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The annual eVolo Skyscraper Competition is a forum for the discussion, development, and promotion of innovative concepts for vertical density. It examines the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community, and the skyscraper and the city.

The exponential increase of the world’s population and its unprecedented shift from rural to urban areas has prompted hundreds of new developments without adequate urban planning and poor architectural design. The aim of this competition is to redefine what we understand as a skyscraper and initiate a new architectural discourse of economic, environmental, intellectual, and perceptual responsibility that could ultimately modify our cities and improve our way of life. 

This is just a reminder to inform our readers that there is only one week left to register for the 2011 Skyscraper Competition. The registration deadline is January 11, 2011. You can find more information about the competition and the registration form in the following permanent link:
http://www.evolo.us/architecture/registration-2011-skyscraper-competition/

Last year winners:
http://www.archtracker.com/winners-of-the-2010-skyscraper-competition-organized-by-evolo-magazine/2010/03/

The proposed Nakheel Tower in Dubai is set to be the world’s tallest building after completion in 2020 with a total height of more than one kilometer. The mix-use development will include a harbor, a cultural podium, and residential districts in the heart of the New Dubai Development. More info and images after the break.

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eVolo Magazine is pleased to invite students, architects, engineers, and designers from around the globe to take part in the 2011 Skyscraper Competition.

The annual eVolo Skyscraper Competition is a forum for the discussion, development, and promotion of innovative concepts for vertical density. It examines the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community, and the skyscraper and the city. Info about registration, schedule, jury and awards after the break.

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New York, March 8, 2010 – eVolo Magazine has announced the winners of the 2010 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the use of new technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organization. The award seeks to discover young talents whose ideas will change the way we understand architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments.

The Jury of the 2010 edition was formed by leaders of the architecture and design fields including: Mario Cipresso, Kyu Ho Chun, Kenta Fukunishi, Elie Gamburg, Mitchell Joachim, JaeYoung Lee, Adelaïde Marchi, Nicola Marchi and Eric Vergne. The Jury selected 3 winners and 27 special mentions among 430 entries from 42 countries. Images and short description of the three winning projects after the break.

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Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world was inaugurated this Monday by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, with a height of 828 meters the Burj Dubai oficially becomes the tallest building in the world, having surpassed the Taipei 101 building in Taiwan. The inauguration of the tower coincided with the accesion to power of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

Mohammad Ali Al Abbar, Chairman of Emaar real estate company said the company decided to launch the tower on this date as a gesture of gratitude towards Shaikh Mohammad, who is considered the builder of modern Dubai.

The Burj Dubai houses residences and commercial spaces, apart from Giorgio Armani’s The Armani Hotel & Residences. It also anchors Downtown Burj Dubai, a Dh73 billion mixed-use mega project, already a bustling community described as the new “heart of the city”.

On november we featured a video from the top of the Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world. This time we present you a new video filmed on December 31. The Burj Dubai is finished and will be oficially inaugurated on January 04, 2010

Architecture myninjaplease featured a short video shot from the top of the Burj Dubai, designed by SOM, the tallest building in the world.

An interesting aerial view of Dubai, where you can see how long the shadow of this tower can get, image gallery after the break.

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Project: Aqua Tower
Author: STUDIO GANG ARCHITECTS
Architect of Record: Loewenberg & Associates
Owner: Magellan Development
Program: Hotel and Residential High-rise with retail and commercial spaces
Size: 1.9 m SF including parking, 823 feet high
Completion: Summer 2009, currently under construction

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Project: Shenzhen International Energy Mansion
Author: BIG
        Bjarke Ingels
Collaborators: Arup, Transsolar
Project Leader: Andreas Klok Pedersen
Team: Cat Huang, Alex Cozma, Fan Zhang, Kuba Snopek, Flavien Menu, Stanley Lung
Location: Shenzhen, China
Type: Invited Competition, 1st Prize
Client: Shenzhen Energy Company
Size: 96,000 sqm
Images: BIG

Copenhagen-based BIG, in collaboration with ARUP and Transsolar, was awarded the first prize in the international competition to design Shenzhen International Energy Mansion, the regional headquarters for the Shenzhen Energy Company.

Located in the center of Shenzhen, China the 96,000 square meter project will be integrated with the surrounding environment and designed to withstand the tropical climate of the city. BIG’s winning proposal was selected by the jury experts from Shenzhen Municipal Planning Bureau chaired by Alejandro Zaera-Polo and client representatives.

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The launch of eVolo Magazine is a step closer to our objective to provide a forum for showcasing the most innovative, the most avant-garde designs that will define architecture in this century.

After several years of organizing the annual Skyscraper Competition it has become a renowned architectural prize around the world. The best projects of each competition are widely published from architecture, design, and fashion publications to technology, business, and entertainment magazines. The winning projects are also featured in websites, television documentaries, and galleries.

We would like to invite students and professional architects, engineers, and designers to take part in the 2010 Skyscraper Competition.  The main idea of this contest is to examine the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community and the skyscraper and urban living.

In the last few years we have seen hundreds of new skyscrapers been developed around the world without careful consideration to the context or environment. There is a constant lack of urban planning and poor architectural design without intellectual or perceptual enjoyment. The aim of the competition is to push our imagination to redefine the term skyscraper through the use of new materials, technology, aesthetics, programs, and spatial organizations. Globalization, environmental warming, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution are just some of the multi-layered elements that should be taken in consideration.

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UNStudio has been selected as the winning team in a competition for the design for the new Grand Hyatt Tower, a 110 meter tall tower in Frankfurt, Germany.

From UNStudio
From the six projects presented, the jury, chaired by Prof. Johann Eisele, chose the designs by UNStudio – Ben van Berkel (Amsterdam), and Kohn, Pedersen, Fox (New York) and recommended proceeding with the UNStudio design for further development.

According to Ben van Berkel the design for the Grand Hyatt tower celebrates and highlights the cosmopolitan character and diversity of Frankfurt. ‘It has three different elevations that are linked to the different aspects of the city. The tower takes up the variation and diversity offered by the city of Frankfurt and reflects that multiplicity of experiences back to the city itself. The tower can be perceived differently from each perspective; it appears needle-thin from one spot, strong and straight from another, and complex with a slight twist from yet another.”

The new tower will house a 5-star-plus hotel with 405 rooms and suites, a ballroom, spa, various restaurants, a lobby bar and a public Sky Lounge on the top floor, and the possibility of an adjacent congress center. The hotel tower consists of 30 floors at a height of approximately 110 metres and an area of 54,562.70 m2 for hotel tower + plinth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plans for a brand new Daniel Libeskind designed high-rise project in downtown Los Angeles have recently been approved by the Los Angeles Planning Commission.  The move – coupled with a second major high-rise in the area by AC Martin Partners – could signal a new optimism for developers with major city projects to push their plans through despite the downturn.

The 43-story Libeskind Tower, situated at 1340 South Figueroa Street, is a 273-unit building to include parking, restaurants and a spa.  CA Human Technologies, a joint venture of two Korean firms, is developing the tower.

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The annual Skyscraper Competition organized by eVolo has become an important architectural prize with high media attention. The 2008 edition was published by more than ten architecture an design magazines and by several news, fashion and art publications. The eVolo Book has recived excellent reviews and has been included in the catalog for the Book Expo America, Frankfurt Book Fair and Beijing Book Fair.

For the 2009 edition eVolo invites architects, engineers and designers to explore new ideas and concepts for vertical density. Skyscrapers have been springing up in fast-developing countries without careful consideration of the urban fabric, environmental effects and quality of life. The 2009 competition calls for innovative designs that take into consideration the historical and social context, the existing urban fabric, the human scale and the environment.

We recived 416 projects from 64 different countries. We would like to thank everyone who made possible this competition specially the participants whose thirst for innovation is shaping for the 21st century.

During the summer of 2009 there will be an exhibition with the best projects of the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Skyscraper Competition in New York City.

This edition had 3 winners and 15 special mentions.
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Project: Cassa Hotel
Architect: TEN Arquitectos
Enrique Norten
Location: New York, USA
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