International High-Rise Award 2024/25:  31 High-Rise Projects Nominated Globally

 
Frankfurt, 11.07.2024

The buildings nominated for the International High-Rise Award 2024/25 have now been announced: they have been selected from more than 1,000 new high-rises worldwide dating from the past two years. In autumn, the five finalists will be announced. Then, on November 12, 2024, the winner of the International High-Rise Award will be presented in the Paulskirche (St. Paul’s Church) in Frankfurt/Main.
The award has been organized jointly by the City of Frankfurt/Main, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) and DekaBank for 20 years. It was initiated in response to the global boom in this key discipline that has been observable since the start of the new millennium.

The DAM’s research this year confirmed the ongoing trend seen in favor of mixed-use high-rises, a form of tall building that since 2014 has repeatedly been in evidence among the IHRA finalists. What were in the past special features such as buildings completely clad in greenery or the construction of clusters of towers have long since become part of the new normal. As a result of the lack of suitable construction sites and the growing eco-awareness, the focus in high-rise construction is increasingly on the use of existing buildings.
 
While the majority of tall buildings continue to be erected in China, followed by the USA, at present Australia and Singapore have emerged as exciting hubs of high-rise architecture. In the final instance, projects from 13 different countries were nominated for the long list of the International High-Rise Award 2024/25, which consisted of 31 high-rises from five continents.

Geographical distribution of the 31 nominees:

14x Asia:
8x China
2x Japan
2x Singapore
2x United Arab Emirates
 
2x Australia
 
6x Europe:
2x Netherlands
1x France
1x Austria
1x Poland
1x Sweden
  
8x North America:
6x USA
2x Canada

1x South America:
Ecuador
 

The Award
 
The International High-Rise Award is presented for a high-rise that combines sustainability, external design, and internal use of space and takes full consideration of social and urban planning-related aspects in order to create an exemplary design. Further criteria are innovative engineering and cost-effectiveness. The International High-Rise Award is considered one of the world’s most important architecture awards for high-rises. It is aimed at architects and developers whose buildings are at least 100 meters in height and were completed over the past two years.



The nominated projects at a glance:
 
Central Park Tower, New York, USA
Architecture: Adrian Smith & Gordon Gill Architecture, Chicago, USA
 
611 West 56th Street, New York, USA
Architecture: Álvaro Siza, Porto, Portugal

Tours Duo, Paris, France
Architecture: Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Paris, France
 
Capita Spring, Singapore
Architecture: BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, Copenhagen, Denmark / New York, USA
 
Iqon Residences, Quito, Ecuador
Architecture: BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, Copenhagen, Denmark / New York, USA
 
The Spiral, New York, USA
Architecture: BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, Copenhagen, Denmark / New York, USA 
 
555 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Architecture: COX Architecture, Melbourne, Australia + Gensler, San Francisco, USA
                                                                                                         
Varso Tower, Warsaw, Poland
Architecture: Foster + Partners, London, Great Britain
                                                                                                         
Alberni, Vancouver, Canada                                                             
Architecture: Kengo Kuma & Associates, Tokio, Japan
 
320 Granville, Vancouver, Canada
Architecture: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, New York, USA
 
Atlantis The Royal Resort, Dubai, UAE
Architecture: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, New York NY, USA
 
Citymark Tower, Shenzhen, China
Architecture: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, New York NY, USA
 
Shenzhen Women & Children's Center, Shenzhen, China
Architecture: MVRDV, Rotterdam, Netherlands
 
The Valley, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Architecture: MVRDV, Rotterdam, Netherlands
 
One Za’abeel Tower, Dubai, UAE
Architecture: Nikken Sekkei, Tokio, Japan
 
Eagle + West, New York, USA
Architecture: Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Hangzhou Prism, Hangzhou, China
Architecture: Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam, Netherlands
 
Mori Tower, Tokio, Japan
Architecture: Pelli Clarke & Partners, New Haven, USA
 
Bunker Tower, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Architecture: Powerhouse Company, Rotterdam, Netherlands
 
Shenzhen Qianhai Telecommunication Center, Shenzhen, China
Architecture: Schneider + Schumacher, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
 
Airside, Hongkong, China
Architecture: Snøhetta, Oslo, Norway
 
Hangzhou Wangchao Center, Hangzhou, China
Architecture: Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Chicago, USA
 
Karlatornet, Gothenborg, Sweden
Architecture: Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Chicago, USA
 
One and Two Manhattan West, New York, USA
Architecture: Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Chicago, USA
 
Nanjing Vertical Forest, Nanjing, China
Architecture: Stefano Boeri Architetti, Mailand, Italy
 
11 Hoyt, New York, USA
Architecture: Studio Gang, Chicago, USA
 
The One, Vienna, Austria
Architecture: Studio Vlay Streeruwitz, Vienna, Austria
 
Pan Pacific Orchard, Singapore
Architecture: WOHA, Singapore
 
80 Ann Street-Heritage Lanes, Brisbane, Australia
Architecture: Woods Bagot, Adelaide, Australia
 
Tokyu Kabukicho Tower, Tokio, Japan
Architecture: Yuko Nagayama & Associates, Tokio, Japan
 
The Henderson, Hongkong, China
Architecture: Zaha Hadid Architects, London, Great Britain
 
 
More information from:
www.international-highrise-award.com
 
Press photos can be downloaded from:
www.international-highrise-award.com/en/press
www.dam-online.de/presse
 

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