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Tishman Speyer operates in 41 markets, 10 countries and 4 continents. Since its inception in 1978, TS has acquired, developed and operated over 370 projects totaling over 133.8 million square feet, and has assembled a property portfolio in excess of US $73.0 billion in total value across the United States, Europe, Latin America, India and China. TS has over 1,550 real estate professionals and support staff worldwide and serves the space needs of over 2,300 tenants worldwide. Signature assets include New York’s Rockefeller Center, Chrysler Center and Yankee Stadium, Frankfurt’s MesseTurm and OpernTurm, São Paulo’s Torre Norte, and Ventura Corporate Towers in Rio de Janeiro. Currently, TS has projects in different stages of development in major cities around the world, including Brasília, Chengdu, Frankfurt, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, San Francisco and Suzhou.
Developer; Financial Industry; Owner (Buildings, Land); Property Management
Chrysler Building, New York City
The Franklin - North Tower, Chicago
Comcast Building, New York City
MetLife Building, New York City
500 West Monroe Street, Chicago
520 Madison Avenue, New York City
575 Market Street, San Francisco
Concordia Corporate, Nova Lima
The Franklin - South Tower, Chicago
The Atrium Serviced Apartments, Chengdu
International Building, New York City
The Atrium Residences, Chengdu
Ventura Corporate Towers, Rio de Janeiro
One Rockefeller Plaza, New York City
555 Mission Street, San Francisco
650 California Street, San Francisco
Rochaverá Corporate Tower C, São Paulo
One Gotham Center, New York City
Three Gotham Center, New York City
Florida Penthouses A, São Paulo
The Infinity II, San Francisco
Northern Trust Building, Chicago
595 Market Street, San Francisco
1270 Avenue of the Americas, New York City
Tower Bridge Corporate, São Paulo
600 Fifth Avenue, New York City
Florida Penthouses B, São Paulo
The Atrium Office Tower, Chengdu
Mellon Bank Center, Los Angeles
222 East 41st Street, New York City
11 West 42nd Street, New York City
222 Second Street, San Francisco
Three Alliance Center, Atlanta
525 West Monroe Street, Chicago
300 Park Avenue, New York City
Two Gotham Center, New York City
Second & Seneca Building, Seattle
AQWA Corporate, Rio de Janeiro
One Bush Street, San Francisco
Simon & Schuster Building, New York City
Court Square Place, New York City
Two Court Square, New York City
10 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City
Bank of America Building, New York City
375 Hudson Street, New York City
Duo Alto de Pinheiros I, São Paulo
Duo Alto de Pinheiros II, São Paulo
Duo Design Morumbi - Tower 1, São Paulo
Duo Design Morumbi - Tower 2, São Paulo
Duo Design Morumbi - Tower 3, São Paulo
Torre Araucária, São Paulo
Torre Jacarandá, São Paulo
Torre Jatobá, São Paulo
Torre Jequitibá, São Paulo
Membership Level
Gold
Member Since
1982
Member Offices
Shanghai
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1 |
1930 |
318.9 m / 1,046 ft |
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2 |
2022 |
317.3 m / 1,041 ft |
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3 |
1989 |
306.9 m / 1,007 ft |
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4 |
1933 |
259.1 m / 850 ft |
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5 |
1990 |
256.5 m / 842 ft |
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6 |
1987 |
248.1 m / 814 ft |
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7 |
1963 |
246.3 m / 808 ft |
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8 |
1992 |
230.5 m / 756 ft |
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9 |
2022 |
196 m / 643 ft |
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10 |
2020 |
190.8 m / 626 ft |
Sophisticated, distinctive, and transformative, Hearst Tower has profoundly impacted the skyscraper typology through its first decade of existence. Rarely has a tower so successfully integrated...
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1 |
- |
549 m / 1,800 ft |
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2 |
1930 |
319 m / 1,046 ft |
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3 |
2022 |
317 m / 1,041 ft |
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4 |
1989 |
307 m / 1,007 ft |
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5 |
- |
277 m / 910 ft |
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6 |
1933 |
259 m / 850 ft |
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7 |
1990 |
257 m / 842 ft |
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8 |
1987 |
248 m / 814 ft |
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9 |
1963 |
246 m / 808 ft |
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10 |
1992 |
231 m / 756 ft |
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11 |
- |
229 m / 752 ft |
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12 |
2022 |
196 m / 643 ft |
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13 |
2020 |
191 m / 626 ft |
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14 |
2009 |
190 m / 623 ft |
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15 |
2019 |
190 m / 623 ft |
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16 |
1992 |
183 m / 600 ft |
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17 |
2006 |
182 m / 597 ft |
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18 |
2018 |
177 m / 581 ft |
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19 |
1982 |
176 m / 577 ft |
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20 |
1987 |
175 m / 573 ft |
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20 |
1975 |
175 m / 573 ft |
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22 |
2013 |
170 m / 558 ft |
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23 |
2009 |
170 m / 558 ft |
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24 |
2018 |
170 m / 556 ft |
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25 |
1929 |
169 m / 555 ft |
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26 |
1975 |
169 m / 553 ft |
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27 |
2017 |
167 m / 547 ft |
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28 |
1992 |
164 m / 538 ft |
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29 |
1987 |
159 m / 520 ft |
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29 |
1983 |
159 m / 520 ft |
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31 |
1976 |
159 m / 520 ft |
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32 |
1999 |
158 m / 518 ft |
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33 |
2015 |
157 m / 515 ft |
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34 |
1935 |
156 m / 512 ft |
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35 |
2012 |
155 m / 509 ft |
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36 |
2018 |
153 m / 501 ft |
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37 |
2010 |
151 m / 497 ft |
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38 |
1992 |
151 m / 494 ft |
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39 |
1937 |
149 m / 489 ft |
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40 |
2008 |
148 m / 487 ft |
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41 |
2018 |
143 m / 471 ft |
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42 |
2005 |
143 m / 469 ft |
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43 |
1964 |
142 m / 466 ft |
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44 |
1990 |
138 m / 452 ft |
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45 |
2012 |
134 m / 440 ft |
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46 |
1961 |
134 m / 439 ft |
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47 |
2022 |
133 m / 436 ft |
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48 |
1999 |
132 m / 432 ft |
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49 |
2019 |
130 m / 427 ft |
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49 |
2019 |
130 m / 427 ft |
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51 |
2020 |
130 m / 425 ft |
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52 |
2008 |
129 m / 422 ft |
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53 |
2009 |
128 m / 420 ft |
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54 |
1974 |
127 m / 415 ft |
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55 |
1979 |
125 m / 410 ft |
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56 |
1932 |
125 m / 409 ft |
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57 |
2012 |
124 m / 407 ft |
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58 |
2015 |
122 m / 400 ft |
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59 |
- |
122 m / 400 ft |
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60 |
1952 |
122 m / 399 ft |
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61 |
2009 |
121 m / 395 ft |
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62 |
2008 |
120 m / 393 ft |
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63 |
2012 |
119 m / 390 ft |
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64 |
2010 |
116 m / 381 ft |
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64 |
2010 |
116 m / 381 ft |
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66 |
1982 |
114 m / 375 ft |
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67 |
2002 |
114 m / 375 ft |
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68 |
1927 |
113 m / 370 ft |
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69 |
2015 |
113 m / 370 ft |
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70 |
2011 |
110 m / 361 ft |
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71 |
1983 |
110 m / 360 ft |
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72 |
2017 |
107 m / 351 ft |
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73 |
2015 |
107 m / 350 ft |
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74 |
2008 |
107 m / 350 ft |
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75 |
- |
107 m / 350 ft |
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76 |
1990 |
105 m / 344 ft |
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77 |
1926 |
104 m / 342 ft |
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78 |
1983 |
101 m / 330 ft |
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79 |
1955 |
100 m / 328 ft |
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80 |
2011 |
100 m / 327 ft |
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81 |
1969 |
96 m / 315 ft |
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82 |
1991 |
96 m / 315 ft |
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83 |
2017 |
95 m / 312 ft |
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84 |
1973 |
94 m / 308 ft |
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85 |
1959 |
94 m / 308 ft |
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86 |
1992 |
93 m / 306 ft |
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87 |
1991 |
92 m / 301 ft |
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88 |
- |
90 m / 295 ft |
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89 |
1939 |
85 m / 277 ft |
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90 |
- |
77 m / 254 ft |
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91 |
2006 |
74 m / 241 ft |
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92 |
- |
73 m / 240 ft |
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93 |
2007 |
71 m / 234 ft |
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94 |
1940 |
70 m / 228 ft |
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95 |
1938 |
70 m / 228 ft |
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96 |
1989 |
64 m / 210 ft |
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97 |
- |
58 m / 190 ft |
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98 |
2021 |
55 m / 181 ft |
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99 |
2016 |
51 m / 168 ft |
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100 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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101 |
2008 |
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101 |
2008 |
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103 |
1989 |
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104 |
2011 |
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105 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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105 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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105 |
- |
- m / - ft |
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105 |
2013 |
- m / - ft |
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105 |
2013 |
- m / - ft |
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105 |
2013 |
- m / - ft |
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105 |
2013 |
- m / - ft |
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105 |
2013 |
- m / - ft |
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105 |
2013 |
- m / - ft |
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105 |
2013 |
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105 |
2013 |
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105 |
2013 |
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105 |
2013 |
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105 |
2013 |
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105 |
2014 |
- m / - ft |
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120 |
2009 |
- m / - ft |
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121 |
2021 |
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122 |
2014 |
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2015 |
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2017 |
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124 |
2019 |
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126 |
2021 |
- m / - ft |
150 m+ Buildings
300 m+ Buildings
Average Building Age*
28 Years
Most Common Function*
Office (60%), 70 Buildings
Most Common Material*
Concrete (58%), 57 Buildings
* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.
*Based on 116 Completed & Under Construction Buildings
NOTE: Construction start time is not available for all buildings. The average construction time is only displayed if there is three or more buildings with construction start and complete data in that year.
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06 June 2017
CTBUH New York hosted a series of presentations and a tour at the construction site of One Vanderbilt, which will rise to 427 meters when completed in 2021.
16–21 October 2016
Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism takes place progressively across three Chinese cities: Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong.
13–20 June 2016
The CTBUH Atlanta Chapter hosted two hardhat tours of Three Alliance Center, the largest office building currently under construction in the city.
28 October 2015
CTBUH 2015 delegates toured the Rockefeller Center which the tour predominantly focused on discovering what happens “backstage” at one of the most famous tall building complexes.
26–30 October 2015
After a post-recession hiatus in tall building construction in many countries lasting several years, numerous cities are again resurgent.
17–21 November 2014
Plans for the 2015 Conference in New York are now well underway, beginning with an initial meeting of the Steering Committee at the Bank of America Tower Nov. 18.
16–19 September 2014
The survival of humanity relies on a radical repositioning of our cities to develop them beyond a collection of disparate icons, towards a vision of a Sustainable Vertical Urbanism.
18 October 2012
Never predictable, never simplistic, Helmut Jahn has developed a complex portfolio of iconic buildings around the world. Standout projects include the Sony Center in Berlin, Xerox Center in Chicago, Liberty Place in Philadelphia and the MGM Veer Towers in Las Vegas. Once defined as a modernist, he broke away from rigid labels to create his own blends of efficient structures, paving the way for a new era of sustainable buildings.
21 September 2012
See the highlights from the third day of the CTBUH 2012 Shanghai Congress including the plenary on the past, present, and future World's Tallest Buildings.
19–21 September 2012
That the 21st Century will be the age of the Asian Skyscraper seems indisputable. Already, the past two decades have witnessed a major shift in tall buildings from west to east.
25 October 2007
The CTBUH 6th Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held immediately after the afternoon Symposium in nearby S.R. Crown Hall.
17 November 2004
The CTBUH 3rd Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held in S. R. Crown Hall, located on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus.
16 October 2003
The CTBUH 2nd Annual awards ceremony and dinner was held in S. R. Crown Hall, located on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus.
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