Best High-Rises 2012/13

26 projects from 18 countries were nominated for the International Highrise Award 2012/13. A jury of experts selected five buildings as finalists and chose 1 Bligh Street in Sydney as the winner.

IHP 2012 Gewinner 1 Bligh Aussenansicht HG Esch — 1 Bligh Street, Sydney, Australia
ingenhoven architects, Düsseldorf, Germany
Architectus Sydney, Australia
Photo: HG Esch

IHP 2012 Gewinner 1 Bligh EP02499 014 HG Esch — 1 Bligh Street, Sydney, Australia
ingenhoven architects, Düsseldorf, Germany
Architectus Sydney, Australia
Photo: HG Esch

IHP 2012 Gewinner 1 Bligh EP02499 067 HG Esch — 1 Bligh Street, Sydney, Australia
ingenhoven architects, Düsseldorf, Germany
Architectus Sydney, Australia
Photo: HG Esch

IHP 2012 Gewinner 1 Bligh EP02499 149 HG Esch — 1 Bligh Street, Sydney, Australia
ingenhoven architects, Düsseldorf, Germany
Architectus Sydney, Australia
Photo: HG Esch

IHP 2012 Gewinner 1 Bligh EP02499 196 HG Esch v2 — 1 Bligh Street, Sydney, Australia
ingenhoven architects, Düsseldorf, Germany
Architectus Sydney, Australia
Photo: HG Esch

IHP 2012 Gewinner 1 Bligh EP02499 209 HG Esch — 1 Bligh Street, Sydney, Australia
ingenhoven architects, Düsseldorf, Germany
Architectus Sydney, Australia
Photo: HG Esch

IHP 2012 Gewinner 1 Bligh EP02499 258 HG Esch — 1 Bligh Street, Sydney, Australia
ingenhoven architects, Düsseldorf, Germany
Architectus Sydney, Australia
Photo: HG Esch

IHP 2012 Gewinner 1 Bligh EP02499 282 HG Esch — 1 Bligh Street, Sydney, Australia
ingenhoven architects, Düsseldorf, Germany
Architectus Sydney, Australia
Photo: HG Esch

Preisträger

Office tower 1 Bligh Street in Sydney wins International Highrise Award 2012/13

Though at 139 meters and 30 floors the winning building does not set any height records it does set new standards on its continent regarding social, cultural, urban-planning and sustainability. »The overall quality of the building is outstanding. With their design the architects avoid the iconic, and instead place the emphasis on the needs of the users – say the view from all the offices,« commented the jury of experts chaired by Frankfurt- based architect Prof. Albert Speer. »1 Bligh Street« has an elliptic shape and is slightly out of line with the street, so that all the offices have a direct view of Sydney Harbor and Harbor Bridge. It is Australia’s first highrise to have a naturally ventilated double façade of glass. This enables and ideal an ideal incidence of daylight reduces heating costs and losses and accentuates the building’s overall homogenous, crystalline shape.

The building’s main tenant is the law firm Clayton Utz, which has rented 15 floors. Project developer of the highrise completed in 2011 is the DEXUS Property Group, one of the leading Australian real-estate firms.

Gehe zu 1 Bligh Street

1 Bligh Street
Sydney, Australia

Architektur: ingenhoven architects,
Düsseldorf, Germany
Architectus Sydney,
Australia
Bauherr: DEXUS Property Group, DEXUS Wholesale Property Fund, Cbus Property
Funktion: office building
Höhe: 139
Fertigstellung: June 2011

Finalisten

The finalists of the International Highrise Award 2012/13 were made up of five extraordinary projects that are very different in terms of function and design.

Nominierungen

26 outstanding projects from 18 countries were nominated for the International Highrise Award 2012/13.

Preisträger

1 Bligh Street
Sydney, Australia

Architektur

ingenhoven architects,
Düsseldorf, Germany
Architectus Sydney,
Australia
Finalist

Absolute Towers
Mississauga, Canada

Architektur

MAD architects, Beijing
Finalist

Eight Sprice Street
New York City, USA

Architektur

Gehry Partners, Los Angeles
Finalist

Pinnacle@Duxton
Singapour, Singapour

Architektur

ARC Studio Architecture + Urbanism, Singapour
Finalist

The Troika
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Architektur

Foster + Partners, London

Jury

Druck A4 eciRGB 5670 — Photo: Olaf Hermann

Druck A4 eciRGB 5712 — Photo: Olaf Hermann

Prof. Dr. Felix Semmelroth
2006-2016 Kulturdezernent der Stadt Frankfurt am Main
Annette Bögle
Professorin für Entwurf und Analyse von Tragwerken an der HafenCity Universität Hamburg
Richard Hassel
Architekt
WOHA, Singapur
Sigurdur Gunnarsson
Design und Entwicklung
Reinertsen Engineering, Oslo
Carol Willis
Gründerin, Direktorin und Kuratorin
Skyscraper Museum, New York City
Johann Eisele
Architekt, Autor, Bauingenieur
EISELE STANIEK architekten + bauingenieure, Darmstadt
Peter Cachola Schmal
Leitender Direktor des Deutschen Architekturmuseums (DAM),
Frankfurt am Main
Albert Speer
Architekt
AS+P
Albert Speer + Partner GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
Thomas Schmengler
Geschäftsführer
Deka Immobilien GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
Catherine Slessor
Architekturjournalistin, Autorin
Ehemalige Herausgeberin von The Architectural Review und Mitarbeiterin von Dezeen and Architects' Journal