International Highrise Award 2020: The 31 Nominated Projects
International Highrise Award 2020: 31 Highrise Projects Nominated Worldwide
Frankfurt/Main, August 20, 2020
The buildings nominated for the International Highrise Award (IHP) 2020 have now been selected: Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) has chosen them from over 1,000 new high-rise buildings construed over the past two years worldwide. The five shortlisted finalists from this group will be announced in September. The winner of the International Highrise Award will be presented on October 29, 2020 in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt/Main.
This year, 31 projects from 14 different countries have been nominated for the International Highrise Award. As in previous years, China is the country with the most high-rise projects. About every third sky-rise with a height of at least 100 meters is being built there. The enormous construction activity is also evidence by this year’s list of nominees, which includes ten projects in China.
That said, high-rises are also increasingly being built in Europe and Africa. The Casablanca Finance City Tower in Morocco is the first high-rise building on the African continent to be nominated for the award.
Distribution of the nominees:
China: 10 (32.26%)
Asia (excluding China): 4 (12.9%)
Europe: 6 (19.35%)
USA: 6 (19.35%)
Central and South America (Mexico and Colombia): 3 (9.68%)
Kuwait: 1 (3.23%)
Africa (Morocco): 1 (3.23%)
The International Highrise Award has been presented every two years since 2004. The IHA was jointly initiated in 2003 by the City of Frankfurt, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale. It is financed by DAM and DekaBank. It will be awarded for the ninth time in 2020.
The criteria for the award are that the building combines sustainability, external form and internal spatial qualities, economic efficiency and social aspects into an exemplary design. The IHP is aimed at architects and developers whose buildings are at least 100 metres high and were completed in the past two years.
THE NOMINATED PROJECTS:
Grand Tower, Frankfurt/Main, Deutschland
Architects: Architekturbüro Magnus Kaminiarz & Cie, Frankfurt/Main, Deutschland
La Marseillaise, Marseille, Frankreich
Architects: Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Paris, Frankreich
Landmark 81, Ho Chi Minh Stadt, Vietnam
Architects: Atkins, London, Großbritannien
OmniTurm, Frankfurt/Main, Deutschland
Architects: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, Kopenhagen, Dänemark
Shenzhen Energy Headquarters, Shenzhen, China
Architects: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, Kopenhagen, Dänemark
Shenzhen Baidu Headquarters, Shenzhen, China
Architects: CCDI Group, Shenzhen, China
ARO, New York City, USA
Architects: CetraRuddy Architecture, New York City, NY, USA
15 Hudson Yards, New York City, USA
Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro, New York City, NY, USA
5th Extension of the European Court of Justice, Luxemburg
Architects: Dominique Perrault Architecture, Paris, Frankreich
Bacatá Tower, Bogotá, Kolumbien
Architects: Estudio de Arquitectura Alonso Balaguer, Barcelona, Spanien
Comcast Technology Center, Philadelphia, USA
Architects: Foster + Partners, London, Großbritannien
National Bank of Kuwait – NBK Tower, Kuwait-Stadt, Kuwait
Architects: Foster + Partners, London, Großbritannien
Poly Greenland Plaza, Shanghai, China
Architects: gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg, Deutschland
Luxe Lake Towers, Chengdu, China
Architects: GRAFT, Berlin, Deutschland
EDEN, Singapur
Architects: Heatherwick Studio, London, Großbritannien
China Resources Tower, Shenzhen, China
Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, New York City, NY, USA
MGM Cotai, Macau, China
Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, New York City, NY, USA
Robinson Tower, Singapur
Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, New York City, NY, USA
Miyana, Torre Chapulín, Mexiko-Stadt, Mexiko
Architects: Legorreta, Mexiko-Stadt, Mexiko
Casablanca Finance City Tower, Casablanca, Marokko
Architects: Morphosis Architects, Culver City, CA, USA
Norra Tornen, Stockholm, Schweden
Architects: OMA Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam, Niederlande
NEMA Chicago, Chicago, USA
Architects: Rafael Viñoly Architects, New York City, NY, USA
Torres Cuarzo, Mexiko-Stadt, Mexiko
Architects: Richard Meier & Partners Architects, New York City, NY, USA
3 World Trade Center, New York City, USA
Architects: Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners, London, Großbritannien
Golden Dream Bay, Qinhuangdao, China
Architects: Safdie Architects, Somerville, MA; USA
The Stratford, London, Großbritannien
Architects: Skidmore Owings & Merrill, London, Großbritannien
Tianjin CTF Finance Center, Tianjin, China
Architects: Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Chicago, IL, USA
MIRA, San Francisco, USA
Architects: Studio Gang Architects, Chicago, IL, USA
Sky Green, Taichung, Taiwan
Architects: WOHA, Singapur
Leeza SOHO, Peking, China
Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects, London, Großbritannien
Morpheus Hotel & Resorts at City of Dreams, Macau, China
Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects, London, Großbritannien