Award Winner
Office tower Torre Reforma in Mexico City wins the International Highrise Award 2018/19
Conceived as a huge urban obelisk and defined by two exposed-concrete walls arranged as an open book, Torre Reforma stands out from the surrounding high-rises, and not only because of its height. With the massive walls, Benjamín Romano picks up on Aztec building traditions and interprets them in a modern way. Torre Reforma was the one building that delighted both the structural engineers and the architects of the jury in equal measure as a masterful demonstration of a new approach to the high-rise.
Torre Reforma
Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
- Architecture
- L. Benjamín
Romano,
Mexico City, Mexico - Client
- Fondo Hexa, S.A. de C.V.
- Function
- Office
- Height
- 246 m
- Completion
- December 2016
Finalists
The finalists of the International Highrise Award 2018/19 consisted of five extraordinary projects, very different in function and design.
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Got to Torre Reforma
PREISTRÄGERTorre Reforma
Mexico City, Mexico- Architecture
- L. Benjamín
Romano,
Mexico City, Mexico - Client
- Fondo Hexa, S.A. de C.V.
- Function
- Office
- Height
- 246 m
- Completion
- December 2016
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Got to MahaNakhon
FinalistsMahaNakhon
Bangkok, Thailand- Architecture
- Büro Ole Scheeren,
Bejing, China;
Office for
Metropolitan
Architecture (OMA),
Bejing, China - Client
- PACE Development Corporation PLC
- Function
- Mixes use compromising residential, hotel, retail and restaurants
- Height
- 314 m
- Completion
- August 2016
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Got to Beirut Terraces
FinalistsBeirut Terraces
Beirut, Lebanon- Architecture
- Herzog & de
Meuron,
Basel, Switzerland - Client
- DIB Tower SAL; Benchmark Development SAL
- Function
- Residential
- Height
- 119 m
- Completion
- June 2016
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Got to Chaoyang Park Plaza
FinalistsChaoyang Park Plaza
Beijing, China- Architecture
- MAD Architects,
Bejing, China - Client
- Smart-hero (HK) Investment Development Ltd
- Function
- Mixed use compromising office, retail and residential
- Height
- 142 m
- Completion
- August 2017
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Got to Oasia Hotel
FinalistsOasia Hotel
Singapore- Architecture
- WOHA,
Singapore - Client
- Far East SOHO Pte Ltd
- Function
- Hotel and offices
- Height
- 199 m
- Completion
- April 2016
Nominations
36 outstanding projects from 15 countries were nominated for the International Highrise Award 2018/19.
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NomineesLe Nouvel KLCC
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia- Architecture
- Ateliers Jean
Nouvel,
Paris, France
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Nominees150 North Riverside
Chicago IL, USA- Architecture
- Goettsch Partners,
Chicago IL, USA
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Nominees181 Fremont
San Francisco CA, USA- Architecture
- Heller Manus
Architects,
San Francisco CA, USA
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Nominees461 Dean Street
New York City NY, USA- Architecture
- SHoP Architects,
New York NY, USA
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Nominees50 West
New York, USA- Architecture
- JAHN,
Chicago IL, USA
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Nominees56 Leonard Street
New York NY, USA- Architecture
- Herzog
& de Meuron,
Basel, Switzerland
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NomineesAmerican Copper Buildings
New York City, USA- Architecture
- SHoP Architects,
New York NY, USA
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NomineesAmorepacific Headquarters
Seoul, South Korea- Architecture
- David Chipperfield Architects,
London, UK
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FinalistsBeirut Terraces
Beirut, Lebanon- Architecture
- Herzog & de
Meuron,
Basel, Switzerland
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NomineesCentral Embassy
Bangkok, Thailand- Architecture
- AL_A,
London, UK
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FinalistsChaoyang Park Plaza
Beijing, China- Architecture
- MAD Architects,
Bejing, China
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NomineesDollar Bay
London, UK- Architecture
- SimpsonHaugh,
London, UK
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NomineesDUO
Singapore- Architecture
- Büro Ole
Scheeren,
Bejing, China
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NomineesEchelon
Singapore- Architecture
- SCDA,
Singapore
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NomineesEY Centre
Sydney, Australia- Architecture
- Francis-Jones
Morehen Thorp,
Sydney, Australia
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NomineesGenerali Tower
Milan, Italy- Architecture
- Zaha Hadid
Architects,
London, UK
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NomineesGreenland Central Plaza
Zhengzhou, China- Architecture
- gmp Architekten
von Gerkan, Marg
und Partner,
Hamburg, Germany
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NomineesHuaku Sky Garden
Taipei, Taiwan- Architecture
- WOHA,
Singapore
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NomineesLotte World Tower
Seoul, South Korea- Architecture
- Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates,
New York NY, USA
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FinalistsMahaNakhon
Bangkok, Thailand- Architecture
- Büro Ole Scheeren,
Bejing, China;
Office for
Metropolitan
Architecture (OMA),
Bejing, China
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NomineesMarina One
Singapore- Architecture
- ingenhoven
architects,
Dusseldorf, Germany
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NomineesNanjing Financial City
Nanjing, China- Architecture
- gmp Architekten von Gerkan,
Marg und Partner,
Hamburg, Germany
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NomineesNanjing International Cultural Centre
Nanjing, China- Architecture
- Zaha Hadid
Architects,
London, UK
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NomineesNeuer Henninger Turm
Frankfurt / Main, Germany- Architecture
- MEIXNER
SCHLÜTER
WENDT,
Frankfurt / Main, Germany
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FinalistsOasia Hotel
Singapore- Architecture
- WOHA,
Singapore
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NomineesPing An Finance Center
Shenzhen, China- Architecture
- Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates,
New York NY, USA
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NomineesPoly International Plaza
Bejing, China- Architecture
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill,
San Francisco CA, USA
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NomineesRaffels City
Hangzhou, China- Architecture
- UNStudio,
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
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NomineesSalesforce Tower
San Francisco, USA- Architecture
- Pelli Clarke Pelli
Architects,
New Haven CT, USA
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NomineesTencent Seafront Headquarters
Shenzhen, China- Architecture
- NBBJ,
Los Angeles CA, USA
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NomineesThe Bund Finance Center
Shanghai, China- Architecture
- Foster + Partners,
London,
UK;
Heatherwick
Studio,
London,
UK
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NomineesThe Exchange
Vancouver, Canada- Architecture
- Harry Gugger
Studio,
Basel, Switzerland
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NomineesThe Lexicon
London, UK- Architecture
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill,
London, UK
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NomineesThe Scotts Tower
Singapore- Architecture
- UNStudio,
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
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PREISTRÄGERTorre Reforma
Mexico City, Mexico- Architecture
- L. Benjamín
Romano,
Mexico City, Mexico
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NomineesTribunal de Paris
Paris, France- Architecture
- Renzo Piano
Building
Workshop,
Paris, France
Jury
An international jury of experts consisting of architects, structural engineers, and real estate specialists headed by Kai-Uwe Bergmann (Partner, BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group, New York / Copenhagen and winner of the International Highrise Award 2016/17) selected the five finalists and the winner from the nominees.
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Sean Anderson
Curator Architecture and Design
Museum of Modern Art
New York -
Kai Uwe Bergmann
Architect
BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group
New York -
Dr. Ina Hartwig
Deputy Mayor in Charge
of Culture and Science
City of Frankfurt / Main -
Jette Cathrin Hopp
Architect
Snøhetta
Oslo -
Ulrike Lauber
Architect
lauber, zottmann, blank architekten
Munich -
Horst R. Muth
Head of Project Menagement Real Estate
Deka
Frankfurt / Main -
Peter Cachola Schmal
Director
Deutsches Architekturmuseum
(DAM)
Frankfurt / Main -
Thomas Schmengler
Head of Real Estate Acquisitions and Sales
Deka
Frankfurt / Main -
Knut Stockhusen
Structural Engineer
schlaich bergermann partner
Stuttgart
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