These are the best new tall buildings recognized with CTBUH's 2022 Award of Excellence

The newest batch of Best Tall Building Award of Excellence winners has been announced by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat as part of the organization’s 2022 awards program. 

The winning entries were assessed within five separate height thresholds: the first under 100 meters, the second 100–199 meters, the third 200–299 meters, the fourth 300–399 meters, and finally, the fifth, which is for buildings 400 meters and above. Additionally, awards were given in the four functions categories: Office, Mixed-Use, Single-Site, and Residential/Hotel.

The awards recognize extraordinary contributions to the advancement of tall buildings and the urban landscape. The winners will now move on to compete for the title of Overall Best Tall Building Worldwide, which will be announced during the 2022 CTBUH International Conference, which takes place in Chicago from November 9th to the 12th. 

Thirty-one buildings, including Dubai’s new Museum of the Future and KPF’s One Vanderbilt, made the list for 2022. Keep reading for a complete list of this year’s winners.

Best Tall Building under 100 Meters

• The Museum of the Future, Dubai
• The Rubenstein Forum (pictured), Chicago
• The Wilson, Bethesda, Maryland

Best Tall Building 100–199 Meters

• Azrieli Town Tower, Tel Aviv
• Kanda Square, (pictured), Tokyo
• Olderfleet, Melbourne
• Ten Degrees Croydon, London

Best Tall Building 200–299 Meters

• 22 Bishopsgate, London
• Acro Seoul Forest, Seoul 
• Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences, One Dalton Street, Boston
• Shenzhen Gemdale Viseen Tower (pictured), Shenzhen
• Tokyo Torch Tokiwabashi Tower, Tokyo

Best Tall Building 300–399 Meters

• Qingdao Hai Tian Center (pictured), Qingdao
• The St. Regis Chicago, Chicago
• Yunding Tower, Jinan

Best Tall Building 400 Meters and Above

• One Vanderbilt Avenue (cover image), New York
• 111 W. 57th Street (pictured), New York

Best Tall Office Building

• Baoshang Bank Commerce Mansion, Baotuo
• Brookfield Place Sydney, Sydney
• King Portland Centre, Toronto
• Olderfleet, Melbourne
• One Vanderbilt Avenue, New York
• Sequis Tower, Jakarta
• Tokyo Torch Tokiwabashi Tower, Tokyo
• Trinity (pictured), Puteaux

Best Tall Residential or Hotel Building

• 101 George Street, London
• 111 West 57th Street, New York
• Aro (pictured), New York
• The Independent, Austin
• The Proscenium at Rockwell, Makati
• TrIIIple Tower 2, Vienna

Best Tall Mixed-Use Building

• Chapultepec Uno R-509, Mexico City
• City Gate Shoppes and Residences, Singapore
• Humaniti Montréal,  Montreal
• Rainier Square (pictured), Seattle
• The St. Regis Chicago, Chicago 

Urban Habitat — Single-Site Scale

• “The Star of Daxing" Headquarters of China Construction Award Third Engineering Bureau, Beijing
• The Oōeli Complex, Hangzhou

Urban Habitat - District/Master Plan Scale

• King Portland Centre and Kingly Condos, Toronto
• One Excellence, Shenzhen
• Prahran Square, Prahran, Victoria, Australia