International Highrise Award

The International Highrise Award (German: Internationaler Hochhaus Preis) is an international award in architectural design. The award is bestowed to "a structure that combines exemplary sustainability, external shape and internal spatial quality, not to mention social aspects, to create a model design."

Initiated in 2003 by the City of Frankfurt, German Architecture Museum and DekaBank it is granted in Frankfurt am Main every two years.[1] The prize, a statuette by artist Thomas Demand and EUR 50,000 is awarded to the planners and developers jointly.

Recipient 2022: Quay Quarter Tower, Sydney

Recipient 2024: CapitaSpring, Singapore

Recipients

Year Recipients Image
2020 Norra Tornen, Stockholm, Sweden

Architects: OMA

Developer: Oscar Properties

2018 Torre Reforma, Mexico City, Mexico
Architects: L. Benjamín Romano,
Developer: Fondo Hexa
2016 VIA 57 West, New York City, United States
Architects: Bjarke Ingels Group,
Developer: The Durst Organization
2014 Bosco Verticale, Milan, Italy
Architects: Stefano Boeri Architetti, Barreca & La Varra
Developer: Hines Italia SGR S.p.A.
2012 1 Bligh Street, Sydney, Australia
Architects: Ingenhoven Architects, Architectus
Developer: DEXUS
2010 The Met, Bangkok, Thailand
Architects: WOHA, Singapore, Tandem Architects, Bangkok
Client: Pebble Bay Thailand Co. Ltd., Singapore
2008 Hearst Tower, New York City, United States
Architects: Foster and Partners, London
Client: Hearst Corporation, New York
2006 Torre Agbar, Barcelona, Spain
Architects: Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Paris, France, with B720, Fermin Vasquez, Barcelona, Spain
Client: Layetana Developments, Barcelona, Spain
2004 Hoftoren, The Hague, Netherlands
Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PA, London
Developer: ING Vastgoed, The Hague

Bibliography

  • Michaela Busenkell (Hrsg.), Peter Cachola Schmal (Hrsg.): Best Highrises 2012/2013: Internationaler Hochhauspreis / The International Highrise Award 2012. Katalog zur Ausstellung im Deutschen Architekturmuseum Frankfurt am Main vom 17. November 2012 bis 13. Januar 2013. Edition Detail, München 2012, ISBN 978-3-920034-70-6.

References

  1. ^ IHP 2004, Jury, Ingeborg Flagge Archived 2012-11-11 at the Wayback Machine - IHP


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