‘Torre Reforma’ Wins the International Highrise Award 2018
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Office building “Torre Reforma” in Mexico-City has won the 2018 International Highrise Award given by the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM).“Torre Reforma” in Mexico City/Mexico won the prize, worth EUR 50,000, for the world’s most innovative high r‘Torre Reforma’ Wins the International Highrise Award 2018
Office building “Torre Reforma” in Mexico-City has won the 2018 International Highrise Award given by the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM).“Torre Reforma” in Mexico City/Mexico won the prize, worth EUR 50,000, for the world’s most innovative high rise. Architect L. Benjamin Romano received the prize statuette and the prize money at the awards ceremony held in Frankfurt’s Paulskirche.The International Highrise Award — one of the world’s most important architectural prizes for tall buildings — is presented every two years to the project that best exemplifies the criteria of future-oriented design, functionality, innovative building technology, integration into urban development schemes, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness.The IHA prize was awarded by Dr. Ina Hartwig, the City of Frankfurt Deputy Mayor for Culture, Dr. Matthias Danne, Member of the Management Board responsible Finance, Treasury and the Property business division at DekaBank and Peter Cachola Schmal, Director of the Deutsches Architekurmuseum (DAM).The director of Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), Peter Cachola Schmal, was also impressed by the architect’s business model: “Benjamin Romano shows us that a single architect can redefine the standards of building and construction in his field and in his city. First he won investors over, who bought the plot, then he developed the scheme, invented a massive structure that defied common curtain walls and got his structural designers to follow this lead. And then he built it. We are astonished that such a holistic approach is possible today and are stunned by the awesome result. He proved to us that this approach can really be a gamechanger in certain countries.”“This award is especially valuable because it comes from my peers — architects, engineers, developers — who can appreciate not only a building on itself, but the inherent financial, structural, environmental, and normative challenges. I believe that the best architecture is the one that finds the answer to these challenges. The one that emanates from needs, context, and reality, and not only from someone’s imagination or aesthetic taste,” comments L. Benjamin Romano, Architect “Torre Reforma.”From over 1000 highrises that were commissioned worldwide over the last two years, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) nominated 36 outstanding buildings from 15 different countries.An international jury of experts consisting of architects, structural engineers, and real estate specialists selected the final five for the shortlist.The jury this year included Sean Anderson, Knut Stockhusen, Horst R. Muth, Peter Cachola Schmal, Jette Cathrin Hopp, Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Dr. Ina Hartwig, Prof. Ulrike Lauber, and Thomas Schmengler.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more