Feb 4

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AR MIPIM 2010 Future Projects Awards- Tall Buildings winner

Tall buildings winner Perkins+Will
Garden Tower, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the Al-Birr Foundation

Winner Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

This was an unexpected and welcome example of high rise building which had a dynamic relationship between plan and section. The controlled external form is environmentally responsive projecting internal voids which dramatically expand the experience of the building.

This 30-storey tower – headquarters of the Al-Birr Foundation – has 1,000 and 1,200m2 floorplates and features a continuous ground level to roof hanging garden.

The external enclosure is 
made from lightweight glass-impregnated photocatalytic precast concrete supplemented with fly ash. This is not only designed as a structural support but, with a largely transparent north elevation and an almost opaque south elevation, it serves to control solar and 
heat gain.

The overall winner of the awards was Jean Nouvel’s One New Change

See the Highly Commended projects

The awards will be presented at the MIPIM AR Future Projects Awards 2010 Awards ceremony and dinner at Palm Beach Casino, Cannes

If you have entered the awards or you are visiting the MIPIM exhibition in Cannes then make sure you book your table for the Awards night and let us take care of your evening.

The ceremony and dinner will be held on 17 March 2010 at the Palm Beach Casino. A coach will provide travel to and from the venue to take the stress out of planning your evening.

• 7:15pm Drinks Reception
• 8:00pm Dinner
• 9:15pm Awards
• 10:00pm Carriages

This is your chance to network with the finest names in architecture and celebrate new architectural thinking.

For more information or to book a table please visit the website or call Leah Stoker on +44 (0)20 7728 3743.

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