International High-Rise Award

The International High-Rise Award (German: Internationaler Hochhaus Preis) is an international award in architectural design. The award is bestowed to "a structure that combines exemplary sustainability, external shape and internal spatial quality, not to mention social aspects, to create a model design."

Initiated in 2003 by the City of Frankfurt, German Architecture Museum and DekaBank it is granted in Frankfurt am Main every two years.^[1] The prize, a statuette by artist Thomas Demand and EUR 50,000 is awarded to the planners and developers jointly.

Recipient 2022: Quay Quarter Tower, Sydney

Recipient 2024: CapitaSpring, Singapore

Recipients

Year	Recipients	Image
2020	Norra Tornen, Stockholm, Sweden Architects: OMA Developer: Oscar Properties
2018	Torre Reforma, Mexico City, Mexico Architects: L. Benjamín Romano, Developer: Fondo Hexa
2016	VIA 57 West, New York City, United States Architects: Bjarke Ingels Group, Developer: The Durst Organization
2014	Bosco Verticale, Milan, Italy Architects: Stefano Boeri Architetti, Barreca & La Varra Developer: Hines Italia SGR S.p.A.
2012	1 Bligh Street, Sydney, Australia Architects: Ingenhoven Architects, Architectus Developer: DEXUS
2010	The Met, Bangkok, Thailand Architects: WOHA, Singapore, Tandem Architects, Bangkok Client: Pebble Bay Thailand Co. Ltd., Singapore
2008	Hearst Tower, New York City, United States Architects: Foster and Partners, London Client: Hearst Corporation, New York
2006	Torre Agbar, Barcelona, Spain Architects: Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Paris, France, with B720, Fermin Vasquez, Barcelona, Spain Client: Layetana Developments, Barcelona, Spain
2004	Hoftoren, The Hague, Netherlands Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PA, London Developer: ING Vastgoed, The Hague

Bibliography

• Michaela Busenkell (Hrsg.), Peter Cachola Schmal (Hrsg.): Best Highrises 2012/2013: Internationaler Hochhauspreis / The International Highrise Award 2012. Katalog zur Ausstellung im Deutschen Architekturmuseum Frankfurt am Main vom 17. November 2012 bis 13. Januar 2013. Edition Detail, München 2012, ISBN 978-3-920034-70-6.