CTBUH 2017 INTERNATIONAL

STUDENT TALL BUILDING DESIGN COMPETITION
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is pleased to announce its 5th
International Student Tall Building Design Competition. The goal of the competition is to shed new
light on the meaning and value of tall buildings in modern society.
The age of the tall building as a single iconic piece of sculpture, standing in isolation from its
surroundings, is coming to an end. Designers have a responsibility to ensure that these permanent
urban structures engender a future-oriented urban response to the greatest challenges of our time:
unprecedented population growth; mass urbanization; climate change; environmental degradation;
social, political and economic change; and the rapid advance of myriad technical innovations.