Burj Khalifa crowned best tall building in the ME

The Burj Khalifa has been named the ME's Best Tall Building by the American Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Picture: Martin Rose, Getty.

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Dubai's Burj Khalifa has been crowned best tall building of 2010 by the US-based body that ranks the world's highest towers.

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) announces four winners every year, one from the Americas, Asia and Australiasia, Europe and the Middle East and Africa.

CTBUH said that the Burj Khalifa, currently the tallest building in the world, was selected for its design and technical innovations, sustainable attributes, and the enhancement it provides to both the cities and the lives of their inhabitants.

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The other winners were the Bank of America Tower, New York (Americas); The Pinnacle at Duxton, Singapore (Asia and Australasia) and Broadcasting Place, Leeds (Europe). All four buildings will be recognised at the CTBUH 9th Annual Awards Ceremony in Chicago in October, when one of them will be selected as overall winner.

The judging panel had an unprecedented number of entries this year. It was led by awards chairman, Gordon Gill of Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture and included Ahmad Abdelrazaq, from Samsung, Bruce Kuwabara, from KPMB Architects, Peter Murray, from Wordsearch, Matthias Schuler, from Transolar, Mun Summ Wong, from WOHA and Antony Wood, from CTBUH.

The CTBUH, based at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, is an international organization sponsored by architecture, engineering, planning and construction professionals, designed to facilitate exchanges among those involved in all aspects of the planning, design, construction and operation of tall buildings.