Best High-Rises 2024/25 - by Peter Körner & Peter Cachola Schmal (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch)

While most high-rise buildings continue to be built in China and the USA, Australia and especially Singapore have recently emerged as hotspots for high-rise architecture. Furthermore, the trend toward mixed-use skyscrapers, which have repeatedly been among the finalists of The International High-Rise Award since 2014, continues unabated. Former specific features such as extensive greening or the construction of high-rise clusters have long since become standard. Due to the shortage of suitable building sites and growing environmental awareness, existing buildings are increasingly coming into focus in high-rise construction.

Best High-Rises 2024/25 presents 32 of the most exciting recently completed high-rise projects that combine sustainability, external form and internal spatial qualities, and social aspects into exemplary designs that point the way to the future. Each of these projects is comprehensively presented with photos and plans.

The International High-Rise Award is presented every two years. Previous winners include 3XN (2022), OMA (2020), Benjamín Romano (2018), BIG (2016), Stefano Boeri (2014), Ingenhoven Architects (2012), WOHA (2010), and Foster + Partners (2008).

• 20 years of The International High-Rise Award
• 32 of the most interesting recent high-rise projects worldwide in texts, plans, and photos
• new focus: conversion of existing high-rises

About the Author

Peter Körner studied interior design at Hochschule RheinMain. Since 2010, he has been working in architectural communication and as a freelance curator at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (including The International High-Rise Award 2010-2024).

Peter Cachola Schmal is an architect, curator, and architectural publicist. Since 2000, he has been a curator at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum and its managing director since 2006. He was the Commissioner General of the German Pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2016.