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AWARD Shanghai Tower wins global facade award
Architect Gensler was the recipient of the 2016 WAN Facade Award for its curvy and twisting Shanghai Tower, triumphing over a host of international projects. The overlapping inner and outer glass
facades of the 121-storey, 632 metre ‘megatall’ building impressed the jury, leading them to call it an “overwhelming project and a just winner” at the cere- mony held at BAU in Munich last month. Gensler’s scheme was chosen ahead
of 3XN Architects’ whirpool-shaped National Aquarium in Denmark, Nieto Sobejano’s extension to Bristol Royal Infirmary, ODA’s brick-clad residential
tower 371 Broadway in New York, and Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’ 1 New Burlington Place in London. Created by Gensler with Chinese
architect Jun Xia leading the design team, Shanghai Tower is organised in nine ‘verti- cal neighbourhoods’ rising from a light- filled garden atrium. The building twists by about one degree
per floor to offset the wind effect and withstand typhoons and incorporates ‘green’ elements that have earned it sus- tainability certifications from the China Green Building Committee and the US Green Building Council.
The tower was awarded its ‘megatall’
status by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, becoming only the third building globally to breach the 600 metre requirement. Gensler principal Ben Tranel collected
the prize at BAU, and commented on the event: “BAU 2017 was an incredible panoply of cutting edge exhibitions and speakers. I came away not only with cre- ative new ideas but also energised to tackle some of our toughest design chal- lenges. And of course, receiving the WAN Award for The Shanghai Tower was a big highlight!”
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