Exhibition

This year, no fewer than 34 projects from 13 different countries made the long list of nominees for the International High-Rise Award.

In a similar way to the situation two years ago, a considerable decline in high-rises completed was to be observed. In many countries, delays occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with both the associated supply chain problems and labor shortages.

Nevertheless, as in previous years, it was still the case that nowhere in the world were as many high-rises erected as in China. It was here that approximately every third new building which meets the brief of being at least 100 meters high was to be found and nowadays it is increasingly local architectural practices that are being commissioned with the designs. However, in other parts of the world, too, the “high-rise” is becoming an ever-more established type, as is obvious from a glance at the buildings nominated.

For example, the development of high-rises is being discussed in many European cities. New towers have also been successively built in Africa, as demonstrated by the repeated nomination of a project on this continent.