The office tower “Torre Reforma” in Mexico city, according to experts, the most innovative skyscraper in the world: The L. Benjamín Romano designed the building received the International highrise award in 2018.
The building was “a masterly expression of a new reflection on the high house”, it was said at the announcement on Thursday. The 246-Meter-high office tower will bring Mexico’s capital city “on the map of the world’s pioneering high-rise architecture”.
The award is endowed with 50,000 euros. You will be awarded since 2004 every two years by the city of Frankfurt, Deutsches architekturmuseum and DekaBank. The high-rise building, reminiscent of an obelisk, or an open book, builds on the design of the Aztecs. Particularly, the Jury was impressed by the structure of a concept: It gives the tower the appearance, but also earthquake-proof.
The building embody everything had set itself the architect himself to the Jojobet destination: sustainability, state of the art technology and well-structured spaces. The Mexican architect place value on careful planning, quality materials and perfect Details.
36 high-rise buildings from 15 countries house price in 2018 for the International High has been nominated. The building must be at least 100 metres and must be a maximum of two years old – approximately 1000 building, had come, according to the Museum of architecture in question. In August, the Jury announced five finalists. Next to the “Torre Reforma” also included the “Maha Nakhon” Ole Scheeren in Bangkok, the “Beirut Terraces” of Herzog & de Meuron in Lebanon, the “Chaoyang Park Plaza” by MAD Architects in Beijing and the “Oasia Hotel Downtown” of WOHA in Singapore.
Starting on Saturday is to be seen in the German Museum of architecture the exhibition “Best HighRises 2018/19” about the candidates of the International highrise award (3.11.2018-3.3.2019).
dpa