12 September 2024
Join CTBUH Sydney for their 2024 Walking Tour. This year’s theme is Vertical Villages - register to venture north along the recently opened Metro and experience the integration of residential, retail and transport hubs that continue to shape our neighbourhoods.
23 May 2024
Join the CTBUH Australia Chapter for this opportunity to learn more about the successful adaption of Midtown Centre in Brisbane' City Centre.
22 May 2024
The CTBUH Sydney Committee invites you to the next event in our annual Sustainability Series. Ivan Harbour from RSHP will deliver a keynote presentation providing a global perspective on what's next in sustainability and overcoming current challenges, followed by a panel discussion with local industry experts.
13 March 2024
CTBUH Sydney hosted an event on 13 March 2024 to hear from the shortlisted firms for the 175 Liverpool Street Design Excellence competition. This included teams: PTW + Furtado Sullivan; Crone + Andrew Burns; Bates Smart; Fender Katsalidis + Wong Tung; and SJB. Kindly sponsored by Arup, Oxford and Schindler.
01 November 2023
CTBUH Sydney invites you to join us as we reflect on the 2023 Annual Conference & the future of Urbanism with guest speaker Patrick Bellew.
12 September 2023
CTBUH Australia invites you to come and share in the next episode of our Design Excellence series in Sydeney as we discuss the competition design thinking for CIty Tattersalls. Please join us for cheese and wine as we hear from this influential line up of shortlisted firms at 255 Pitt Street, generously hosted by BVN.
28 June 2023
CTBUH Australia is proud to host the book launch of Biourbanism and Delivering on the Climate Emergency. These significant publications address designing for the age of climate change and the drive towards a net zero carbon built environment. Please join us for drinks and canapes as we hear from the authors Adrian McGregor and Phil Oldfield along with an influential lineup of speakers for a panel discussion.
11 May 2023
As the use of timber in buildings becomes more prevalent, the Melbourne Committee of CTBUH Australia is pleased to offer a site tour of 36 Wellington Street, Collingwood.
15 March 2023
CTBUH Sydney invites you to come and share in the next episode of our Design Excellence series as we discuss the competition design thinking for 55 Pitt Street. Join us for cheese and wine as we hear this influential line up of shortlisted firms at 200 George Street, generously hosted by Mirvac.
22 November 2022
CTBUH Sydney invites you to come and share in the next episode of our Design Excellence series for Atlassian Central.
14 October 2022
Please join us on the 2022 Sydney edition of the annual walk starting this year at Quay Quarter Tower meeting on the corner of Customs House Lane and Young Street. Please bring comfortable walking shoes and dress appropriately for changeable weather. The tour kicks off at 2pm sharp.
04 May 2022
Join CTBUH NSW for a cocktail event with keynote speakers Monica Barone, CEO, City of Sydney, and Abbie Galvin, Government Architect NSW, followed by a panel discussion with Deo Prasad, Scientia Professor at UNSW and Neil Arckless, Group Executive - Development with Lendlease.
10 November 2021
In keeping with this year’s theme of Towers and Transit, this virtual tour will bring to light new transport infrastructure projects in Central Sydney. Important note: this tour will be conducted virtually. You can follow along with the progress of the tour using the Twitter hastag #CTBUHwalks.
08–12 November 2021
The CTBUH 2021 International Conference is unlike any other, comprising CTBUH chapter events staged across multiple times zones around the world.
14 March 2020
Join CTBUH Australia to learn more about city, regional, and building design solutions that are transforming our urban centers for the future.
23 January 2020
Submit your abstract for the CTBUH Australia 2020 Symposium, a day-long event assembling the brightest thinkers in the region. Don't miss out on your chance to join this exciting event!
20 November 2019
Join the CTBUH Australia Chapter's Sydney Committee for the next episode of its Design Excellence series, featuring the competition design thinking for 10 Valentine Avenue.
30 September 2019
Join CTBUH Melbourne for a tour of Collins House, Australia's newest super slim tower. Attendees can choose from either the morning or afternoon session.
30 September 2019
CTBUH Australia hosts a site tour of the superslim Collins House, a rare opportunity to visit the building before residents move in at the end of October.
28 August 2019
Join CTBUH Australia's Melbourne Committee for a discussion on the role of specialist contractors as drivers of innovation in the construction of tall buildings.
28 August 2019
CTBUH Melbourne hosted Behind the Screen, an evening seminar on construction management, organized in collaboration with the University of Melbourne.
21 August 2019
Join the CTBUH Australia Chapter's Sydney Committee for the next installment of its Design Excellence series, as they discuss the competition design thinking for 32 Smith Street.
21 August 2019
CTBUH Australia’s Sydney Committee held the year’s final installment of its Design Excellence Series, profiling the new development proposals for 32 Smith Street.
27 June–09 August 2019
Join the CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee for the sixth annual Global Walking Tour, following the theme 50 Forward | 50 Back. Join a walk in your city!
23 May 2019
CTBUH Brisbane hosts their second Successful Cities Seminar of the year, which will feature a presentation prepared by the Office of the Queensland Government Architect.
23 May 2019
CTBUH Brisbane hosted the second installment of its Successful Cities series, discussing the QDesign initiative.
23 May 2019
The CTBUH Australia Chapter's Brisbane Committee held the second seminar in its 2019 series on the topic of QDesign.
08 May 2019
CTBUH Australia and the UNSW Built Environment present a lecture featuring Prof. Robert Freestone, who will speak on ‘Design excellence and the competition dividend in central Sydney.'
17 April 2019
Join CTBUH Australia's Melbourne Committee for a tour and presentation of 80 Collins Street, one of the largest mixed-use projects in Melbourne.
26 March 2019
Join the CTBUH Australia Chapter for their first event of the year, looking at the Design Excellence competition entries for Circular Quay Tower.
21 March 2019
Join CTBUH Australia Chapter’s Brisbane Committee for their first seminar of the year, which will discuss a new development concept for Fortitude Valley known as Valley Vision.
21 March 2019
The CTBUH Australia Chapter’s Brisbane Committee held its first seminar in the 2019 series on “Successful Cities,” featuring the Valley Vision development.
22 January 2019
Check out our monthly predictions based on our industry intelligence to see what trends and milestones will shape the industry in the year to come!
21 November 2018
Join CTBUH Sydney for a discussion on the competition design thinking for 210 George Street. Attendees will enjoy refreshments and hear from the line-up of shortlisted firms.
21 November 2018
Located in one of Melbourne’s most historic precincts, 271 Spring Street incorporates two existing heritage buildings into a single, innovative whole.
21 November 2018
For the final 2018 Design Excellence Series event, the NSW CTBUH Committee hosted the largest event of the year at the design competition for 210 George Street in Sydney.
08 November 2018
CTBUH Brisbane Committee will host a breakfast seminar on "vertical schools," which may offer a potential solution to the city's unprecedented inner-city population growth.
08 November 2018
For the fifth installment of its Emerging Queensland seminar series, the CTBUH Australia Chapter's Brisbane Committee held a discussion on the evolution of "vertical schools."
19 September 2018
Join the CTBUH Sydney Committee for the next installment in their Design Excellence Series, a discussion of the competition design thinking for Opal Tower.
13 September 2018
The CTBUH Brisbane Committee held the fourth seminar in its Emerging Queensland breakfast series on Thursday September 13, 2018. The topic of discussion was Howard Smith Wharves.
30 August 2018
Join the CTBUH Melbourne Committee for the 2018 Design of Tall Buildings Seminar, which will explore recent trends in tall building design and construction.
02 August 2018
Join the Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee for the 2018 Global Walking Tour. This year, tours will explore the role of the Tall Building in waterfronts and other natural settings.
26 July 2018
Join CTBUH Brisbane for a discussion on design considerations and structural implications of Tall Timber, focusing on the 25 King Street Development.
26 July 2018
The CTBUH Australia Chapter investigated commercial timber projects through 25 King Street, which will be the world's tallest timber office building upon completion.
20 July–07 October 2018
Join the Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee for the 2018 Global Walking Tour. This year, tours will explore the role of the Tall Building in waterfronts and other natural settings.
20 June 2018
Join the CTBUH Sydney Committee for the next installment in their Design Excellence Series, a discussion of the competition design thinking for 280 George Street.
20 June 2018
The CTBUH Sydney Committee hosted the second installment of the 2018 Design Excellence Series, a discussion of the competition design thinking for 280 George Street.
07 June 2018
CTBUH Melbourne hosted its first event of 2018, a case study of Collins Arch, composed as two buildings with linked floor plates in the center of Melbourne's Central Business District.
31 May 2018
The CTBUH Brisbane Committee recently hosted the second installment of its Emerging Queensland series, which focused on building resilient cities in South East Queensland.
28 March 2018
Join CTBUH Sydney for the launch of the 2018 Design Excellence Series, featuring presentations on luxury residential development One Sydney Park.
28 March 2018
The CTBUH Australia Chapter’s Sydney Committee relaunched its Design Excellence series with an event examining the competition entries for One Sydney Park.
01 March 2018
CTBUH Brisbane will host Emerging Queensland, an exploration of Parklands and its transformation into the Commonwealth Games 2018 Athlete Village.
01 March 2018
CTBUH Brisbane held the first of its Emerging Queensland 2018 seminars, focusing on the Commonwealth Games 2018 Parklands and Athletes Village.
20 November 2017
In the latest CTBUH Journal, explore down under in a special Australia-themed issue released in conjunction with the 2017 Conference.
31 October 2017
On the second day of the 2017 Australia Conference, all conference delegates gathered in Sydney to see Steve Watts sworn in as the next chairman of CTBUH.
31 October 2017
The winner and final rankings for the CTBUH International Student Design Competition, kindly sponsored by Woods Bagot, were determined at the 2017 CTBUH Conference in Australia.
30 October–03 November 2017
We have a responsibility to ensure that permanent urban structures engender a future-oriented urban response to the greatest challenges of our time.
29 October–03 November 2017
From October 29 to November 3, over 1,000 delegates convened in Australia to discuss the most important themes in the tall building industry.
29 October 2017
During the CTBUH 2017 Conference, the CTBUH Seismic Working Group Workshop welcomed a handful of industry experts to discuss the latest advances in performance-based seismic design.
29 October 2017
The Board of Trustees convened for the second time in 2017, just prior to the Australia Conference. This meeting marked a few significant changes to the Board.
29 October 2017
The Annual Leaders Meeting was held the day before the start of the CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference, bringing together the Council’s leaders.
29 October 2017
The CTBUH Passivhaus for High-Rise Workshop, supported by the Australian Passive House Association, convened at the University of New South Wales (UNSW).
28 October–03 November 2017
Students from the 2017–2018 CTBUH-IIT design research studio attended the 2017 CTBUH International Conference and toured Sydney.
07 September 2017
The CTBUH Australia Chapter’s Brisbane Committee held the third of its 2017 breakfast seminar series on Queensland Infrastructure.
18 August 2017
The Urban Taskforce, in partnership with CTBUH, has organized a half-day summit on the state of the art on skyscrapers across the world as a warm-up event for the 2017 CTBUH Conference.
18 August 2017
A joint venture between the Urban Taskforce and CTBUH delivered a successful “warm-up” event in advance of the CTBUH 2017 Conference in Australia on August 18, 2017.
27 July 2017
CTBUH Australia and the American Society of Civil Engineers will present their Winter 2017 Seminar in Sydney on the topic of designing tall buildings.
11 July 2017
CTBUH is pleased to announce that Lendlease has confirmed as a Diamond Sponsor and Networking Reception Host of the 2017 Conference.
26 June 2017
The CTBUH has produced its latest Tall Buildings in Numbers research study, entitled "Tall Timber: A Global Audit."
21 June–07 July 2017
The CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee organized its fourth annual Global Walking Tours, which took place in 15 cities around the world.
14 June–07 July 2017
The CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee will be holding another set of worldwide walking tours, this time focused on The Space Within.
25 May 2017
The second Queensland Infrastructure seminar will be held by CTBUH Australia's Brisbane Committee, this time discussing the new Herston Quarter Redevelopment.
25 May 2017
CTBUH Australia’s Brisbane Committee held the second of its breakfast seminars on Queensland Infrastructure, with a particular focus on the Herston Quarter.
22 May 2017
The Early Bird Registration Deadline for CTBUH 2017 is just a few days away: Friday, May 26. Register now before rates go up.
16 March 2017
CTBUH Australia's Brisbane Committee is hosting a lecture on the Anna Meares Velodrome, a 250-meter, state-of-the-art timber track with support facilities.
16 March 2017
The CTBUH Brisbane Committee held a breakfast seminar discussing infrastructure in Queensland, with a particular focus on the new Anna Mears Velodrome.
09 March 2017
CTBUH Australia welcomes CTBUH Executive Director Dr. Antony Wood for a presentation at Melbourne School of Design, exploring the present and future of vertical urbanism in the country.
07 March 2017
CTBUH Australia welcomes CTBUH Executive Director Dr. Antony Wood for a presentation at UNSW Kensington, exploring the present and future of vertical urbanism in the country.
07–09 March 2017
Executive Director Antony Wood delivered two well attended lectures in Sydney and Melbourne, organized by the respective local CTBUH committees.
06–10 March 2017
CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood traveled to Sydney and Melbourne to build support for the 2017 conference through meetings and lectures.
24 November 2016
CTBUH Australia will be hosting its Summer Forum on "The Design of Tall Buildings." The presentations will cover the most recent trends for tall building design and construction.
24 November 2016
CTBUH Brisbane held their 2016 Summer Seminar in conjunction with the ASCE. The topic of discussion was "Design of Tall Buildings."
09 November 2016
CTBUH Sydney invites you to come and share in the next episode of the Design Excellence series to discuss the entries for 8 Parramatta Square with the short-listed architects.
04 October 2016
The fourth issue of CTBUH 'UH'PDATE provides information on some of the early events and studies of the Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee.
14 September 2016
Join CTBUH Melbourne for a presentation on "Three Cities" with Karl Fender, Fender Katsalidis; Philip Vivian, Bates Smart; and Caroline Stalker, Architectus.
07 September 2016
CTBUH HQ has announced the funding of grants for CTBUH New York, in association with the New York Young Professionals Committee (YPC) and CTBUH Australia.
25 August 2016
The CTBUH UH/UD Committee organized its third annual Global Walking Tours in 13 cities around the world, examining public spaces in a twilight setting.
17 August 2016
CTBUH Sydney City Committee and UNSW Built Environment host world-renowned architect Ken Shuttleworth on a lecture titled "A Journey of Design and Discovery."
17 August 2016
CTBUH Sydney held a collaborative event with UNSW Built Environment, welcoming British architect Ken Shuttleworth, founder of Make, to Australia.
28 July 2016
Join CTBUH Brisbane for a look at Brisbane Skytower, the latest addition and tallest apartment building in the city's skyline.
28 July 2016
The CTBUH Australia Chapter’s Brisbane Committee held a particular focus on Brisbane Skytower, currently under construction, during their third breakfast seminar.
01 June 2016
Join the CTBUH Melbourne Committee for a presentation on Aviation Challenges With Tall Buildings moderated by Simon Dick, Woods Bagot.
01 June 2016
CTBUH Melbourne welcomed over 50 industry professionals to a talk on "Aviation Challenges with Building Tall."
26 May 2016
CTBUH Brisbane presents the second seminar in the Changing Face of Brisbane to discuss the growth of the city centre to realize the vision of a subtropical city with breathing buildings
26 May 2016
CTBUH Australia’s Brisbane Committee held the second of its breakfast seminars. This discussion on “The Changing Face of Brisbane" focused on 443 Queen Street.
03 April 2016
CTBUH Australia Chapter’s Brisbane Committee held the first of its breakfast seminars to discuss the Changing Face of Brisbane, with a particular focus on 180 Ann Street.
09 March 2016
The Design Excellence Competition for 60 Martin Place challenged international and local architects to design a tall building and public domain in a historic context in Sydney.
09 March 2016
CTBUH New South Waleskicked off 2016 with it's first event to celebrate the design excellence of Investa Properties’ new tower at 60 Martin Place
03 March 2016
The first breakfast seminar of 2016, Changing Face of Brisbane, examines the 180B building, featuring a representation of the Brisbane River on its façade, as it nears completion.
18 November 2015
Join CTBUH Sydney to discuss the Design Excellence competitions focusing on the recent 333 George St competition.
12 November 2015
The CTBUH Australia Chapter’s Brisbane Committee held the fourth of its Urban Regeneration Breakfast Seminars on November 12, 2015.
08 October 2015
Join CTBUH Melbourne for a presentation on the Bund Finance Centre led by Emily Phang, a partner from Foster + Partners.
17 September 2015
Following the successful 7 Cities Winter Walking Tours the Urban Habitat Committee is planning its next set of global tours in over twice as many cities.
17 September 2015
The CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee organized guided walking tours of 16 cities around the globe, focusing on urban habitats around tall buildings.
01 September 2015
CTBUH Australia is hosting a *half-day* symposium in an effort to advance their Chapter by attracting local and international developers, investors, and owners to join.
01 September 2015
CTBUH Australia held its first national symposium in Brisbane entitled “How are Cities Responding to Urbanism?” where both local and international speakers presented, including Board member Ahmed Abdelrazaq.
29 July 2015
Come and share a unique, global perspective on design competitions worldwide from Ivan Harbour, of Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners.
29 July 2015
CTBUH Sydney welcomed Ivan Harbour, of Roger Stirk Harbour + Partners, to share his thoughts and experiences with international design excellence competitions.
23 July 2015
Please join CTBUH Australia's Brisbane Committee on July 23 for an engaging breakfast seminar on the design competition for the Gold Coast Cultural Centre.
23 July 2015
More than 100 people attended an engaging presentation on the design competition for the Gold Coast Cultural Centre as part of the Urban Regeneration series.
24 June 2015
CTBUH NSW invites you to the next episode of their Design Excellence series on Sydney’s tall buildings as they discuss the competition entries for 130 Elizabeth Street
24 June 2015
The fourth Design Excellence event hosted by CTBUH NSW was held on June 24, featuring a discussion by the short-listed architects of the 130 Elizabeth Street competition
11 June 2015
Join CTBUH Melbourne for a presentation on "Making High-Rise Work" featuring Glen Pederick from Meinhardt as the moderator with three featured speakers.
11 June 2015
CTBUH Melbourne hosted their second lecture of 2015 entitled “Making High-Rises* Work,” which attracted nearly 50 industry supporters representing a wide range of expertise.
29 April 2015
Join CTBUH Sydney for a lecture on the Wynyard Place design, a 27-story office tower connected to the Wynyard Train Station.
29 April 2015
The CTBUH in New South Wales held its opening event for 2015, which was a continuation of the Design Excellence in Sydney, along with a special evening hosted by HASSELL.
28 April 2015
The third issue of CTBUH 'UH'PDATE 2015 goes over the Parramatta analysis plan, abstracts for CTBUH New York Conference and the committee member's involvement around the world.
17–19 March 2015
Green Cities 2015 explores the theme Connect – how sustainable cities are connected cites which connect people, places, and opportunities.
12 March 2015
The first Breakfast Seminar of 2015 will be on the design excellence of One Central Park. This seminar will feature speakers from PTW, Robert Bird Group and ARUP.
12 March 2015
More than 100 people attended the presentation on One Central Park, the first of CTBUH Australia's Urban Regeneration Breakfast Seminars.
05 March 2015
CTBUH Melbourne presents a free lecture on Melbourne's newest superslim towers. This lecture will feature speakers from Bates Smart, 4D Workshop and Richstone Group.
05 March 2015
“Superslims: Collins House and The Phoenix” attracted a full house, representing more than 120 industry supporters.
26 February 2015
A one day course will be held on the design and construction of buildings. This course will be led by Anil Hira and Priyan Mendis, followed by a panel discussion.
12 February–11 January 2016
World class innovation in the field of engineering will be on show in this annual exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum from February 12, 2015.
04 December 2014
Come join the Melbourne Committee for a Christmas celebration and an exciting look at upcoming events planned for 2015.
04 December 2014
CTBUH Australia Chapter, Melbourne Committee celebrated its second anniversary by hosting an informal holiday celebration.
16 November 2014
CTBUH Australia Chapter's Brisbane Committee hosted the fifth and last breakfast seminar for 2014, continuing the series theme of ”Emerging Technologies.”
06 November 2014
Join the Brisbane Committee with their fifth breakfast seminar exploring the impact emerging technology. This seminar is featuring competition entries on the Greenland Centre.
11 September 2014
The Brisbane Committee is holding their fourth breakfast seminar series exploring the impact emerging technology is having on our buildings and cities, featuring Craig Gibbons.
04 September 2014
Join the Melbourne Committee for an engaging seminar featuring speakers, Anil Hira of Buro Happold and Ryan Campbell of the Bonacci Group.
04 September 2014
The CTBUH Australia Chapter’s Melbourne Committee held its first public lecture, drawing more than 120 people to a discussion on high-rise steel and concrete.
24 July 2014
CTBUH Brisbane is holding their next breakfast seminar series exploring the impact emerging technology is having on our buildings and cities on fire safety in timber buildings.
24 July 2014
The Brisbane Committee held the 3rd of its Emerging Technologies Breakfast Seminars with José L. Torero presenting on “Should Fire Safety Limit Timber Building Height?”
23 July 2014
Explore the concepts and thinking from the short-listed designers for what will be Sydney’s tallest residential tower, Greenland Centre, 115 Bathurst Street.
23 July 2014
The Sydney Committee hosted its second successful event exploring Design Excellence with five leading architects presenting their schemes for the Greenland Centre.
30 April 2014
The Sydney chapter launch features a presentation by Ivan Harbour of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners on the recently completed 8 Chifley Square.
30 April 2014
The CTBUH in New South Wales, Australia, launched with an evening event at 8 Chifley Square - one of Sydney's newest iconic tall buildings.
05 March 2014
The first Emerging Technologies Breakfast Seminar" of the CTBUH Australia Chapter, Brisbane Committee, was attended by more than 150 people.
14 November 2013
The final seminar of 2013 series "Creating Urban Places" focused on the HASSELL + Herzog & De Meuron winning scheme for the Flinders Street Station design competition.
11 September 2013
The RNA has been the custodian of the Showgrounds for over 130 years, and this year holds its 136th Ekka at the site.
31 July 2013
Close to 70 people attended the meeting where CTBUH representatives from Melbourne presented on the history and mission of the CTBUH, and plans for upcoming events.
24 July 2013
Dr. Tim Williams, Arup and Committee for Sydney, discusses how cities by unlocking technologies can create opportunities for new sustainable modes of living and working.
05 June 2013
The spectacular urban profile of the Gold Coast's most concentrated surf-side moments is among the most distinct and idiosyncratic features of this city-region.
23 April 2013
The two speakers will provide insight into the challenges of creating functional and memorable public space within the next generation of Queensland's Public Hospitals.
01 July 2012
More than 35 City Representatives have been appointed in 13 countries as the CTBUH expands its network at a grass roots level.
09–15 November 2008
Antony Wood, Executive Director of CTBUH, reports on his visit to Australia after a week of seminars and meetings.
09–15 November 2008
During his week in Australia Executive Director Antony Wood had a chance to visit many of the tall buildings, including Riverside Center, Aurora Place, and Governor Philip Tower.
08 October 2004
CTBUH believes public skyscraper signs are a powerful and lasting way to inform the world about the official recognition of the achievements and merits of new and existing tall buildings.
13–17 August 1973
The 1973 Conference on Planning and Design of Tall Buildings was held in in Sydney, Australia for a 5 day event.
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