{"id":58895,"date":"2018-04-11T08:52:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T12:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/?p=58895"},"modified":"2018-04-16T15:01:27","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T19:01:27","slug":"gearing-up-for-ctbuhs-tall-urban-innovation-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/gearing-up-for-ctbuhs-tall-urban-innovation-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Gearing up for CTBUH\u2019s Tall + Urban Innovation Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SHoP Architects\u2019 American Copper Buildings in New York City is one of four finalists in Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat\u2019s (CTBUH\u2019s) Best Tall Building\u2013Americas category. <\/span>
Photo \u00a9 Max Touhey<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat<\/a> (CTBUH) has released the full program for its 2018 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference<\/a>, which will be held in Chicago, May 30 to 31. The symposium will feature presentations from the owner\/developer and design teams for each of the 48 CTBUH Annual Award finalist projects, which will be considered for awards across nine categories.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe inaugural Tall + Urban Innovation Conference was born from a popular desire to expand the CTBUH Annual Awards Event into a more programmatic occasion that focuses additional attention on the sharing of knowledge,\u201d said awards jury chairperson Karl Fender. \u201cAll of the projects that are set to present on this stage will promote best practices throughout the entire industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event\u2019s opening plenary session will include addresses from the two winners of this year\u2019s CTBUH Lifetime Achievement Awards: Larry Silverstein, chairperson of Silverstein Properties<\/a>, and Aine Brazil, vice-chairperson of Thornton Tomasetti<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Designed by Goettsch Partners, 150 N. Riverside in Chicago is a CTBUH Awards finalist. <\/span>
Photo \u00a9 Tom Rossiter Photography<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Following the opening plenary, the finalist presentations will commence. These sessions will be organized by category and structured into two tracks of concurrent programming.<\/p>\n

Several U.S.-based projects are nominated in a range of categories, including New York City\u2019s National September 11 Memorial (Silverstein Properties\/Studio Daniel Libeskind<\/a>) in the Urban Habitat category, as well as the New York Times Tower (New York Times Company<\/a>\/Renzo Piano Building Workshop<\/a>) and the San Francisco Federal Building (Morphosis<\/a>), both in the 10 Year Award category.<\/p>\n

Three U.S. projects are nominated in the Construction Award category, including:<\/p>\n