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Best High-Rises 2026/27

International High-Rise Award 2026/27 – The Nominees

The buildings nominated for the International High-Rise Award 2026/27 have now been announced: they have been selected from more than 1,000 new high-rises worldwide dating from the past two years. In autumn, the five finalists will be announced. Then, on November 3, 2026, the winner of the International High-Rise Award (IHA) will be presented in the Paulskirche (St. Paul’s Church) in Frankfurt/Main.

The award has been organized jointly by the City of Frankfurt/Main, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) and DekaBank since 22 years. It was initiated in response to the global boom in the key discipline of high-rise buildings that has been observable since the start of the new millennium.

The DAM’s research in this year confirmed the ongoing trend seen in favor of mixed-use high-rises, a form of tall building that since 2014 has repeatedly been in evidence among the IHRA finalists. What were in the past special features such as buildings completely clad in greenery or the construction of clusters of towers have long since become part of the new normal. As a result of the lack of suitable construction sites and the growing eco-awareness, the focus in high-rise construction is increasingly on the use of existing buildings.

While the majority of tall buildings continue to be erected in China, followed by the USA and Australia, at present South America, including Argentina and Brasil as well as Singapore have emerged as exciting hubs of high-rise architecture.
In the final instance, 30 projects from 12 different countries were nominated for the long list of

Press Meeting: November 3, 2026, 11 a.m. (with accraditation)
Award Ceremony: November 3, 2026, Paulskirche Frankfurt andLivestream
Exhibition: 3 November 2026 – April 4, 2027

Press information IHA 2026/27 THE NOMINEES (July 1, 2026)

Copyrights IHP 2026/27 THE NOMINEES

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BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

Adamo-Faiden, Buenos Aires, Argentina Huergo 475 Tower, Buenos Aires, Argentina Photo: Javier Agustín Rojas

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

Aedas, Hong Kong, China Shenzhen Transsion Holdings Headquarters, Shenzhen, China Photo: Markus Oleniuk

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Paris, France Tencent Tower, Guangzhou, China Photo: Archiposition

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

Bates Smart, Brisbane, Australia Indi Sydney, Sydney, Australia Photo: Felix Mooneeram

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, New York NY, USA The Brook, Brooklyn NY, USA Photo: Jeff Goldberg/Esto

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

Büro Ole Scheeren, Berlin, Germany The Axiom, Shanghai, China Photo: Xiaobin Lv

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

COX Architecture, Melbourne, Australia 130 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia Photo: Peter Clarke

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

cma cyrus moser architekten, Frankfurt / Main, Germany Europa-Allee-Tower, Frankfurt / Main, Germany Photo: Adrian Schulz

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

DMAA Delugan Meissl Associated Architects, Vienna, Austria Vienna Twentytwo, Vienna, Austria Photo: Lukas Schaller

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

FK Architects, Southbank, Australia Merdeka 118, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Photo: Wordsearch

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

Fitzpatrick + Partners, Sydney, Australia 88 Walker, Sydney, Australia Photo: Tyrone Branigan

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

Foster + Partners, London, UK 270 Park Avenue, New York NY, USA Photo: Nigel Young/Foster + Partners

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

gmp · von Gerkan, Marg und Partner Architects, Berlin, Germany CITIC International Building, Shenzhen, China Photo: CreatAR Images

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

Jaspers-Eyers Architects, Brussels, Belgium; 51N4E, Brussels, Belgium; l’AUC, Paris, France ZIN, Brussels, Belgium Photo: Jaspers-Eyers Architects/Philippe Van Gelooven

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

Kohn Pedersen Fox, New York NY, USA 660 Fifth Avenue, New York NY, USA Photo: Raimund Koch

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

Kohn Pedersen Fox, New York NY, USA One Madison Avenue, New York NY, USA Photo: Raimund Koch

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

MVRDV, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ADDP architects, Singapore Irwell Hill Residences, Singapore Photo: Finbarr Fallon. Image courtesy of MVRDV

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

NBBJ Los Angeles CA, USA vivo Smartphone Headquarters, Shenzhen, China Photo: Kris Provoost

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NIKKEN SEKKEI, Tokyo, Japan; Heerim Architects & Planners, Seoul, South Korea HD Hyundai Global R&D Center, Sungnam, South Korea Photo: NIKKEN SEKKEI; Yongkwan Kim

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

OMA Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Hong Kong, China JOMOO Headquarters, Xiamen, China Photo: Chen Hao, courtesy OMA

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Genoa, Italy; Lend Lease Design, Sydney, Australia; PTW Architects, Sydney, Australia One Sydney Harbour, Sydney, Australia Photo: Hamish McIntosh

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

schneider + schumacher, Frankfurt / Main, Germany Hetao Innovation Center, Shenzhen, China Photo: SZAD

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

Serie Architects, London, UK; Multiply Architects, Singapore One Pearl Bank, Singapore Photo: Finbarr Fallon

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SHoP Architects, New York NY, USA The Brooklyn Tower, Brooklyn NY, USA Photo: Max Touhey

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago IL, USA Greenland Hangzhou Century Center, Hangzhou, China Photo: Hangzhou Greenland

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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago Il, USA Sany IROOTECH Headquarters, Guangzhou, China Photo: Dave Burk © SOM

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

Triptyque, São Paulo, Brazil/Paris, France; Architects Office, São Paulo, Brazil AGE 360, Curitiba, Brazil Photo: Manuel Sá

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

UNStudio, Amsterdam, Netherlands EZ Parque da Cidade, São Paulo, Brazil Photo: Joana França

BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27

UNStudio, Amsterdam, Netherlands Wasl Tower, Dubai, UAE Photo: Ahmad Alnaji – SARAB

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WOHA, Singapore; Architectus, Brisbane, Australia; 443 Queen St, Brisbane, Australia Photo: Cieran Murphy

Press photos – available royalty-free for one-time, purely editorial use in direct context and for the duration of the BEST HIGH-RISES 2026/27 exhibition through April 4, 2026, provided the author is credited.

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