Program | 2018 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference

Day 1: Wednesday 30 May 2018See the Day 2 Program

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Registration and Coffee
Sponsored By: Mori Building Company

Session 1

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM

Welcome & Lifetime Achievement

Welcome & Chair

Steve Watts, CTBUH Chairman; Partner, alinea Consulting

Setting the Scene: The CTBUH Awards Program

Antony Wood, Chief Executive Officer, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

Rebuilding New York City in a Time of Crisis: Larry Silverstein, New York City

Larry Silverstein, Chairman, Silverstein Properties
Winner of the Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award

Shaping Skylines Through Engineering Innovation: Aine Brazil, New York City

Aine Brazil, Vice Chairman, Thornton Tomasetti
Winner of the Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

Lunch
Sponsored By: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

Session 2

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Best Tall Building Americas

Chair: Zurich Esposito, Executive Vice President, AIA Chicago

Vertical Integration: An Educational/Residential Community Rises: 35XV, New York City

Joel Breitkopf, Principal, Alchemy Properties
Daniel Kaplan, Senior Partner, FXCollaborative

A Generous Public Domain at an Urban Crossroads: 150 North Riverside, Chicago

Anthony Scacco, Principal, Riverside Investment & Development
James Goettsch, Chairman, Co-CEO, Goettsch Partners

Streets Take to the Sky and Dance: American Copper Buildings, New York City

Simon Koster, Principal, JDS Development
Gregg Pasquarelli, Principal, SHoP Architects

Contoured for the Context: Gaia Building, Quito

Tommy Schwarzkopf, Executive President & Owner, Uribe & Schwarzkopf
Gabriela Anker, Principal & Founder, Leppanen + Anker Arquitectos

10 Year Award 2007

Chair: Ron Klemencic, CTBUH Working Group Chair, Chairman, CEO, Magnusson Klemencic Associates

Shining a Light on Livability: Lumiere, Sydney

Michael Goldrick, Development Director, Frasers Property
Ross Palmer, Senior Partner, Foster + Partners

For a Modern Media Company, a Tower of Clarity and Transparency: New York Times Tower, New York City

Terry Hayes, Senior Vice President, The New York Times Company
Serge Drouin, Associate Architect, Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Bringing Office Space Up into the Light: Poly Real Estate Headquarters, Guangzhou

Stephen Wang, Executive Director of Poly USA, Poly Real Estate Development
Javier Arizmendi, Design Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

A Towering, Bold Statement About Government’s Relationship with its People and the Environment: San Francisco Federal Building, San Francisco

Maria Ciprazo, Director of Design and Construction, General Services Administration
Eui-Sung Yi, Principal, Morphosis

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM

Coffee Break
Sponsored By: Goettsch Partners

Session 3

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

Best Tall Building Europe

Chair: Javier Quintana de Una, Director, IDOM

A Contemporary Conversion Gives an Old Tower New Life: Angel Court, London

Nick Jarman, Projet Director, Stanhope
Nicholas Worley, Senior Associate, Fletcher Priest Architects

Ribbons Over Islington: A Distinct Residential Tower in a Desirable London Neighborhood: Canaletto, London

Aref Lahham, Founder and Managing Director, Orion City Road Trustee Limited
Sander Versluis, Senior Architect, UNStudio

From Grain Silo to Glorious Living: The Silo, Copenhagen

Klaus Kastbjerg, Founder, UNIONKUL HOLDING A/S
Caroline Nagel, Project Director, COBE

A City of Justice for the City of Light: Tribunal de Paris, Paris

Pierre-Louis Fortier, Director, Bouygues Batiment Ile de France
Amaury Greig, Architect, Renzo Piano Building Workshop

10 Year Award 2008

Chair: Lynn Osmond, President, CEO, Chicago Architecture Center

Efficiently Sublime: The Tall Building in the Modern City: Comcast Center, Philadelphia

Serge Nalbantian, Vice President of Development, Liberty Property Trust
Meghan McDermott, Partner, Robert A.M. Stern Architects

Clean Lines, Core Principles, and Forward-Looking Innovation: Hegau Tower, Singen

Laurent Burkart, Managing Director, Burkart Verwaltungen
Helmut Jahn, CEO, JAHN

Energy Company Headquarters is an “Open Book” on Sustainable Design: Manitoba Hydro Place, Winnipeg

Mark Pauls, Building Energy Management Engineer, Manitoba Hydro
Bruce Kuwabara, Founding Partner, KPMB Architects

A Bold Icon Communicates a Global City’s Identity to the World: Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai

Hiroo Mori, Director & Executive VP, Mori Building
William Pedersen, Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

VIP Networking Reception
Hosted at Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower
Sponsored By: Lotte Property & Development

Day 2: Thursday 31 May 2018See the Day 1 Program

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM

Breakfast and Registration
Sponsored By: New World Development Company Limited

Session 4

9:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa

Chair: William Baker, Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

A ‘Building in Motion’ for a Dynamic City: Azrieli Sarona, Tel Aviv

Danna Azrieli, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors, Azrieli Group
Moshe Tzur, President & Founder, Moshe Zur Architects and Town Planners

High-End, High-Rise Living, Extended: Beirut Terraces, Beirut

Bassim Halaby, Chairman and CEO, Benchmark
Tobias Winkelmann, Associate, Herzog & de Meuron Architekten

Modern Optimism with a Nod to Bauhaus History on the Mediterranean: Rothschild Tower, Tel Aviv

Yigal Zemah, CEO, Berggruen Residential
Reynolds Logan, Associate Partner, Richard Meier & Partners Architects

Reinventing Heritage: Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town

Mark Noble, Development Director, V&A Waterfront
Mat Cash, Group Leader, Heatherwick Studio

Urban Habitat Part I

Chair: Timothy Johnson, Design Partner, NBBJ

An Anchor of Urban Regeneration: Barangaroo South / International Towers, Sydney

Tom Weeks, Executive General Manager – Development, Lendlease Corporation
Ivan Harbour, Senior Partner, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

Breaking Through the Podium Mold to Enhance the Public Realm: Greatwall Complex, Wuhan

Huan Tu, Assistant General Manager, Greatwall Construction Holdings Group
Nick Cordingley, Design Partner, 10 DESIGN

A New Urban Space for Lower Manhattan: World Trade Center Master Plan, New York City

Larry Silverstein, Chairman, Silverstein Properties
Carla Swickerath, Partner, Studio Daniel Libeskind

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Coffee Break
Sponsored By: M-Tech

Session 5

11:15 AM - 12:45 PM

Urban Habitat Part II

Chair: Michelangelo Sabatino, Professor and Director of Ph.D. Program, Illinois Institute of Technology

A Beacon of Red and Green, Connected to the Cityscape: Oasia Hotel Downtown, Singapore

Wanling Lee, Development Manager, Far East Organization
Mun Summ Wong, Founding Director, WOHA Architects

Greening the Streetscape and the Skyline: SKYPARK, Hong Kong

Edwin Chi Wai Chan, Senior Project Director, New World Development
Janette Wan Ming Chan, Group Director, P & T Group

An Urban Quarter, Integrated into the Local Context: SOHO Fuxing Plaza, Shanghai

Yicheng Yang, Director of Design, SOHO China
Stephan Rewolle, Associate Partner, von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects

Innovation Part I

Chair: David Malott, Founder, CEO, AI.

The World’s First Fully Functional and Permanently Occupied 3D Printed Building: 3D Printed Building

Benjamin Piper, Principal, Design Partner, Killa Design

Improving Steel Connections for Better Safety and Economy: CAST CONNEX High Integrity Blocks

Carlos de Oliveira, President & CEO, CAST CONNEX

Prefabrication and Night Construction Accelerate Delivery: Hickory Building Systems

George Argyrou, Director, Hickory Group

Advancing Computerized Wind-Loading Tests to the Next Level: Hi-Res CFD for Wind Loading of Tall Buildings

Nick Wirth, Founder, Wirth Research
Rob Rowsell, Engineering Manager, Wirth Research

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

Lunch Break
Sponsored By: WSP

Session 6

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia Part I

Chair: Robert Pratt, Co-Head of Global Design & Construction, Tishman Speyer Properties

A Landscape Painting Comes to Life in the Heart of the City: Chaoyang Park Plaza, Beijing

Hui Zhang, President, Smart-hero (HK) Investment Development
Dixon Lu, Associate Partner, MAD Architects

Sydney’s New Front Door Swings Open: International Towers, Sydney

Liam Timms, Fund Manager, Lendlease Corporation
Avtar Lotay, Managing Director, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

Vertical Village as National Symbol: Lotte World Tower, Seoul

Hyunchul Park, CEO, Lotte Property & Development
James von Klemperer, President, Design Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

The Axis Mundi of the Pearl River Delta Megacity: Ping An Finance Center, Shenzhen

Felix Wu, Managing Director, Design, Ping An Financial Center Construction & Development
Robert Whitlock, Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

Innovation Part II

Chair: Robert Halvorson, Global Head of Structures/Executive Vice President, WSP

A Lightweight Motion Control Device Takes Wing: Hummingbird - Tuned Liquid Column Gas Damper

Hans Utz, Cofounder & Partner, The Combine

Lean Core + Prefab Blade Wall System

Albert Williamson-Taylor, Director, AKTII

Liberating the Elevator from Ropes: MULTI

Michael Cesarz, CEO MULTI, thyssenkrupp
Markus Jetter, Head of Research & Innovation Center Rottweil & Product Development Center MULTI, thyssenkrupp