The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has named two SOM projects as 2022 Award of Excellence winners.  

The Hangzhou GT Land Jumeriah was recognized in the Structural Engineering category for its geometrically radical form and precise composition. The three structures–a seven-story retail podium, a 26-story residential building, and a 43-story office tower and luxury hotel–comprise this large scale mixed-use building. The intricately connected, yet distinct forms are the result of a rigorously collaborative architectural and engineering process. 

In the CTBUH Awards Innovation category, the design methodology, “Responsive Tendon Patterns – PT Optimization” was recognized for its potential influence on the future of tall building construction. SOM has found a novel approach to determining the arrangement of certain structural elements which enables the use of a concrete framing system with lower embodied carbon than traditional systems. The approach has been successfully applied to several SOM-designed buildings.

The CTBUH Annual Awards recognize projects that have made significant contributions to the advancement of tall buildings and the urban environment, and that achieve sustainability at the highest level.