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Gehry's 8 Spruce Street Wins Emporis Skyscraper Award

By Bustler Editors|

Wednesday, Dec 12, 2012

1st Place: 8 Spruce Street, New York City, 265.18 m, 76 floors (Copyright: Courtesy of Gehry Partners)

The ten winners of the 2011 Emporis Skyscraper Award have been announced with New York City's 8 Spruce Street tower taking home the top place. The winners were chosen from over 220 skyscrapers completed in 2011. Now in its 12th year, the award program rewards ten skyscrapers completed in the previous calendar year. 

8 Spruce Street, Frank Gehry's first skyscraper, also known as The Beekman or New York by Gehry, won over the jury with its magnificent undulating stainless steel facade. Commenting on the choice, the jury said: "8 Spruce Street stands out even in Manhattan's already remarkable skyline. It is a major new architectural landmark for New York."

The building is now the third New York tower to win the Emporis Skyscraper Award. The very first award (2000) went to Sofitel New York Hotel, while Hearst Tower won the coveted architecture prize for 2006. That makes New York City, the world capital of high-rise architecture, the city to which the Emporis Skyscraper Award has most often been awarded.

2nd Place: Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait City, 412 m, 80 floors (Copyright: Pawel Sulima / SOM)

The sculptured form of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's Al Hamra Tower earned it second place in the ranking. Despite its great height, the skyscraper fits harmoniously into Kuwait City's urban landscape. The tower is engineered to take account of climate conditions: the south facade, with limestone elements cladding a concrete wall, protects the building from the searing desert sun and impressed the jury from both architectural and functional points of view.

3rd Place: Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi, 217.5 - 305.3 m, 56 - 79 floors (Copyright: Warren Coyle)

DBI Design's Etihad Towers were voted into third place, the jury praising the complex as a particularly harmonious ensemble of buildings. Critical to the decision were the soft, curving contours of the towers: these suggest the shape of sails and are intended to evoke Abu Dhabi's history as a port. The jury of experts also singled out the exceptional facade of silver and blue glass.

Here are the winners of places 4 through 10:

4th Place: KK100, Shenzhen, 441.8 m, 100 floors (Copyright: Arnie Lee)
4th Place: Victoria Tower, Stockholm, 117.6 m, 34 floors (Copyright: Ola Fogelstrom)
4th Place: Great American Tower, Cincinnati, 202.69 m, 41 floors (Copyright: Sam Fentress)
7th Place: F&F Tower, Panama City, 242.9 m, 52 floors (Copyright: catoledo)
8th Place: Northeast Asia Trade Tower, Incheon, 308 m, 68 floors (Copyright: John Johnson)
8th Place: Reflections at Keppel Bay, Singapore, 120 - 178 m, 24 - 41 floors (Copyright: Courtesy of TTJ Holdings Ltd)
10th Place: Tianjin Global Financial Center, Tianjin, 336.9 m, 72 floors (Copyright: Tim Griffith / SOM)

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Gehry's 8 Spruce Street Wins Emporis Skyscraper Award

By Bustler Editors|

Wednesday, Dec 12, 2012

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1st Place: 8 Spruce Street, New York City, 265.18 m, 76 floors (Copyright: Courtesy of Gehry Partners)

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tower ● skyscraper ● new york ● high-rise ● gehry partners ● frank gehry ● emporis skyscraper award ● award

The ten winners of the 2011 Emporis Skyscraper Award have been announced with New York City's 8 Spruce Street tower taking home the top place. The winners were chosen from over 220 skyscrapers completed in 2011. Now in its 12th year, the award program rewards ten skyscrapers completed in the previous calendar year. 

8 Spruce Street, Frank Gehry's first skyscraper, also known as The Beekman or New York by Gehry, won over the jury with its magnificent undulating stainless steel facade. Commenting on the choice, the jury said: "8 Spruce Street stands out even in Manhattan's already remarkable skyline. It is a major new architectural landmark for New York."

The building is now the third New York tower to win the Emporis Skyscraper Award. The very first award (2000) went to Sofitel New York Hotel, while Hearst Tower won the coveted architecture prize for 2006. That makes New York City, the world capital of high-rise architecture, the city to which the Emporis Skyscraper Award has most often been awarded.

2nd Place: Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait City, 412 m, 80 floors (Copyright: Pawel Sulima / SOM)

The sculptured form of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's Al Hamra Tower earned it second place in the ranking. Despite its great height, the skyscraper fits harmoniously into Kuwait City's urban landscape. The tower is engineered to take account of climate conditions: the south facade, with limestone elements cladding a concrete wall, protects the building from the searing desert sun and impressed the jury from both architectural and functional points of view.

3rd Place: Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi, 217.5 - 305.3 m, 56 - 79 floors (Copyright: Warren Coyle)

DBI Design's Etihad Towers were voted into third place, the jury praising the complex as a particularly harmonious ensemble of buildings. Critical to the decision were the soft, curving contours of the towers: these suggest the shape of sails and are intended to evoke Abu Dhabi's history as a port. The jury of experts also singled out the exceptional facade of silver and blue glass.

Here are the winners of places 4 through 10:

4th Place: KK100, Shenzhen, 441.8 m, 100 floors (Copyright: Arnie Lee)
4th Place: Victoria Tower, Stockholm, 117.6 m, 34 floors (Copyright: Ola Fogelstrom)
4th Place: Great American Tower, Cincinnati, 202.69 m, 41 floors (Copyright: Sam Fentress)
7th Place: F&F Tower, Panama City, 242.9 m, 52 floors (Copyright: catoledo)
8th Place: Northeast Asia Trade Tower, Incheon, 308 m, 68 floors (Copyright: John Johnson)
8th Place: Reflections at Keppel Bay, Singapore, 120 - 178 m, 24 - 41 floors (Copyright: Courtesy of TTJ Holdings Ltd)
10th Place: Tianjin Global Financial Center, Tianjin, 336.9 m, 72 floors (Copyright: Tim Griffith / SOM)

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