CTBUH 8th World Congress

The CTBUH ,Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, based at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, is an international not-for-profit organization founded in 1969 supported by architecture, engineering, planning, development and construction professionals, designed to facilitate exchanges among those involved in all aspects of the planning, design, construction and operation of tall buildings. The CTBUH holds World Congresses every 3 - 5 years.

With 954 people from 43 countries in attendance to witness over 100 presentations from the world’s experts in all disciplines of tall buildings – as well as engage in building technical tours, the accompanying exhibition and numerous social-networking events – this was, without a shadow of a doubt, the Council’s most successful congress in its 40-year history. The title of the Congress – “Tall & Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future” – set the scene for the three days, with papers ranging from global and urban-scale sustainability, through individual building design approaches and case studies, to the detailed technical considerations of sustainable technologies such as harnessing wind and solar energy in tall buildings.

Architect David Fisher was invited to present his Rotating Tower among many of the world’s foremost thinkers in both tall buildings and urban sustainability.