Emporis Skyscraper Award

The Emporis Skyscraper Award is an award for architectural excellence regarding the design of buildings and their functionality.

The award is presented annually by Emporis to the building representing the "Best new skyscraper for design and functionality". To qualify, nominated buildings must have been completed during the year of the award, and must be at least 100 meters in height. The award for each year is announced the following January and is usually presented at the following spring or summer. For 2000 and before, the award was known as the Skyscrapers.com Award.

Winners of the Emporis Skyscraper Award

Year	First place			Second place			Third place
	Building		City	Building		City	Building		City
2000	Sofitel New York Hotel		New York City	–	–	–	–	–	–
2001	One Wall Centre		Vancouver	Millennium Point		New York City	Plaza 66		Shanghai
2002	Kingdom Centre		Riyadh	Post Tower		Bonn	111 Huntington Avenue		Boston
2003	30 St Mary Axe		London	Highcliff		Hong Kong	Skybridge		Chicago
2004	Taipei 101		Taipei	Torre Agbar		Barcelona	World Tower		Sydney
2005	Turning Torso		Malmö	Q1		Gold Coast	Montevideo Tower		Rotterdam
2006	Hearst Tower		New York City	The Wave		Gold Coast	Eureka Tower		Melbourne
2007	Het Strijkijzer		The Hague	Newton Suites		Singapore	Ontario Tower		London
2008	Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower		Tokyo	Boutique Monaco	–	Seoul	Shanghai World Financial Center		Shanghai
2009	Aqua		Chicago	O-14	–	Dubai	The Met		Bangkok
2010	Hotel Porta Fira		Barcelona	Burj Khalifa		Dubai	Tour CMA CGM		Marseille
2011	8 Spruce Street		New York	Al Hamra Tower		Kuwait City	Etihad Towers		Abu Dhabi
2012	Absolute World Towers		Mississauga	Al Bahr Towers		Abu Dhabi	Burj Qatar		Doha
2013	The Shard		London	DC Tower 1		Vienna	Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort		Huzhou
2014	Wangjing SOHO		Beijing	Bosco Verticale		Milan	Tour D2		Courbevoie

See also

• Emporis
• List of architecture prizes

External links

• Emporis Awards Official Site