The Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney by Danish studio 3XN and Australian studio BVN has won the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's award for best new tall building

The Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney by Danish studio 3XN and Australian studio BVN has won the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's award for best new tall building.

The 206-metre-high skyscraper, which is a refurbishment of the modernist 1970s AMP Center, was named the winner at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's (CTBUH) annual awards for 2023.

CTBUH explained that the building was selected as it exemplifies exemplifies the forward-looking strategies and solutions that address this density dilemma head-on, significantly reducing carbon emissions and helping to mitigate the impact of climate change while meeting the needs of its occupants and the surrounding community."

Located near the Sydney Opera House in downtown Sydney, the 49-storey skyscraper was entirely retrofitted and reclad.