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Sydney's tallest tower, One Barangaroo, wins Emporis Skyscraper Award

2021-09-23T15:15:00-04:00

The top ten skyscrapers in the world have been announced as part of the annual Emporis Skyscraper Awards, with One Barangaroo in Sydney, Australia taking the top spot.

This is the first time in the more than 20-year-long history of the awards that the prize has gone to an Australian building. The 890-foot-tall, 71-story skyscraper, designed by British firm WilkinsonEyre, is the tallest building in Sydney and fourth tallest in Australia. It offers expansive views of Sydney Harbor and the Opera House.

As per the award announcement: “According to the jury, the extravagant design of One Barangaroo’s exterior façade was the deciding factor for the building coming in at first place. It is inspired by natural shapes and resembles three petals rising slightly twisted into the sky. The magnificent tower stands on a four-story high podium, the outer walls of which are decorated with a mantle of marble. In addition to a casino, apartments and restaurants, the building also houses a luxury si...

Shanghai Tower places first in latest Emporis Skyscraper Award

2016-11-01T15:47:00-04:00

The 632-meter Shanghai Tower made it to the top once again, this time for the coveted Emporis Skyscraper Award. Since 2000, the Emporis Skyscraper Award recognizes outstanding skyscraper design worldwide...This year's competition reeled in more than 300 skyscrapers — all of which are over 100 meters tall and had to be completed in 2015.

Another skyscraper in China won first prize in the Emporis Skyscraper Award, following Zaha Hadid’s Wangjing SOHO project in the 2014 edition. Here are a few of the top 10 skyscrapers in the latest Emporis competition:

Evolution Tower | Moscow, Russia by Kettle Collective, RMJM Edinburgh

D1 Tower | Dubai, United Arab Emirates by Holfords & Associates

Citygate Tower | Vienna, Austria by Querkraft Architekten

432 Park Avenue | New York City, USA by Rafael Viñoly Architects, Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman & Efron

cover image: Shanghai Tower | Shanghai, China by Gensler Architects, 2Define Architecture

Find the rest of the top 10 on Bustler.

Previously on Archinect:

Renzo Piano’s The Shard wins Emporis Skyscraper Award

Gehry’s 8 Spruce Street Wins Emporis Skyscraper Award

Renzo Piano’s The Shard wins Emporis Skyscraper Award

2014-05-20T17:24:00-04:00

Skyscrapers designed by some of the world's biggest firms go head to head to get to the top in the yearly Emporis Skyscraper Award, the international prestigious prize for skyscrapers. Winning the top prize this year is Renzo Piano and Adamson Associates' "The Shard", which is also currently Western Europe's tallest building at 306 meters tall. The London-based tower was chosen out of 300 skyscrapers at least 100 m. in height and that were completed in the previous calendar year.

Do you agree with the jury's winner selection? Have a look at this year's top 10 below.

(Pictured above) 1. The Shard (London, UK)
Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Adamson Associates International

2. DC Tower 1 (Vienna, Austria)
Architects: Dominique Perrault, Hoffmann-Janz

3. Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort (Huzhou, China)
Architects: MAD, Shanghai Xian Dai Architectural Design

4. Cayan Tower (Dubai, UAE)
Architects: SOM, Khatib & Alami

5. One Central Park, East Tower (Sydney, Australia)
Architects: Ateliers Jean Nouvel, PTW Architects

6. Flame Towers (Baku, Azerbaijan)
Architect: HOK

7. Mercury City (Moscow, Russia)
Architects: F. Williams, G.L. Sirota, M.M. Posokhin

8. Ardmore Residence (Singapore)
Architects: UNStudio, Architects 61

9. AZ Tower (Brno, Czech Republic)
Architect: Architektonická kancelář Burian-Křivinka

10 (tied). Nanfung Commercial Hospitality and Exhibition Complex (Guangzhou, China)
Architect: Andrew Bromberg of Aedas

10 (tied). Tour Carpe Diem (Courbevoie, France)
Ar...

Editor's Picks #294

2012-12-18T12:58:00-05:00

For the latest in the Student Works series Archinect featured The Petropolis of Tomorrow: Drift & Drive...a proposed solution for Petrobras...to relocate workers offshore...Thayer-D was curious "What kind of job do students who do this kind of work expect to do?" and amphibious agreed "For me, the real problem with this project is its weakness in experimentation, substance, and form. What is radical here really?"

For the latest in the Student Works series Archinect featured The Petropolis of Tomorrow: Drift & Drive. Joanna Luo, Weijia Song, Alex Yuen, students at Rice School of Architecture completed the project working with their advisor Neeraj Bhatia.

Consisting of a system of floating islands strategically located along the natural drift current of the Brazilian coast, the project is a proposed solution for Petrobras, the Brazilian petrochemical company, to relocate workers offshore, as rigs are established ever further from the coast, increasing the transportation cost of both workers and oil.

Thayer-D was curious "What kind of job do students who do this kind of work expect to do? I know it's the schools that promote this stuff, it's no different than when I went to school 20 years ago, but it still strikes me as academic malpractice" and amphibious agreed "with most of the comments here and I think they point out a deeper problem in this project. I am a truly believer of ex...

Gehry’s 8 Spruce Street Wins Emporis Skyscraper Award

2012-12-12T14:45:00-05:00

The ten winners of the 2011 Emporis Skyscraper Award have been announced with New York City's 8 Spruce Street tower taking home the top place. The winners were chosen from over 220 skyscrapers completed in 2011. Now in its 12th year, the award program rewards ten skyscrapers completed in the previous calendar year.