH 2023 International Conference, which will be held in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur from October 16-21, 2023. The award recipients, organized by type, are presented below.

1) Best Tall Building under 100 meters

2050 M Street l REX.
800 Fulton Market l Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City.
Proud Kanda Surugadai l Takenaka Corporation.
Sara Kulturhus l White Arkitekter.
Valley, MVRDV.

Valley Towers / MVRDV. © Ossip van Duivenbode

2) Best Tall Building, 100-199 meters

32 Smith Street l Fender Katsalidis Architects.
80 Ann Street l Woods Bagot.
Atlantis The Royal Resort l Kohn Pedersen Fox.
DC Tower III l KS Ingenieure.
Éclat Resort l Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD).
Paragon l Fender Katsalidis Architects.
REN l Glotman Simpson Consulting Engineers.
Toranomon Hills Residential Tower l Ingenhoven Architects.

Éclat Resort Complex. © Beijing Institute of Architectural Design

3) Best Tall Building, 200-299 meters

425 Park Avenue l Foster + Partners.
BBCC Lucentia Residential Towers.
CapitaSpring l Carlo Ratti with Bjarke Ingels Group.
DJI Sky City l Foster + Partners.
Premier Tower l Elenberg Fraser.
Quay Quarter Tower l 3XN.
Shandong Port Tower l von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects (GMP).

DJI Sky City / Foster + Partners. © Fangfang Tian

4) Best Tall Building, 300-399 meters

Australia 108 l Fender Katsalidis Architects.
Shenzhen Bay Innovation and Technology Centre l RMJM.
Shenzhen Center, Dabaihui Plaza l Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates.
SLS Dubai l Aedas.
The Spiral l Bjarke Ingels Group.

Shenzhen Bay Innovation and Technology Centre. © RMJM

5) Best Tall Building 400 meters and above

Guangxi China Resources Tower l Goettsch Partners.

2023 Award of Excellence Winners Best Tall Building by Region

1) Best Tall Building Americas

2050 M Street l REX.
425 Park Avenue l Foster + Partners.
Block 185 l Pelli Clarke & Partners.
Engineering Laboratories | Pontificia Universidad Javeriana – Juan Pablo Ortiz Arquitectos and TALLER Architects.
One Willoughby Square l FXCollaborative.
REN
The Spiral l Bjarke Ingels Group.
Torre Mitikah l Pelli Clarke & Partners

2) Best Tall Building Asia

1 Corporate Avenue l Pelli Clarke & Partners.
CapitaSpring l Bjarke Ingels Group and Carlo Ratti .
DJI Sky City l Foster + Partners.
Ping An Asset Tower l AI PlanetWorks.
Proud Kanda Surugadai l Takenaka Corporation.
Shenzhen Center, Dabaihui Plaza l Kohn Pedersen Fox.
Shimao Hangzhou Wisdom Towers l Atelier Ping Jiang I EID Arch.
SkyParc @ Dawson l Design Link Architects.

Shimao Hangzhou Wisdom Towers l EID Architecture. © CreatAR Images

3) Best Tall Building Europe

Sara Kulturhus l White Arkitekter
Tour Aurore Renovation
Valley l MVRDV

Sara Kulturhus Center / White Arkitekter. © Åke E:son Lindman

4) Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa

Atlantis The Royal Resort l Kohn Pedersen Fox
ICD Brookfield Place l Foster + Partners
Tadawul Tower l Nikken Sekkei

Atlantis The Royal Resort l Kohn Pedersen Fox. © KPF

5) Best Tall Building Oceania

405 Bourke Street l Woods Bagot
A by Adina l Matthew Morel
Poly Centre l Grimshaw Architects
Premier Centre l Elenberg Fraser
Quay Quarter Tower l 3XN
Te Toki i te Rangi, Commercial Bay l Warren and Mahoney
The One, Brisbane Quarter l Kurokawa Kisho

Quay Quarter Tower l 3XN. © Phil Noller

6) Best Tall Non-Building

Kuantan 188 l Meinhardt
Lotus Tower l Civil and Structural Engineering Consultants (Pvt.) Ltd

Lotus Tower. © CTBUH

7) Urban Habitat Award

Art Village and Mall in Shapu, Shenzhen.
Asian Games 2022 Masterplan, Hangzhou.
Chang’An Mills, Beijing.
China Resources Qianhai Center, Shenzhen.
Midtown Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv.
Nanjing Jiangbei Wondercity, Nanjing.
SMU Connexion, Singapore.
Te Toki i te Rangi, Commercial Bay, Auckland.

Asian Games 2022 Masterplan, Hangzhou. © Archi-Tectonics

8) Future Project Award

Shenton Way Redevelopment l Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
307 Lake Shore Boulevard East l BDP Quadrangle
4th & Harrison l HOK, Inc.
50 Fenchurch Street l Eric Parry Architects
Absorbent Sand Storm Skyscraper l Kalbod Design Studio
C6 Perth l Elenberg Fraser
China Overseas Suzhou Supertall Project l Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Fifteen Fifteen l Buro Ole Scheeren
STH BNK by Beulah l UNStudio with Cox Architecture
Taikoo Green Ribbon l Arup

Absorbent Sand Storm Skyscraper l Kalbod Design Studio. © Kalbod Design Studio

9) 10-Year Award

Marina Bay Suites l Kohn Pedersen Fox
Pearl River Tower l Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
The Interlace l RSP Architects Planners & Engineers
Tour Carpe Diem l Robert A.M. Stern Architects

The Interlace / OMA / Ole Scheeren. © Iwan Baan

10) Construction Award

CITYMARK CENTRE l Kohn Pedersen Fox
Quay Quarter Tower l 3XN
Riviere Condo
Robotic Elevator Installation in Uptown Tower l Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Ziraat Towers, Istanbul International Finance Center l Kohn Pedersen Fox