News:
Index Named one of "Best Tall Buildings" for 2011 by CTBUH
Jun 2011
The Index is one of four skyscrapers named regional "Best Tall Buildings" for 2011 by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). Designed in collaboration between Foster + Partners and Halvorson and Partners, this 330 m mixed-use tower in Dubai is awarded best in the Middle East & Africa region. Other winning buildings include: Eight Spruce Street, New York (Americas), Guangzhou International Finance Center, Guangzhou (Asia & Australasia), and KfW Westarkade, Frankfurt (Europe).
One of these four will be named "Best Tall Building - Wordwide" at the annual CTBUH Awards Ceremony in October. Lifetime achievement awards will also be given to Adrian Smith of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture(Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award) and Dr. Akira Wada of Tokyo Institute of Technology (Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal).
See the CTBUH Press Release for more information.
