Office tower 1 Bligh Street in Sydney wins International Highrise Award 2012/13
Though at 139 meters and 30 floors the winning building does not set any height records it does set new standards on its continent regarding social, cultural, urban-planning and sustainability. »The overall quality of the building is outstanding. With their design the architects avoid the iconic, and instead place the emphasis on the needs of the users – say the view from all the offices,« commented the jury of experts chaired by Frankfurt- based architect Prof. Albert Speer. »1 Bligh Street« has an elliptic shape and is slightly out of line with the street, so that all the offices have a direct view of Sydney Harbor and Harbor Bridge. It is Australia’s first highrise to have a naturally ventilated double façade of glass. This enables and ideal an ideal incidence of daylight reduces heating costs and losses and accentuates the building’s overall homogenous, crystalline shape.
The building’s main tenant is the law firm Clayton Utz, which has rented 15 floors. Project developer of the highrise completed in 2011 is the DEXUS Property Group, one of the leading Australian real-estate firms.
Sydney, Australia
- Architecture
- ingenhoven architects,
Düsseldorf, Germany
Architectus Sydney,
Australia - Client
- DEXUS Property Group, DEXUS Wholesale Property Fund, Cbus Property
- Function
- office building
- Height
- 139
- Completion
- June 2011
Finalisten
The finalists of the International Highrise Award 2012/13 were made up of five extraordinary projects that are very different in terms of function and design.
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Got to 1 Bligh Street
PREISTRÄGER1 Bligh Street
Sydney, Australia- Architecture
- ingenhoven architects,
Düsseldorf, Germany
Architectus Sydney,
Australia - Client
- DEXUS Property Group, DEXUS Wholesale Property Fund, Cbus Property
- Function
- office building
- Height
- 139
- Completion
- June 2011
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Got to Pinnacle@Duxton
FinalistsPinnacle@Duxton
Singapour, Singapour- Architecture
- ARC Studio Architecture + Urbanism, Singapour
- Client
- Housing & Development Board, Singapour
- Function
- public housing
- Height
- 163 m
- Completion
- November 2010
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Got to The Troika
FinalistsThe Troika
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia- Architecture
- Foster + Partners, London
- Client
- Bandar Raya Developments Berhad
- Function
- Mixed use (3 residential towers, 4-storey podium with stores and offices, leisure and fitness facilities, public sky lobby)
- Height
- 204 m (highest tower), 177 m, 160 m
- Completion
- January 2011
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Got to Eight Sprice Street
FinalistsEight Sprice Street
New York City, USA- Architecture
- Gehry Partners, Los Angeles
- Client
- Forest City Ratner Companies, New York City
- Function
- Residential, school, offices
- Height
- 265 m
- Completion
- September 2011
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Got to Absolute Towers
FinalistsAbsolute Towers
Mississauga, Canada- Architecture
- MAD architects, Beijing
- Client
- Fernbrook and Cityzen, Toronto
- Function
- Living
- Height
- 179,5 m und 161,2 m
- Completion
- November 2012
Nominierungen
26 outstanding projects from 18 countries were nominated for the International Highrise Award 2012/13.
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PREISTRÄGER1 Bligh Street
Sydney, Australia- Architecture
- ingenhoven architects,
Düsseldorf, Germany
Architectus Sydney,
Australia
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FinalistsAbsolute Towers
Mississauga, Canada- Architecture
- MAD architects, Beijing
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FinalistsEight Sprice Street
New York City, USA- Architecture
- Gehry Partners, Los Angeles
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FinalistsPinnacle@Duxton
Singapour, Singapour- Architecture
- ARC Studio Architecture + Urbanism, Singapour
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FinalistsThe Troika
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia- Architecture
- Foster + Partners, London
An international jury of experts consisting of of architects, structural engineers and and civil engineers headed by the Frankfurt architect Prof. Albert Speer, selected the five finalists and the winner from the nominees.
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Prof. Dr. Felix Semmelroth
2006-2016 Kulturdezernent der Stadt Frankfurt am Main
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Annette Bögle
Professorin für Entwurf und Analyse von Tragwerken an der HafenCity Universität Hamburg
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Richard Hassel
Architekt
WOHA, Singapur -
Sigurdur Gunnarsson
Design und Entwicklung
Reinertsen Engineering, Oslo -
Carol Willis
Gründerin, Direktorin und Kuratorin
Skyscraper Museum, New York City -
Johann Eisele
Architekt, Autor, Bauingenieur
EISELE STANIEK architekten + bauingenieure, Darmstadt
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Peter Cachola Schmal
Leitender Direktor des Deutschen Architekturmuseums (DAM),
Frankfurt am Main -
Albert Speer
Architekt
AS+P
Albert Speer + Partner GmbH, Frankfurt am Main -
Thomas Schmengler
Geschäftsführer
Deka Immobilien GmbH, Frankfurt am Main -
Catherine Slessor
Architekturjournalistin, Autorin
Ehemalige Herausgeberin von The Architectural Review und Mitarbeiterin von Dezeen and Architects' Journal
