Awards names ‘best’ tall building of 2024

The 140m-high Pan Pacific Orchard opened its doors in June 2023. Image: Pan Pacific Orchard

Winners were also announced in five regional categories, four height categories, a special global icon award, and a dozen other functional categories at the organisation’s annual international conference, themed New or Renew: The Density Dilemma, which was held in London and Paris.

Judges said that Pan Pacific Orchard “stands out as a beacon of Singapore’s environmental vision.”

The project’s ‘hotel in nature’ concept transforms the traditional high-rise into a vertical green space, with multiple terraced gardens and water features integrated into the building, achieving a green plot ratio of more than 300%.

“Pan Pacific Orchard represents the best in responsible vertical urbanism today,” said CTBUH CEO Javier Quintana de Uña. “It does so by considering the question at the very core of this year’s conference – New or Renew? – from a more encompassing and nuanced perspective: this isn’t a building refurbishment; it’s about reimagining entire communities in novel, forward-thinking ways.”

CTBUH 2024 Award of Excellence Category Winners:

Best Tall Building (BTB) Worldwide: Pan Pacific Orchard, Singapore

BTB Under 100 meters: T3 Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia

BTB 100–199 meters: Pan Pacific Orchard, Singapore

BTB 200–299 meters: 8 Bishopsgate, London, UK

BTB 300 meters and above: Brooklyn Tower, New York City, US

BTB Americas: Boston University Center for Computing & Data Sciences, Boston, US