Cover art for Best Highrises 2018/19
Published
Prestel Verlag, February 2019
ISBN
9783791358314
Format
Hardcover, 144 pages
Dimensions
27cm × 21cm

Best Highrises 2018/19 The International Highrise Award 2018

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Explore 36 outstanding new skyscrapers from all over the world that are pioneering, innovative, and beautiful. The International Highrise Award celebrates architectural excellence in buildings that integrate sustainability, design, and community interaction.

Bestowed biennially by the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), DekaBank, and the City of Frankfurt, the award spans the globe to honor nearly forty outstanding skyscrapers completed within the last two years. Previous winners include the apartment buildings VIA 57 West in New York City by BIG, Bosco Verticale in Milan by Boeri Studio, and The Met in Bangkok by WOHA Architects, as well as the office building 1 Bligh Street in Sydney by ingenhoven architects. This book profiles the winner, finalists, and nominees of the competition through photographs, illustrations, architectural drawings, and essays. In its close examination of the most innovative highrises being built today, this volume shows readers how contemporary architecture is improving its environment. AUTHORS: Peter Cachola Schmal is Director of the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) in Frankfurt, Germany. Peter Korner is an interior architect and works as a freelance curator for the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM). Maximilian Liesner is an urbanist and has worked as a scientific volunteer at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM). SELLING POINTS: . With new technologies and more creative architecture, skyscrapers are getting more and more daring and this book showcases the newest and best skyscrapers in the world. . This book features detailed photography of each of the 37 highrises featured. 230 colour images

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