书中精选的特色高层建筑，使用了创新技术；建立了空中花园；保存了历史价值；创造了城市体验的上层空间；响应了地区文化需求；带动了区域经济发展。
　　世界最美高楼的每个参选项目，都参考了当地文化、环境条件、社会结构和地区材料，结合现代电脑技术和数据库，满足当地独特现场条件后，形成了**化的解决方案，对高层建筑的规划、设计、施工提供了建设性的指导意见。

　　One World Trade Center
　　New York City, United States of America
　　世界贸易中心一号楼，纽约
　　“The tower succeeds in realizing both its functional and symbolic purposes, employing a formal play in simple prismatic geometry that builds upon New York’s long skyscraper tradition.”
　　Mun Summ Wong, Jury Chair, WOHA Architects
　　Height: 541 m (1,776 ft)
　　Stories: 94
　　Area: 325,279 sq m (3,501,274 sq ft)
　　Primary Function: Office
　　Owner: 1 World Trade Center LLC
　　Developers: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; The Durst Organization
　　Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (design)
　　Structural Engineers: WSP Group (design); Schlaich Bergermann und Partner (design); Leslie E. Robertson Associates (peer review)
　　MEP Engineer: Jaros, Baum & Bolles (design)
　　Project Manager: STV
　　Main Contractor: Tishman Construction
　　Other Consultants: AECOM (cost); Arnold & Porter LLP (environmental); Benson Industries (fa?ade); Brandston Partnership, Inc. (lighting); Cerami Associates (acoustics); Claude Engle (lighting); Code Consultants, Inc. (code); Ducibella Venter & Santore (security); Jaros, Baum & Bolles (vertical transportation); Lerch Bates (fa?ade maintenance); Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects (landscape); Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers (geotechnical); Pentagram (way finding); Permasteelisa Group (fa?ade); Peter Walker Landscape Architects (landscape); Philip Habib & Associates (civil, traffic); RWDI (wind); The Hettema Group (observatory); Viridian Energy & Environmental, LLC (sustainability)
　　Rising from the northwest corner of the 6.5-hectares World Trade Center site, One World Trade Center recaptures the New York skyline, reasserts downtown Manhattan’s pre-eminence as a business center, and establishes a new civic icon for the United States. It is a memorable architectural landmark for the city and the nation, and will connect seamlessly to its surroundings with entrances on all four elevations and linkages to an extensive underground transportation network. Extending the long tradition of American ingenuity in high-rise construction, the design solution is an innovative mix of architecture, structure, urban design, safety, and sustainability.
　　The tower’s spire reaches the symbolic height of 1,776 feet (541 meters), a nod to the year that the United States declared independence, and is topped with a large revolving beacon. The height of the parapet is similarly symbolic, matching the exact height of the original One World Trade Center. Sited north of the National September 11 Memorial, the tower rises from a cubic
　　base; its edges are chamfered back, resulting in a faceted form composed of eight elongated isosceles triangles. At its middle, the tower forms a perfect octagon in plan and then culminates in a glass parapet that is a 46-meter-by-46-meter square, rotated 45 degrees from the base. A luminous glass curtain wall sheaths the tower on all sides from the first office floor to the observatory. Designers worked with industry experts to develop glass of unprecedented scale that is capable of withstanding both wind loads at supertall heights and stringent security requirements. Insulated glass units span the full floor-to-floor height of each story with no intermediate mullions – a first in skyscraper construction. These glass units contribute to the tower’s crystalline appearance.
　　The cubic base is 57 meters tall and made entirely of reinforced concrete, providing a sturdy and secure support structure for the bottom of the building. To enhance the visual appeal of this feature, small stainless-steel panels are fixed to the exterior. Pivoted glass fins are arranged over these panels at varying angles, bouncing light in different directions and creating a corrugated texture for the fa?ade at ground level.
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前言 6
序言 8
世界高层建筑与都市人居学会最美高楼奖项评选标准 17
美洲最美高楼
获奖项目:
世界贸易中心一号楼，纽约 20
决赛项目：
巴卡拉酒店，纽约 26
Torre Virreyes大厦，墨西哥城 30
提名项目：
亚洲和大洋洲最美高楼
获奖项目：
绿化大厦，新加坡 54
决赛项目：
凤凰大厦，墨尔本 60
赛亚米斯拉恰库，曼谷 64
杜生阁，新加坡 68
日出东方凯宾斯基酒店，北京 72
斯旺斯顿广场公寓大厦，墨尔本 76
提名项目：
欧洲最美高楼
获奖项目：
垂直森林大厦，米兰 122
决赛项目：
进化大厦，莫斯科 128
马尔默生活大厦，马尔默 132
警察总局大厦，沙勒罗伊 136
兰特荷大厦，伦敦 141
提名项目：
中东和非洲最美高楼
获奖项目：
Burj Mohammad Bin Rashid大厦，阿布扎比 166
决赛项目：
阿尔希拉尔银行大厦，阿布扎比 172
B.S.R.大厦，特拉维夫 176
提名项目：
城市栖息地奖
获奖项目：
皮克林亚宾乐雅酒店，新加坡 190
决赛项目：
查茨伍德交通中心，查茨伍德 196
礼敦大厦，新加坡 200
静安嘉里中心，上海 204
Tour Carpe Diem大厦，巴黎 208
提名项目：
海云台Hillstate，釜山 212
深业泰然大厦，深圳 214
安森英格街空中套房，新加坡 216
明顿综合大厦，新加坡 218
十年奖
获奖项目：旋转大厦，马尔默 222
决赛项目：
德意志银行，悉尼 226
海伦娜大厦，纽约 226
岛光大厦，巴塞罗那 226
Mahler 4 Vi大厦，阿姆斯特丹 226
蒙特维多，鹿特丹港市 227
Q1大厦，黄金海岸 227
河岸广场，布里斯班 227
百合浅水湾，香港 227
创新奖
获奖项目：
层板洞孔系统 230
决赛项目：
哈利法塔立面接入设备 234
桃初银苑抗震系统 236
网格结构系统 238
提名项目：
建筑数据操作系统 240
上海中心大厦举行悬挂系统 241
TECOREP拆除系统 242垂直无粘结后张法 243
性能奖
获奖项目：
奇夫利大厦，悉尼 246
终身成就奖：
林恩·比德尔终身成就奖，长森埝 252
法兹勒汗终身成就奖，尼古拉斯·彼勒迪 258
世界高层建筑与都市人居学会2015年资深会员 264
奖项 & 世界高层建筑与都市人居学会信息
世界高层建筑与都市人居学会2015年评委会 265
世界高层建筑与都市人居学会2014年奖项回顾 266
索引
建筑索引 271
公司索引 272
图片版权 277
世界高层建筑与都市人居学会组织结构和成员 279