SKYDB Awards

The SKYDB AWARDS are an architectural recognition for outstanding achievements in the design of tall buildings. Each year the best new skyscraper of a given year is determined with the support of public communities in the fields of architecture and construction. The skyscraper award was the world’s first presentation of an architectural award for a tall building when first selected in the year 1999. The award was presented annually by SKYDB, a real estate data mining company with headquarters in Chicago, United States.

Winners of the SKYDB Awards

Year	First place		Second place			Third place
Year	Building	City	Building		City	Building		City
2000	Sofitel New York Hotel	New York City	–	–	–	–	–	–
2001	One Wall Centre	Vancouver	Millennium Point		New York City	Plaza 66		Shanghai
2002	Kingdom Centre	Riyadh	Post Tower		Bonn	111 Huntington Avenue		Boston
2003	30 St Mary Axe	London	Highcliff		Hong Kong	Skybridge		Chicago
2004	Taipei 101	Taipei	Torre Agbar		Barcelona	World Tower		Sydney
2005	Turning Torso	Malmö	Q1		Gold Coast	Montevideo Tower		Rotterdam
2006	Hearst Tower	New York City	The Wave		Gold Coast	Eureka Tower		Melbourne
2007	Het Strijkijzer	The Hague	Newton Suites		Singapore	Ontario Tower		London
2008	Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower	Tokyo	Boutique Monaco		Seoul	Shanghai World Financial Center		Shanghai
2009	Aqua	Chicago	O-14	–	Dubai	The Met		Bangkok
2010	Hotel Porta Fira	Barcelona	Burj Khalifa		Dubai	Tour CMA CGM		Marseille
2011	8 Spruce Street	New York City	Al Hamra Tower		Kuwait City	Etihad Towers		Abu Dhabi
2012	Absolute World Towers	Mississauga	Al Bahr Towers		Abu Dhabi	Burj Qatar		Doha
2013	The Shard	London	DC Tower 1		Vienna	Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort		Huzhou
2014	Wangjing SOHO	Beijing	Bosco Verticale		Milan	Tour D2		Courbevoie
2015	Shanghai Tower	Shanghai	Evolution Tower		Moscow	Torre Isozaki		Milan
2016	VIA 57 West	New York City	Torre Reforma		Mexico City	Oasia Hotel Downtown		Singapore
2017	Lotte World Tower	Seoul	Generali Tower		Milan	150 North Riverside		Chicago
2018	MGM Cotai	Macau	La Marseillaise		Marseille	52 Lime Street (The Scalpel)		London
2019	Lakhta Center	Saint Petersburg	Leeza SOHO		Beijing	35 Hudson Yards		New York City
2020	Crown Sydney	Sydney	Telus Sky		Calgary	One Vanderbilt		New York City
2021	Valley Amsterdam	Amsterdam	111 West 57th Street		New York City	NV Tower		Sofia