Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

Council on Tall Buildings
and Urban Habitat
AbbreviationCTBUH
Formation1969; 55 years ago (1969)
FounderLynn S. Beedle[1]
TypeNon-profit
PurposeStudies and reports on all aspects of tall buildings and urban design[2]
HeadquartersBethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S. (1969–2003)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. (2003–present)
Region served
International
Membership
Over 450,000 individuals[3]
CTBUH Chair
Steve Watts[4] of alinea Consulting
Chief Executive Officer
Javier Quintana de Uña
Websitewww.ctbuh.org

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is an international body in the field of tall buildings, including skyscrapers, and sustainable urban design. A non-profit organization[5] based at the Monroe Building in Chicago, Illinois, United States, the CTBUH announces the title of "The World's Tallest Building" and is widely considered to be an authority on the official height of tall buildings.[6][7][8][9][10] Its stated mission is to study and report "on all aspects of the planning, design, and construction of tall buildings."

The CTBUH was founded at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1969 by Lynn S. Beedle, where its office remained until October 2003 when it relocated to the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.[11]

  1. ^ "Council History". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on March 31, 2009.
  2. ^ "About the CTBUH". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
  3. ^ "CTBUH Membership". Archived from the original on March 31, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
  4. ^ "CTBUH Chair: Steve Watts". Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  5. ^ "Council releases list of Ten Tallest Building Projects for 2006". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habits. March 15, 2006. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013.
  6. ^ "Design change could jeopardize WTC becoming nation's tallest building". CNN. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
  7. ^ Brown, Eliot (April 30, 2012). "Why New York's Tallest Doesn't Measure Up". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  8. ^ "Dubai tops residential skyscrapers". Retrieved April 30, 2012.
  9. ^ "What's the Hemisphere's Tallest Residential Building? (Hint: It's Not Here)". Archived from the original on January 30, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
  10. ^ Dunlap, David W. (May 9, 2012). "World Trade Center's Symbolic 1,776-Foot Height Is at Stake in a Redesign". The New York Times. Retrieved May 9, 2012.
  11. ^ "Council History". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2012.