Worldwide, a growing proportion of residential development is in tall buildings.
However, designing beautiful tall buildings is challenging. The combination of structural limitations and vertical repetition often leads to tall buildings not being as successful aesthetically as other built forms. Tall buildings are also frequently subject to objections from the community, who point out concerns about their aesthetics and rigidity.
We are looking to learn from great real-life examples of beautiful tall buildings.
Is there a tall residential building that makes you pause and take a longer look? Take a photo or snap a screenshot from Google Street View and enter it into our competition for a chance to win CAD $500.
The intent of this competition is to build a catalogue of well-designed tall buildings that look great in real-life (and not just in artist impressions!) from across the world.