Day 1: Wednesday 30 May 2018See the Day 2 Program
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Registration and Coffee
Sponsored By: Mori Building Company
Sponsored By: Mori Building Company
Session 1
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
1
Welcome & Lifetime Achievement
Welcome & Chair
Steve Watts, Partner, Alinea Consulting
Setting the Scene: The CTBUH Awards Program
Antony Wood, Chief Executive Officer, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Rebuilding New York City in a Time of Crisis: Larry Silverstein, New York City
Larry Silverstein, Chairman, Silverstein PropertiesWinner of the Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award
Shaping Skylines Through Engineering Innovation: Aine Brazil, New York City
Aine Brazil, Vice Chairman, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.Winner of the Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Lunch
Sponsored By: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Sponsored By: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Session 2
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
2A
Best Tall Building Americas
Chair: Zurich Esposito, Executive Vice President, AIA
Vertical Integration: An Educational/Residential Community Rises: 35XV, New York City
Joel Breitkopf, Principal, Alchemy PropertiesDaniel Kaplan, Senior Partner, FXCollaborative Architects
A Generous Public Domain at an Urban Crossroads: 150 North Riverside, Chicago
Anthony Scacco, Chief Operating Officer, Riverside Investment & DevelopmentJames Goettsch, Chairman & Co-CEO, Goettsch Partners
Streets Take to the Sky and Dance: American Copper Buildings, New York City
Simon Koster, Principal, JDS Development GroupGregg Pasquarelli, Principal, SHoP Architects
Contoured for the Context: Gaia Building, Quito
Tommy Schwarzkopf, Executive President & Owner, Uribe & SchwarzkopfGabriela Anker, Principal & Founder, Leppanen + Anker Arquitectos
2B
10 Year Award 2007
Chair: Ron Klemencic, Chairman, CEO, Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Shining a Light on Livability: Lumiere, Sydney
Michael Goldrick, Development Director, Frasers PropertyRoss Palmer, Senior Partner, Foster + Partners
For a Modern Media Company, a Tower of Clarity and Transparency: New York Times Tower, New York City
Terry Hayes, Senior Vice President, New York Times CompanySerge Drouin, Associate Architect, Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Bringing Office Space Up into the Light: Poly Real Estate Headquarters, Guangzhou
Stephen Wang, Executive Director of Poly USA, Poly Real Estate GroupJavier Arizmendi, Design Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
A Towering, Bold Statement About Government’s Relationship with its People and the Environment: San Francisco Federal Building, San Francisco
Maria Ciprazo, Director of Design and Construction, General Services AdministrationEui-Sung Yi, Principal, Morphosis
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Coffee Break
Sponsored By: Goettsch Partners
Sponsored By: Goettsch Partners
Session 3
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
3A
Best Tall Building Europe
Chair: Javier Quintana de Una, Director, IDOM
A Contemporary Conversion Gives an Old Tower New Life: Angel Court, London
Nick Jarman, Project Director, StanhopeNicholas Worley, Senior Associate, Fletcher Priest Architects
Ribbons Over Islington: A Distinct Residential Tower in a Desirable London Neighborhood: Canaletto, London
Aref Lahham, Founder and Managing Director, Orion City Road Trustee LimitedSander Versluis, Senior Architect, UNStudio
From Grain Silo to Glorious Living: The Silo, Copenhagen
Klaus Kastbjerg, Founder, Northwestern Memorial HealthCareCaroline Nagel, Project Director, COBE
A City of Justice for the City of Light: Tribunal de Paris, Paris
Pierre-Louis Fortier, Director, Bouygues Batiment InternationalAmaury Greig, Architect, Renzo Piano Building Workshop
3B
10 Year Award 2008
Chair: Lynn Osmond, President & CEO, Chicago Architecture Center
Efficiently Sublime: The Tall Building in the Modern City: Comcast Center, Philadelphia
Serge Nalbantian, , The Goldenberg GroupMeghan McDermott, Partner, Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Clean Lines, Core Principles, and Forward-Looking Innovation: Hegau Tower
Laurent Burkart, Managing Director, Burkart VerwaltungenHelmut Jahn, CEO, JAHN
Energy Company Headquarters is an “Open Book” on Sustainable Design: Manitoba Hydro Place, Winnipeg
Mark Pauls, Building Energy Management Engineer, Manitoba HydroBruce Kuwabara, Founding Partner, KPMB Architects
A Bold Icon Communicates a Global City’s Identity to the World: Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai
Hiroo Mori, Director & Executive VP, Mori Building Co., Ltd.William Pedersen, Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
VIP Networking Reception
Hosted at Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower
Sponsored By: Lotte Property & Development
Hosted at Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower
Sponsored By: Lotte Property & Development
Day 2: Thursday 31 May 2018See the Day 1 Program
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
Breakfast and Registration
Sponsored By: New World Development Company Limited
Sponsored By: New World Development Company Limited
Session 4
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
4A
Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa
Chair: William Baker, Consulting Structural Engineering Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
A ‘Building in Motion’ for a Dynamic City: Azrieli Sarona, Tel Aviv
Danna Azrieli, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors, Azrieli Group Ltd.Moshe Tzur, Founder & Owner, Moshe Zur Architects and Town Planners
High-End, High-Rise Living, Extended: Beirut Terraces, Beirut
Bassim Halaby, Chairman and CEO, BenchmarkTobias Winkelmann, Associate, Herzog & de Meuron Architekten
Modern Optimism with a Nod to Bauhaus History on the Mediterranean: Rothschild Tower, Tel Aviv
Yigal Zemah, CEO, Berggruen Residential Ltd.Reynolds (Renny) Logan, Associate Partner, Richard Meier & Partners architects LLP
Reinventing Heritage: Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town
Mark Noble, Development Director, V&A WaterfrontMat Cash, Group Leader, Heatherwick Studio
4B
Urban Habitat Part I
Chair: Timothy Johnson, Partner, NBBJ
An Anchor of Urban Regeneration: Barangaroo South / International Towers, Sydney
Tom Weeks, Executive General Manager – Development, Lendlease CorporationIvan Harbour, Senior Partner, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Breaking Through the Podium Mold to Enhance the Public Realm: Greatwall Complex, Wuhan
Huan Tu, Assistant General Manager, Greatwall Construction Holdings GroupNick Cordingley, Design Partner, 10 Design
A New Urban Space for Lower Manhattan: World Trade Center Master Plan, New York City
Larry Silverstein, Chairman, Silverstein PropertiesCarla Swickerath, Partner, Studio Daniel Libeskind
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Coffee Break
Sponsored By: M-Tech
Sponsored By: M-Tech
Session 5
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
5A
Urban Habitat Part II
Chair: Michelangelo Sabatino, Professor and Director of Ph.D. Program, Illinois Institute of Technology
A Beacon of Red and Green, Connected to the Cityscape: Oasia Hotel Downtown, Singapore
Wanling Lee, Development Manager, Far East OrganizationMun Summ Wong, Founding Director, WOHA Architects Pte. Ltd.
Greening the Streetscape and the Skyline: SKYPARK, Hong Kong
Edwin Chi Wai Chan, Senior Project Director, New World DevelopmentJanette Wan Ming Chan, Group Director, P&T Group
An Urban Quarter, Integrated into the Local Context: SOHO Fuxing Plaza, Shanghai
Cindy Cao, Director of Design, SOHO ChinaStephan Rewolle, Associate Partner, gmp · Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner
5B
Innovation Part I
Chair: David Malott, Founder & CEO; CEO, AI SpaceFactory
The World’s First Fully Functional and Permanently Occupied 3D Printed Building: 3D Printed Building
Benjamin Piper, Principal, Design Partner, Killa Design
Improving Steel Connections for Better Safety and Economy: CAST CONNEX High Integrity Blocks
Carlos de Oliveira, President & CEO, Cast Connex
Prefabrication and Night Construction Accelerate Delivery: Hickory Building Systems
George Argyrou, Director, Hickory Group
Advancing Computerized Wind-Loading Tests to the Next Level: Hi-Res CFD for Wind Loading of Tall Buildings
Nick Wirth, Founder, Wirth ResearchRob Rowsell, Engineering Manager, Wirth Research
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Lunch Break
Sponsored By: WSP
Sponsored By: WSP
Session 6
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
6A
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia Part I
Chair: Robert Pratt, Managing Director, Tishman Speyer
A Landscape Painting Comes to Life in the Heart of the City: Chaoyang Park Plaza, Beijing
Hui Zhang, President, Smart-hero (HK) Investment DevelopmentDixon Lu, Associate Partner, MAD Architects
Sydney’s New Front Door Swings Open: International Towers, Sydney
Liam Timms, Fund Manager, Lendlease CorporationAvtar Lotay, Managing Director, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Vertical Village as National Symbol: Lotte World Tower, Seoul
Hyunchul Park, CEO, Lotte Property & DevelopmentJames von Klemperer, President, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
The Axis Mundi of the Pearl River Delta Megacity: Ping An Finance Center, Shenzhen
Felix Wu, Chief Design Officer, Ping An Real Estate Co LtdRobert Whitlock, Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
6B
Innovation Part II
Chair: Robert Halvorson, Executive Vice President, WSP
A Lightweight Motion Control Device Takes Wing: Hummingbird - Tuned Liquid Column Gas Damper
Hans Utz, Cofounder & Partner, The Combine
Lean Core + Prefab Blade Wall System
Albert Williamson-Taylor, Director, AKT II Limited
Liberating the Elevator from Ropes: MULTI
Michael Cesarz, CEO MULTI, IndividualsMarkus Jetter, Chief Engineer High Rise and Functional Safety, TK Elevator GmbH
Two-Way Point-Supported CLT: Timber Construction at Tallwood House, Vancouver
Robert Jackson, Project Engineer, Fast+Epp3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Coffee Break
Sponsored By: Jensen Hughes
Sponsored By: Jensen Hughes
Session 7
3:45 PM - 5:30 PM
7A
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia Part II
Chair: Tim Neal, ,
Living in the Landscape: Huangshan Mountain Village, Huangshan
Jun Chen, Executive Director, Chairman & CEO, Greenland GroupNoreen Wu, Business Development and Operations Manager, MAD Architects
Where Biodiversity and High Density Harmonize: Marina One, Singapore
Kemmy Tan, CEO, M+S Pte LtdMartin Reuter, Managing Director, ingenhoven architects
A Living Tower in the Urban Tropics: Oasia Hotel Downtown, Singapore
Wanling Lee, Development Manager, Far East OrganizationHong Wei Phua, Director, WOHA Architects Pte. Ltd.
A Diagrid of Distinction Enables a Sun-Lit, Social Skyscraper: Poly International Plaza – Dawangjing, Beijing
Stephen Wang, Executive Director of Poly USA, Poly Real Estate GroupLeo Chow, Design Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Linked-Up Thinking Drives the Design of a Tech Company’s Headquarters: Tencent Seafront Towers, Shenzhen
Jiang Ling, Senior Architect, Tencent Holdings LimitedJonathan Ward, Design Partner, NBBJ
7B
Construction
Chair: Andy Campbell, New Business Director, Multiplex Construction Europe Ltd
Constructing the ‘Jenga’ Building Was No Game: 56 Leonard, New York City
Keyvan Kazemi, Project Manager, Alexico Group LLCGerald Bianco, Senior Vice President, Principal in Charge, Lendlease
An Office Tower That ‘Hangs’ from its ‘Hat’ Over an Adjacent Theater: 111 Main, Salt Lake City
Kory Jardine, Construction Manager, City Creek SLCPeter Lee, Associate Director, Senior Structural Engineer, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Delivering the World’s Tallest Volumetric Modular Apartment Building: 461 Dean, New York City
David Edelson, Project Manager, Turner Construction CompanyDavid Farnsworth, Principal, Arup
A Creative Use of Closed-Cavity Façades Opens Up New Possibilities: The EY Centre, Sydney
Tom Waters, Project Director, Mirvac ConstructionJason Vieusseux, General Manager, Design Management & Construction, Mirvac Construction
A Milestone in Supertall Construction: Ping An Finance Center, Shenzhen
Dexiong Weng, Deputy Chief Engineer, Ping An Life Insurance Company of ChinaFlorence Chan, Director, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Cocktail Hour and Dinner/Ceremony
Hosted at Aqua Tower
Hosted at Aqua Tower