34 projects were nominated for the International High-Rise Award 2022/23. A jury of experts selected five buildings as finalists, choosing Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney as the award winner.
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Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney, Australia, wins International High-Rise Award 2022/23

The winning building, Quay Quarter Tower, convinced the jury as an innovative solution for sustainable building in a time of increased ecological challenges by integrating a large proportion of the existing 1970s high-rise structure into the new building.

Quay Quarter Tower
Sydney, Australia
Architecture
3XN,
Copenhagen,
Denmark
Client
AMP Capital
Function
Offices, retail
Height
206 m
Completion
April 2022

Nominees

34 outstanding projects from 13 different countries were selected for this year’s International High-Rise Award

  • 28 DAM IHP2022 SHoP Architects 111 West 57th Street New York David Sundberg slash ESTO v2
    Nominees
    111 West 57th Street
    New York NY, USA
    Architecture
    SHoP Architects,
    New York NY, USA
  • 2 DAM IHP2022 Adjaye Associates 130 William New York Ivane Katamashvili v2
    Nominees
    130 William
    New York NY, USA
    Architecture
    Adjaye Associates, London, UK
  • 7 DAM IHP2022 Foster + Partners 425 Park Avenue New York Nigel Young slash Foster + Partners
    Nominees
    425 Park Avenue
    New York NY, USA
    Architecture
    Foster + Partners,
    London, UK
  • 25 DAM IHP2022 Safdie Architects Altair Colombo Space 80 Architectural Photography
    Nominees
    Altair
    Colombo, Sri Lanka
    Architecture
    Safdie Architects,
    Somerville MA, USA
  • 17 DAM IHP2022 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates Bundang Doosan Tower Seoul Time of Blue
    Nominees
    Bundang Doosan Tower
    Seoul, South Korea
    Architecture
    Kohn Pedersen Fox
    Associates,
    New York NY, USA
  • 34 DAM IHP2022 Woods Bagot SHoP Architects Collins Arch Melbourne Trevor Mein
    Nominees
    Collins Arch
    Melbourne, Australia
    Architecture
    Woods Bagot,
    Melbourne,
    Australien;
    SHoP Architects,
    New York NY, USA
  • 8 DAM IHP2022+ Partners DJI Headquarters Shenzhen Zhang Chao
    Nominees
    DJI Headquarters
    Shenzhen, China
    Architecture
    Foster + Partners,
    London, UK
  • 20 DAM IHP2022 KSP Engel Great Mosque of Algiers Tower Algier KSP ENGEL slash Wassil Ahmed Badaoui
    Nominees
    Great Mosque of Algiers Tower
    Algiers, Algeria
    Architecture
    KSP ENGEL,
    Frankfurt / Main,
    Germany
  • 23 DAM IHP2022 Morphosis Hanking Center Shenzhen Zhang Chao
    Nominees
    Hanking Center
    Shenzhen, China
    Architecture
    Morphosis,
    Culver City CA, USA
  • 33 DAM IHP2022 WOHA Hills and Valleys Shenzhen Tim Griffith
    Nominees
    Hills and Valleys
    Shenzhen, China
    Architecture
    WOHA,
    Singapore
  • 24 DAM IHP2022 Nikken Sekkei Museum Tower Kyobashi Tokio Harunori Noda
    Nominees
    Museum Tower Kyobashi
    Tokyo, Japan
    Architecture
    Nikken Sekkei,
    Tokyo, Japan
  • 21 MAD Architects Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center Nanjing CreatAR courtesy of MAD Architects
    Nominees
    Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center
    Nanjing, China
    Architecture
    MAD Architects,
    Bejing, China
  • 22 DAM IHP2022 Meurer Architekten One Frankfurt am Main CA Immo slash Klaus Helbig
    Nominees
    One
    Frankfurt / Main, Germany
    Architecture
    Meurer Architekten,
    Frankfurt / Main, Germany
  • 32 DAM IHP2022 Wilkinson Eyre Architects One Barangaroo Sydney Tom Roe
    Nominees
    One Barangaroo
    Sydney, Australia
    Architecture
    WilkinsonEyre
    Architects,
    London, UK

  • 18 DAM IHP2022 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates One Crown Place London TMNikonian
    Nominees
    One Crown Place
    London, UK
    Architecture
    Kohn Pedersen Fox
    Associates,
    New York NY, USA
  • 30 DAM IHP2022 Studio Gang Architects One Hundred St. Louis Tom Harris
    Nominees
    One Hundred
    St. Louis MO, USA
    Architecture
    Studio Gang,
    Chicago IL, USA
  • 19 DAM IHP2022 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates One Vanderbilt New York Raimund Koch
    Nominees
    One Vanderbilt
    New York NY, USA
    Architecture
    Kohn Pedersen Fox
    Associates,
    New York NY, USA
  • 14 DAM IHP2022 HOK Omrania Associates PIF Tower Riad Bader Otaby
    Nominees
    PIF Tower
    Riyadh, Saudi Arabiia
    Architecture
    HOK; Omrania
    & Associates,
    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • PREISTRÄGER
    Quay Quarter Tower
    Sydney, Australia
    Architecture
    3XN,
    Copenhagen,
    Denmark
  • 26 DAM IHP2022 Safdie Architects Raffles City Chongqing Chongqing Shao Feng
    Nominees
    Raffles City Chongqing
    Chongqing, China
    Architecture
    Safdie Architects,
    Somerville MA, USA
  • 9 DAM IHP2022 Foster + Partners Samba Bank HQ Tower Riad Foster + Partners
    Nominees
    Samba Bank HQ Tower
    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    Architecture
    Foster + Partners,
    London, UK
  • 5 DAM IHP2022 Cyrus Moser Architekten Senckenberg Quartier Frankfurt am Main Wicona slash Mediashots
    Nominees
    Senckenberg Quartier
    Frankfurt / Main, Germany
    Architecture
    Cyrus Moser Architekten,
    Frankfurt / Main, Germany
  • 11 DAM IHP2022 gmp von Gerkan Marg und Partner Shandong Port Tower Quingdao Creat AR Images
    Nominees
    Shandong Port Tower
    Qingdao, China
    Architecture
    gmp Architekten
    von Gerkan, Marg
    und Partner,
    Hamburg, Germany
  • 16 DAM IHP2022 JAHN Shanghai Financial Exchange Plaza Shanghai Qingyan Zhu
    Nominees
    Shanghai Financial Exchange Plaza
    Shanghai, China
    Architecture
    JAHN,
    Chicago IL, USA;
    FGP Atelier,
    Chicago IL, USA
  • 29 DAM IHP2022 Skidmore Owings Merrill Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank HQ Shenzhen Seth Powers
    Nominees
    Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank HQ
    Shenzhen , China
    Architecture
    Skidmore, Owings
    & Merrill,
    Chicago IL, USA
  • Finalists
    Singapore State Courts
    Singapore
    Architecture
    Serie Architects, London, UK + Multiply Architects, Singapur with CPG Consultants, Singapore
  • 3 DAM IHP2022 BIG BjarkeIngelsGroup Telus Sky Calgary Ema Peters slash Westbank Corp slash BIG Bjarke Ingels Group
    Nominees
    Telus Sky
    Calgary, Canada
    Architecture
    BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group,
    Copenhagen, Denmark /
    New York NY, USA
  • Finalists
    The Bryant
    New York NY, USA
    Architecture
    David Chipperfield
    Architects,
    London, UK
  • 10 DAM IHP2022 Gehry Partners The Grand and Conrad Los Angeles  Los Angeles Gehry Partners v2
    Nominees
    The Grand and Conrad Los Angeles
    Los Angeles CA, USA
    Architecture
    Gehry Partners,
    Los Angeles CA, USA
  • 31 DAM IHP2022 Studio Gang Architects The St. Regis Chicago Chicago Angie McMonigal
    Nominees
    The St. Regis Chicago
    Chicago IL, USA
    Architecture
    Studio Gang,
    Chicago IL, USA
  • 15 DAM IHP2022 ingenhoven architects Toranomon Hills Towers Tokio SS Inc.
    Nominees
    Toranomon Hills Towers
    Tokyo, Japan
    Architecture
    ingenhoven
    architects,
    Dusseldorf, Germany
  • Finalists
    TrIIIple Towers
    Vienna, Austria
    Architecture
    Henke Schreieck Architekten,
    Vienna, Austria
  • Finalists
    Vancouver House
    Vancouver, Canada
    Architecture
    BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group,
    Copenhagen, Denmark / New York NY, USA
  • 12 DAM IHP2022 gmp von Gerkan Marg und Partner Vipshop Headquarters Guangzhou Creat AR Images
    Nominees
    Vipshop Headquarters
    Guangzhou, China
    Architecture
    gmp Architekten
    von Gerkan, Marg
    und Partner,
    Hamburg, Germany
IHA2022 Finalist QuayQuarterTower Sydney 3XN Kopenhagen Adam Mork 1
3XN, Copenhagen, Denmark:
Quay Quarter Tower, Sydney, Australia
Photo: Adam Mork
IHA2022 Finalist QuayQuarterTower Sydney 3XN Kopenhagen Adam Mork 2
3XN, Copenhagen, Denmark:
Quay Quarter Tower, Sydney, Australia
Photo: Adam Mork
IHA2022 Finalist QuayQuarterTower Sydney 3XN Kopenhagen Adam Mork 3
3XN, Copenhagen, Denmark:
Quay Quarter Tower, Sydney, Australia
Photo: Adam Mork
IHA2022 Finalist SingaporeStateCourts Seriearchitects London Mulitply Singapur Khoogj 1
Serie Architects, London, UK + Multiply Architects,
Singapore with CPG Consultants, Singapore:
Singapore State Courts, Singapore
Photo: Khoogj
IHA2022 Finalist SingaporeStateCourts Seriearchitects London Mulitply Singapur Khoogj 2
Serie Architects, London, UK + Multiply Architects, Singapore,
with CPG Consultants, Singapore:
Singapore State Courts, Singapore
Photo: Khoogj
IHA2022 Finalist SingaporeStateCourts Seriearchitects London Mulitply Singapur Khoogj 3 v2
Serie Architects, London, UK + Multiply Architects, Singapore,
with CPG Consultants, Singapore:
Singapore State Courts, Singapore
Photo: Khoogj
IHA2022 Finalist TheBryant NY DavidChipperfield London Simon Menges 2
David Chipperfield Architects, London, UK:
The Bryant, New York NY, USA
Photo: Simon Menges
IHA2022 Finalist TheBryant NY DavidChipperfield London Simon Menges 3
David Chipperfield Architects, London, UK:
The Bryant, New York NY, USA
Photo: Simon Menges
IHA2022 Finalist TheBryant NY DavidChipperfield London JohnHill
David Chipperfield Architects, London, UK:
The Bryant, New York NY, USA
Photo: John Hill
IHA2022 Finalist TrIIIpleTowers Wien HenkeSchreieck Wien Ana Barros 1
Henke Schreieck Architekten, Vienna, Austria:
TrIIIple Towers, Vienna, Austria
Photo: Ana Barros
IHA2022 Finalist TrIIIpleTowers Wien HenkeSchreieck Wien Ana Barros 2
Henke Schreieck Architekten, Vienna, Austria:
TrIIIple Towers, Vienna, Austria
Photo: Ana Barros
IHA2022 Finalist TrIIIpleTowers Wien HenkeSchreieck Wien Christan Pichlkastner
Henke Schreieck Architekten, Vienna, Austra:
TrIIIple Towers, Vienna, Austria
Photo: Christian Pichlkastner
IHA2022 Finalist Vancouver House BIG Kopenhagen NYLaurian Ghinioiu 2
BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group,
Copenhagen, Denmark / New York NY, USA:
Vancouver House, Vancouver, Canada
Photo: Laurian Ghinițoiu / Westbank Corp / BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
IHA2022 Finalist Vancouver House BIG Kopenhagen NYLaurian Ghinioiu 3
BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group,
Copenhagen, Denmark / New York NY, USA:
Vancouver House, Vancouver, Canada
Photo: Laurian Ghinițoiu / Westbank Corp / BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
IHA2022 Finalist Vancouver House BIG Kopenhagen NY Laurian Ghinioiu 1
BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group,
Copenhagen, Denmark / New York NY, USA:
Vancouver House, Vancouver, Canada
Photo: Laurian Ghinițoiu / Westbank Corp / BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
Jury

The jury of international experts for this year’s High-Rise Award was chaired by architect Sven Thorissen (MVRDV) and included architects, engineers, architectural critics, and representatives of DekaBank, the City of Frankfurt, and Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM).

  • 1 Foto Becker Sebastian Wells v2

    Eike Becker

    Architect
    Eike Becker_Architekten
    Berlin


  • 3 Foto  MelkanGursel

    Melkan Gursel

    Architect
    Tabanlıoğlu Architects
    Istanbul

  • 4 Foto Lootsma

    Bart Lootsma

    Arrchitectural Historian / Theorist
    University of Innsbruck
    Eindhoven University of Technology


  • 5 Foto Schuler

    Matthias Schuler

    Structural Engineer
    Transsolar KlimaEngineering
    Stuttgart

  • 6 Foto Thorissen 05 cOtto Snoek

    Sven Thorissen

    Architect
    MVRDV
    Rotterdam
    (jury chairman)

  • 8 DAM PeterCacholaSchmal Foto KirstenBucher 5569

    Peter Cachola Schmal

    Director
    Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM)
    Frankfurt / Main

  • 9 DAM AndreaJuerges Foto KirstenBucher 7292

    Andrea Jürges

    Deputy Director
    Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM)
    Frankfurt / Main

  • Ina Hartwig Roessler 06 Foto Salome Roessler v2

    Dr. Ina Hartwig

    Deputy Mayor in Charge of Culture and Science
    City of Frankfurt / Main

  • Portrait Stoltenburg002

    Victor Stoltenburg

    Managing Director
    Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH
    Frankfurt / Main

  • Bild Muth Horst R

    Horst R. Muth

    Graduate Engineer
    Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH
    Frankfurt / Main
    (Consultant without voting rights)