26 projects from 17 countries were nominated for the International Highrise Award 2014/15. A jury of experts selected five buildings as finalists, and among them Bosco Verticale in Milan was chosen as the award winner.
Best High-Rises 2014/15
Award winner

Bosco Verticale residential towers in Milan win International Highrise Award 2014/15

“Bosco Verticale is a marvelous project! It’s an expression of the extensive human need for green. The ‘wooded high-rises’ are a striking example of a symbiosis of architecture and nature,” pronounced the jury of experts chaired by the last IHP prize winner Christoph Ingenhoven. The project, they continued, is a definitive role model for construction in densely populated zones in other European cities.

The two relatively small residential towers are part of the comprehensive development of the district in northern Milan. Alongside the emphatic sculptural quality and the innovative greening, the twin towers devised by Stefano Boeri Architetti are likewise attractive for their context: The lobbies offer inhabitants not only an entrance zone for shared uses, but the directly adjoining future park blends visually with them and is the continuation of the vertical greenery.

Bosco Verticale
Mailand, Italien
Architecture
Boeri Studio,
Mailand, Italien
Client
Hines Italia SFR S.p.A.
Function
Wohnen
Height
112 m, 74 m
Completion
June 2014

Nominations

26 outstanding projects from 17 countries were nominated for the International Highrise Award 2014/15.

  • 14 Rogers Stirk Harbour 8 Chifley Ausschnitt
    Nominees
    8 Chifley Square
    Sydney, Australia
    Architecture
    Rogers Stirk
    Harbour
    & Partners,
    London, UK
  • 1 Aedas Al Bahr Towers
    Nominees
    Al Bahr Towers
    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    Architecture
    Aedas,
    Bejing, China
  • 21 UN Studio Ardmore Residence Ausschnitt
    Nominees
    Ardmore Residence
    Singapore
    Architecture
    UN Studio,
    Amsterdam,
    Netherlands
  • PREISTRÄGER
    Bosco Verticale
    Mailand, Italien
    Architecture
    Boeri Studio,
    Mailand, Italien
  • 16 SOM Cayan Tower
    Nominees
    Cayan Tower
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    Architecture
    Skidmore, Owings
    & Merrill,
    Chicago IL,
    USA
  • 8 OMA Rem Koolhaas + Ole Scheeren CCTV
    Nominees
    CCTV Headquarters
    Bejing, China
    Architecture
    OMA Office
    for Metropolitan
    Architecture; Rem Koolhaas
    and Ole Scheeren,
    Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • 10 Dominique Perrault DC Tower I Ausschnitt v2
    Nominees
    DC Tower I
    Vienna, Austria
    Architecture
    Dominique Perrault
    Architecture,
    Paris, France
  • 13 Rapp Rapp De Kroon Ausschnitt
    Nominees
    De Kroon
    Den Haag, Netherlands
    Architecture
    Rapp und Rapp,
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Finalists
    De Rotterdam
    Rotterdam, Niederlande
    Architecture
    Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA),
    Rotterdam, Niederlande
  • 7 Jean Nouvel Doha Tower Ausschnitt
    Nominees
    Doha Tower
    Doha, Qatar
    Architecture
    Ateliers Jean
    Nouvel,
    Paris,
    France
  • 19 Tago Architects Dumankaya Ikon
    Nominees
    Dumankaya Ikon
    Istanbul , Turkey
    Architecture
    Tago Architects,
    Istanbul,
    Turkey
  • 18 Somdoon Architects Ideo Morph 38 Ausschnitt
    Nominees
    Ideo Morph 38
    Bangkok, Thailand
    Architecture
    Somdoon Architects,
    Bangkok, Thailand
  • 20 TEN Arquitectos Mercedes House
    Nominees
    Mercedes House
    New York, USA
    Architecture
    TEN Arquitectos,
    New York NY, USA
  • 2 Erick van Egeraat Mercury City Tower
    Nominees
    Mercury City Tower
    Moscow, Russia
    Architecture
    Frank Williams & Partners,
    New York NY, USA;
    G.L. Sirota;
    M.M.Posokhin,
    Moscow, Russia
  • 12 Atelier Christian Portzamparc One57 Ausschnitt
    Nominees
    One 57
    New York City NY, USA
    Architecture
    Atelier Christian
    de Portzamparc,
    Paris, France
  • Finalists
    One Central Park
    Sydney, Australien
    Architecture
    Ateliers Jean Nouvel,
    Paris, Frankreich
  • 17 SOM Pearl River Tower
    Nominees
    Pearl River Tower
    Guangzhou, China
    Architecture
    Skidmore, Owings
    & Merrill.
    Chicago IL, USA
  • Finalists
    Renaissance Barcelona Fira Hotel
    L’Hospitalet de Llobregat bei Barcelona, Spanien
    Architecture
    Ateliers Jean Nouvel,
    Paris, Frankreich
  • 5 MAD Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort Ausschnitt
    Nominees
    Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort
    Huzhou, China
    Architecture
    MAD Architects
    Co, Ltd.,
    Bejing, China
  • Finalists
    Sliced Porosity Block - Raffles City Chengdu
    Chengdu, China
    Architecture
    Steven Holl Architects,
    New York NY, USA
  • 4 Gruber + Kleine Kraneburg TaunusTurm Ausschnitt
    Nominees
    Taunusturm
    Frankfurt / Main, Germany
    Architecture
    Gruber
    Kleine-Kraneburg
    Architekten,
    Frankfurt / Main,
    Germany
  • 15 Rogers Stirk Harbour The Leadenhall Building
    Nominees
    Tehe Leadenhill Building
    London, UK
    Architecture
    Rogers Stirk
    Harbour & Partners,
    London, UK
  • 3 Foster + Partners The Bow Ausschnitt
    Nominees
    The Bow
    Calgary , Canada
    Architecture
    Foster + Partners,
    London, UK
  • 11 Renzo Piano Building Workshop The Shard Ausschnitt
    Nominees
    The Shard London Bridge Tower
    London, UK
    Architecture
    Renzo Piano
    Building
    Workshop
    Paris, France
  • 9 Pelli Clarke Pelli Torre Costanera Ausschnitt
    Nominees
    Torre Costanera
    Santiago, Chile
    Architecture
    Pelli Clarke
    Pelli Architects
    New Haven CT, USA
  • 6 Christoph Maeckler Architekten Zoofenster
    Nominees
    Zoofenster - Waldorf Astoria Berlin
    Berlin, Germany
    Architecture
    Prof. Christoph
    Mäckler
    Architekten,
    Frankfurt / Main, Germany
Jury

An international jury of experts consisting of architects, structural engineers, and real estate specialists headed by Christoph Ingenhoven (ingenhoven architects, Düsseldorf) selected the five finalists and the winner from the nominees.

  • 01 Christoph Ingenhoven Foto

    Christoph Ingenhoven

    Architect
    ingenhoven architects
    Dusseldorf

  • 02 Louisa Hutton Foto Valerie Bennett

    Louisa Hutton

    Architect
    Sauerbruch Hutton
    Berlin

  • 03 Jan Knippers Foto

    Jan Knippers

    Structural Egineer
    Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering
    Stuttgart

  • 04 Swantje KAehn Foto

    Swantje Kühn

    Architect
    Becker Gewers Kühn
    Berlin

  • 05 Yew Thong Leong Foto

    Yew-Thong Leong

    Professor of Engineering
    and Architectural Science
    Yeates School of Graduate
    Studies der Ryerson University
    Toronto

  • 06 Neil Thomas Foto atelier one

    Neil Thomas

    Founder and Director
    of Atelier One
    Manchester

  • 07 Muth Horst R

    Horst R. Muth

    Head of Project Management Real Estate
    DekaBank
    Frankfurt / Main

  • 08 Peter Schmal Foto Bernd Gabriel

    Peter Cachola Schmal

    Director
    Deutsches Architekturmuseum
    (DAM)
    Frankfurt / Main

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