Al Bahr Towers wins the CTBUH 2012 “Innovation Award”

December 29, 2015

18 Oct. 2012

At the Awards 2012 Symposium held in the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA, the Al Bahr Towers won the “Innovation Award” in the 2012 CTBUH (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat) Awards Program.

“The facade has an interactive relationship to the environment which is reminiscent to the opening of a morning glory flower to the sun.” – Richard Cook, CTBUH 2012 Awards Chair, Cook+Fox Architects

“The dynamic facade on Al Bahar, computer-controlled to respond to optimal solar and light conditions, has never been achieved on this scale before. In addition, the expression of this outer skin seems to firmly root the building in its cultural context.” – Chris Wilkinson, Awards Juror, Wilkinson Eyre Architects