CONTENTS Foreword, Gordon Gill Introduction Best Tall Building Awards Criteria Best Tall Building Amerkas: Winner: The Bank of America Tower, New York Finalists: Aqua Tower, Chicago One Madison Park, New York Veer Towers, Las Vegas Nominees: 100 1 1th Avenue, New York 235 Van Buren, Chicago 300 East Randolph, Chicago 785 Eighth Avenue, New York 1450 Brickell, Miami Banco Real Santander Headquarters, Sao Paulo 48 Cassa, New York 49 The Clare at Water Tower, Chicago 50 Fairmont Pacific Rim, Vancouver 51 Freeport-McMoRan Center, Phoenix 52 LA Live Hotel and Residences, Los Angeles 54 The Legacy, Chicago 56 Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas 57 RBC Centre, Toronto 58 Sackville-Dundas Residences, Toronto 59 Shangri-la, Vancouver 60 The Standard, New York 62 theWit Hotel, Chicago 63 Titanium La Portada, Santiago 64 Toren, New York 66 Torre Libertad, Mexico City 67 Vdara Hotel & Spa, Las Vegas 68 Ventura Corporate Towers, Rio de Janeiro 69 William Beaver House, New York 70 1075 Peachtrce, Atlanta 72 353 North Clark Street, Chicago 72 510 Madison, New York 72 The Brooklyner, New York 73 Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino, Las Vsgas 73 The Elysian, Chicago 73 Met 2, Miami 74 Residences at the Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia 74 Terminus 200, Atlanta 74 Trump SoHo Hotel, New York 75 Two Alliance Center, Atlanta 75 W Hoboken, Hoboken 75 Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia Winner; Pinnacle @ Uuxton, Singapore 78 Finalists: ISQUARE, Hong Kong 84 Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 88 Nanjing Greenland Financial Center, Nanjing 92 Northeast Asia Trade Tower, Incheon 96 Nominees; 400 George Street, Brisbane 1OO BEA Financial Tower, Shanghai 102 BUMPS, Beijing 104 China Diamond Exchange Center, Shanghai 106 Crown Hotel at City of Dreams, Macau 107 Deloittc Centre, Auckland 108 MOSAIC, Beijing 110 NHN Green Factory, Seongnam 111 ntos Place, Brisbane 112 Sangdo First World Towers, Incheon 113 39 Conduit Road, Hong Kong 114 City Square Residences, Singapore 1 14 Kalpataru Towers, Mumbai 11 4 Kwun Tong 223, Hong Kong 115 The Masterpiece, Hong Kong 115 The St. Francis Shangri-la, Mandaluyong City 115 Best Tall Building Europe Winner: Broadcasting Place, Leeds 118 Finalists: Hegau Tower, Singen 124 PalaisQuartier Office Tower, Frankfurt 128 Nominees: Caja Madrid Tower, Madrid 132 Mosfilmovskaya, Moscow 134 Stadthaus, London 136 Strata l, London 138 Candle House, Leeds 140 Imperia Tower, Moscow 140 Maastoren, Rotterdam 140 The Mill and ferwood Dance House, Ipswich 141 Opernturm, Frankfurt 141 Sea Towers, Gdynia 141 Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa Winner: Burj Khalifa, Dubai 144 Finalist: Q-M, Dubai 150 Nominees: Al Bidda Tower, Doha 154 Al Tijaria Tower, Kuwait City 156 Arraya Office Tower, Kuwait City 158 Ocean Heights, Dubai 159 The Address, Dubai 160 Al Salam Tecom Tower, Dubai 160 Boulevard Plaza, Dubai 160 Nassima Tower, Dubai 161 Sama Tower, Dubai 161 Tiffany Tower, Dubai 161 Lifetime Achievement Awards Lifetime Achievement Awards Criteria 162 Lynn S. Beedle Award, William Pedersen 164 Fazlur Khan Medal, Ysrael A, Seinuk 170 CTBUH 2010 Fellows 176 Awards & CTBUH Information Awards Committee 2010 177 Review of Past Winners 178 Review of CT13UH 2009 Awards Dinner 180 CTBUH Height Criteria184 Tallest 100 Buildings List 188 Index of Buildings 192 Index of Companies 193 Image Credits 196 CTBUH Organizational Structure & Members198