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Asia Financial Centers & AIIB Headquarters
Double award for gmp at the CTBUH Awards
The new Asia Financial Center & AIIB Headquarters building in Beijing was a double success at this year's Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Awards: the building received an Award of Excellence in the category "Best Tall Building under 100 meters" and was also named the winner of the overall category "Best Tall Building Asia".
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Each year, the CTBUH Awards recognize projects " that have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of tall buildings and the urban environment" while exemplifying sustainability at the highest level. Awards are presented in more than 20 categories.
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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, AIIB, is the first multilateral development bank with head office in China. The 83-meter-high building forms the end of the north-south axis through Beijing's Olympic Park and is located in the direct vicinity of the National Stadium and the National Convention Center. Conceptually, the building appears as a composition of stacked meanders that, as a courtyard building on a large scale, form a continuum of open spaces and interconnecting views that merge into one another, with a building-high atrium in the center.
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In the short planning and construction period of only four years, the building was also able to achieve maximum standards in ecological terms. It has already received the national 3-star certificate, the highest certification level for ecologically sustainable buildings in China, as well as the LEED Platinum certificate.
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