Tall Buildings

"Published in conjunction with the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), the Illinois Institute of Technology, and Tongji University, Shanghai.

This second edition of Designing Tall Buildings, an accessible reference that guides the reader through the fundamental principles of designing high-rises, features two new chapters, 400 images, worked examples, concept sidebars, and updated codes.

Provides the technical development and special design features used for the latest tall and super tall buildings worldwide-written by the original building planners and designers

The book deals with the geotechnical analysis and design of foundation systems for high-rise buildings and other complex structures with a distinctive soil-structure interaction.

Highlighting the best tall building construction from 2013, Best Tall Buildings presents those projects with the most innovative design, and those which advance the profile of the tall building as an integrated sustainable element in cities across the world.

A team of over fifty experts address all the issues of building tall from the procurement stage, through the design and construction process, to new technologies and the building's contribution to the urban habitat.

This is the first book to address the design of outrigger systems, which are now widely used in tall buildings. Using technical data, colour illustrations, and detailed diagrams from well-known tall buildings in countries including the USA, China, and Australia, the reader is shown how outriggers provide design solutions.