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Samsung C&T Corporation
About
Samsung C&T Corporation was founded in 1938 as the parent company of Samsung Group. In 1975, it was designated by the Korean government as the nation’s “first general trading company” to lead overseas sales operations. It merged with Samsung Construction in December 1995, and has since been engaged in various global businesses through offices in over 50 countries.
Samsung Everland was established in 1963 with the mission of assisting Korea’s national land development. Since then, it has evolved into a leader in Korea’s service industry by expanding its business scope to include resorts, food and beverage, and landscaping. In December 2013, Samsung Everland acquired the Fashion Group of Cheil Industries, a prominent industry player founded in 1954. Following the merger, it changed its name to Cheil Industries and has since focused on projects related to lifestyle design.
Fields of Expertise
Civil Engineering; Construction / Contractor; Developer; Engineering, Other; Financial Industry; Owner (Buildings, Land); Structural Engineering
Buildings
|
RANK
|
Name
|
Completion
|
Height
|
Floors
|
Function
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burj Khalifa | Dubai | 2010 |
828 m / 2,717 ft |
163 | Office / Residential / Hotel |
| 2 | TAIPEI 101 | Taipei | 2004 |
508 m / 1,667 ft |
101 | Office |
| 3 | Lakhta Center | St. Petersburg | 2019 |
462 m / 1,516 ft |
87 | Office |
| 4 | Petronas Twin Tower 2 | Kuala Lumpur | 1998 |
452 m / 1,483 ft |
88 | Office |
| 5 | Three Sixty West Tower B | Mumbai | 2024 |
260 m / 853 ft |
66 | Residential |
Videos
22 October 2018
The Future of Tall Building Technology
Since their earliest form, tall buildings have stood as technological marvels, reflecting the latest advancements in materials, methodologies, and tools. These two technologies continue to...
Research
22 December 2023
Remembering Charles H. Thornton, 2012 Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Awardee
This edition of Talking Tall is an interview from the CTBUH archives. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat would like to remember Charles...
Global News
30 July 2020
CTBUH In The Media: The Future of Skyscrapers: A Mile High, Slimmer Than Ever and Made from Wood
History does not want for dizzying fantasies of tall buildings. From the Tower of Babel onwards, humanity has dreamed of ever-more wondrous skyscrapers, whether we...
Associated companies
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RANK
|
Name
|
Completion
|
Height
|
Floors
|
Function
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burj Khalifa | Dubai | 2010 |
828 m / 2,717 ft |
163 | Office / Residential / Hotel |
| 2 | TAIPEI 101 | Taipei | 2004 |
508 m / 1,667 ft |
101 | Office |
| 3 | Lakhta Center | St. Petersburg | 2019 |
462 m / 1,516 ft |
87 | Office |
| 4 | Petronas Twin Tower 2 | Kuala Lumpur | 1998 |
452 m / 1,483 ft |
88 | Office |
| 5 | Three Sixty West Tower B | Mumbai | 2024 |
260 m / 853 ft |
66 | Residential |
Statistics
Average Building Age*
16 Years
Most Common Function*
Office (49%)
Most Common Material*
Composite (45%)
* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database
Based on 39 buildings over 150 m height
with a function
Based on 38 buildings over 150 m height
with a material
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Designated Experts
Videos
22 October 2018
The Future of Tall Building Technology
Since their earliest form, tall buildings have stood as technological marvels, reflecting the latest advancements in materials, methodologies, and tools. These two technologies continue to...
30 October 2017
Rethinking CTBUH's Height Criteria in the Context of Tall Timber
Recent developments in the design and construction of progressively taller buildings using engineered timber as a structural material raise important questions about the language that...
16 March 2017
Building Tall Skyscraper Lecture Series: How High Can We Go?
Thursday, March 16, 2017. Chicago, United States of America. Hosted in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the first lecture of the series Building Tall...
03 November 2016
Building on Unprecedented Performance: TAIPEI 101
Perhaps what is most notable about the TAIPEI 101 performance upgrade is not its complexity, but rather that the tower was already relatively efficient. All...
03 November 2016
Interview: TAIPEI 101
Joseph Chou and Freda Tsai, Taipei Financial Center Corporation, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding TAIPEI 101 in Taipei, Taiwan, the recipient of the 2016...
19 October 2016
From San Diego to Guangzhou: The Story of Marketing Tall Buildings
One of the keys to attracting buyers and tenants for a contemporary tall building is a succinct marketing strategy and a robust understanding of how...
18 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Jon Pickard
Jon Pickard of Pickard Chilton is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Jon discusses the local economic impacts of tall buildings.
18 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Hashimah Hashim
Hashimah Hashim of KLCC Property Holdings Berhad is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Hashimah discusses the master planning and development...
18 October 2016
CTBUH 2016 China Conference - Panel,"Tall Buildings and Context: How High Can We Go and Why Should We?"
Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Associates; Karl Almstead, Turner Construction Company; Andrew Nicholson, CBRE; Jon Pickard, Pickard Chilton; Ian Smith,...
17 October 2016
Mega Size Mixed-Use Projects: Redefining Vertical Urbanism
Monday October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Dennis Poon of Thornton Tomasetti, presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 4c: Structural & Geotechnic Engineering. As the...
Research
22 December 2023
Remembering Charles H. Thornton, 2012 Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Awardee
Charles Thornton & Richard Tomasetti
This edition of Talking Tall is an interview from the CTBUH archives. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat would like to remember Charles...
16 May 2023
The Economics of Record-Breaking Height
Jason Barr & Peter A. Weismantle
This paper reviews the development history of record-breaking skyscrapers to better understand their economics. Given how tall they are, the supposed reason for their construction...
22 August 2022
The World’s Highest Pools: A Deep Dive
S. Isaac Work & Shawn Ursini, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Tall building design has diversified and adapted to accommodate increased demand for distinctive amenities at a range of heights. Swimming pools are a classic feature...
23 September 2020
The Structural Engineering Design And Construction Of The Tallest Building In Europe Lakhta Center, St. Peters
Ahmad Abdelrazaq, Vladimir Travush, PhD, Alexey Shakhvorostov, PhD, et al., Samsung C&T
The 2020 National Building Code of Canada (NBC) and the 2021 International Building Code (IBC) both include Tall Wood Buildings (TWB) and are hailed as...
25 June 2020
Curtain Wall Façades on the New Generation of Supertall Buildings Present and Future Directions
Sae Hwang Oh, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Beginning in the late 19th century, construction of skyscrapers spread throughout Chicago, New York City, and then the world as demand of space in buildings...
20 March 2020
Interactive Study on The Tallest 20 in 2020: Then and Now
CTBUH Research
This research paper undertakes a review of the 2012 report by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, “Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the...
20 March 2020
Tall + Urban Innovation 2020: Dominant Trends
CTBUH Research
Providing a global overview of tall building development, design and construction, the CTBUH Awards Program and related Tall + Urban Innovation Conference annually survey projects,...
28 October 2019
Aesthetics of Chinese Tall Buildings
Richard Lee, C.Y. Lee & Partners Architects/ Planners
While Western aesthetics dominate the world at this time, the rise of the East has led China to reexamine its Eurocentric view towards aesthetics. China...
28 October 2019
Fifty Years of Fire Safety In Supertall Buildings
Peter Weismantle, AS+GG; James Antell, Telgian Engineering & Consulting
As international design teams participated in the development of high-rise structures around the world, many of the concepts of fire-safe design first introduced in the...
11 October 2019
Tall Buildings in Numbers: 50 Years of Tall Building Evolution
CTBUH Research
The default image of the skyscraper for the past 50 years in the public imagination has likely been the extruded, rectilinear corporate “box,” derived from...
Global News
30 July 2020
CTBUH In The Media: The Future of Skyscrapers: A Mile High, Slimmer Than Ever and Made from Wood
History does not want for dizzying fantasies of tall buildings. From the Tower of Babel onwards, humanity has dreamed of ever-more wondrous skyscrapers, whether we...
30 July 2020
CTBUH In The Media: The Future of Skyscrapers: A Mile High, Slimmer Than Ever and Made from Wood
History does not want for dizzying fantasies of tall buildings. From the Tower of Babel onwards, humanity has dreamed of ever-more wondrous skyscrapers, whether we...
09 August 2019
Taipei 101 Damper Experienced Record Movement Due to Earthquake
The tuned mass damper in the Taipei 101 skyscraper moved 15 centimeters due to an earthquake early Thursday, 8 August, according to the building management....
08 July 2019
Plans for 101-Story Apartment Building Revealed in Moscow
The 405-meter One Tower in Moscow is set to become one of the tallest residential buildings in Europe, the deputy mayor of Moscow announced as...
CTBUH Initiatives Involving Samsung C&T Corporation
Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings
13 October 2016
The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings.
Building Movement and Damping Workshop, Shanghai 2014
16 September 2014
The Building Movement and Damping Technical Workshop reviewed some of the latest strategies and concepts for helping tall buildings avoid movement in seismic and wind events.
Samsung Senior Exec Presents on Tall-Building Tech Advances
02 October 2013
Over 60 people attended a presentation by Ahmad Abdelrazaq, CTBUH Board member and Head of Samsung's High-Rise and Complex Building Division, on using technology in building construction.
International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Vol. 1 No. 2
01 June 2012
The International Journal of High-Rise Buildings, Volume 1: Number 2 includes 8 papers focusing on pure research content and investigations in tall building design.
International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Vol. 1 No. 1
01 March 2012
The International Journal of High-Rise Buildings, Volume 1: Number 1 includes 7 papers focusing on pure research content and investigations in tall building design.
CTBUH India: High-rise Building Technology
14 January 2012
CTBUH Chairman Timothy Johnson, of NBBJ, and CTBUH Advisory Group Member Ahmad Abdelrazaq, of Samsung, recently spoke at a CTBUH seminar on building technology.
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