Five Finalists for IHA 2018
John Hill
23. August 2018
L-R: Beirut Terraces (Photo: Iwan Baan), Chaoyang Park Plaza (Photo: Hufton+Crow), MahaNakhon (Photo: Hufton+Crow), Oasia Hotel Downtown (Photo: K. Kopter), Torre Reforma (Photo: Alfonso Merchand)
A jury has selected five towers as finalists in the International Highrise Award 2018, which will be presented by the City of Frankfurt/Main together with Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale in early November.
As quoted in a statement from DAM on the finalists, the biennial IHA is "aimed at architects and developers whose buildings are at least 100 meters high and have been completed in the past two years." The jury examined 36 nominated projects to determine the 5 finalists based on the criteria: "future-oriented design, functionality, innovative building technology, integration into urban development schemes, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness."
The jury was chaired by Kai-Uwe Bergmann (BIG) and included Sean Anderson (MoMA), Jette Cathrin Popp (Snøhetta), Ulrike Lauber (lauber zottmann blank), Knut Stockhusen (schlaich bergermann partner), Ina Hartwig (Frankfurt), Thomas Schmengler (Deka Immobilien), and Peter Cachola Schmal (DAM).
The finalists, in alphabetical order by project name:
BEIRUT TERRACES
Architects: Herzog & de Meuron, Basel, Switzerland
Clients: DIB Tower SAL; Benchmark Development SAL
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Function: Residential
Height: 119 m
Completion: June 2016
CHAOYANG PARK PLAZA
Architects: MAD Architects, Beijing, China
Client: Smart-hero (HK) Investment Development Ltd
Location: Beijing, China
Function: Mixed use comprising office, retail and residential
Height: 142 m
Completion: August 2017
MAHANAKHON
Architects: Büro Ole Scheeren, Bangkok, Thailand; OMA Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Beijing, China
Client: PACE Development Corporation PLC
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Function: Mixed use comprising residential, hotel, retail and restaurants
Height: 314 m
Completion: August 2016
OASIA HOTEL DOWNTOWN
Architects: WOHA, Singapore
Client: Far East SOHO Pte Ltd
Location: Singapore
Function: Hotel and office
Height: 199 m
Completion: April 2016
TORRE REFORMA
Architects: L. Benjamín Romano, Mexico City, Mexico
Client: Fondo Hexa, SA de CV
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Function: Office
Height: 246 m
Completion: November 2016