Exhibition

BEST HIGH-RISES 2024/25 – International High-Rise Award The DAM as a guest at the Museum Angewandte Kunst

14 November 2024 – 12 January 2025

Foto/Photo: Moritz Bernoully

BEST HIGH-RISES 2024/25 presented 31 of the most exciting recently completed high-rise projects that combine sustainability, external form and internal spatial qualities, and social aspects into exemplary designs that point the way to the future.

The exhibition presented all nominated buildings for the International High-Rise Award. The winning project CapitaSpring in Singapore by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group and CRA – Carlo Ratti Associati, and the finalists IQON Residences in Quito by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, Shenzhen Women and Children’s Center and Valley in Amsterdam, both by MVRDV and Bunker Tower in Eindhoven by Powerhouse Company were documented in the show by means of models, large-scale photos, drawings, texts and films.

While most high-rise buildings continue to be built in China and the USA, Australia and especially Singapore have recently emerged as hotspots for high-rise architecture. Furthermore, the trend toward mixed-use skyscrapers, which have repeatedly been among the finalists of the International High-Rise Award since 2014, continues unabated. Former specific features such as extensive greening or the construction of high-rise clusters have long since become standard. Due to the shortage of suitable building sites and growing environmental awareness, existing buildings are increasingly coming into focus in high-rise construction.

The International High-Rise Award is awarded every two years and is considered one of the world’s most important architectural prizes for high-rise buildings. Since 2004, it has been jointly awarded by the City of Frankfurt am Main, the Deutsches Architekturmuseum and DekaBank, and 2024 was the eleventh time it has been presented.

Further information on the International High-Rise Award and the nominated projects can be found here.