The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat is the world’s leading resource for professionals focused on the inception, design, construction, and operation of tall buildings and future cities. Founded in 1969 and headquartered at Chicago’s historic Monroe Building, the CTBUH is a not-for-profit organization with an Asia Headquarters office at Tongji University, Shanghai, a Research Office at Iuav University, Venice, Italy; and an Academic Office at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. CTBUH facilitates the exchange of the latest knowledge available on tall buildings around the world through publications, research, events, working groups, web resources, and its extensive network of international representatives. The Council’s research department is spearheading the investigation of the next generation of tall buildings by aiding original research on sustainability and key development issues. The Council’s free database on tall buildings, The Skyscraper Center, is updated daily with detailed information, images, data, and news. The CTBUH also developed the international standards for measuring tall building height and is recognized as the arbiter for bestowing such designations as “The World’s Tallest Building.”

專業榮耀的華人設計獎
華人市場已成為全世界最大的經濟體，龐大的人口和商機讓此處成為國際企業兵家必爭之地，如何依據不同的客層和需求，設計出符合當地民情的產品，需要對此地百年來的文明演進有相當程度的了解，這已成為愈來愈多國際企業關注的焦點。 面對全球經濟潮流的轉變，在台灣擁有37年歷史的「金點設計獎」，2014年開始走向「全球華人市場最頂尖設計獎項」的新定位，目的便是在華人設計產業取得發言權，進而向全世界提出華人優質生活的主張。「金點設計獎」如同是進入全球華人市場的關鍵通道，唯有站穩華人市場，才能進一步放眼全世界。

Identifying good design since 1950, the Red Dot Design Award received more than 18,000 applications in 2016. Making the competition one of the biggest and most prestigious design awards worldwide. In 2005, the award recognised the need to identify and celebrate new design concept and innovation, the precursor of tomorrow’s great product. Believing a design concept must be evaluated based on its design merit without prejudice, the award created a unprecedented platform that accept entries from companies to design students.

IDEA is a premier international design competition, recognizing and promoting excellence across a wide array of industries and disciplines, including commercial products, entertainment, home goods, social impact designs and student designs. Gold Silver and Bronze winners are recognized. Winning entries receive worldwide press and are housed in a permanent collection at The Henry Ford.

什麼是樹屋？樹屋不僅僅只是樹上的房子，而是讓人們以樹的方式體驗生活的場域。加木家運用固碳環保木材，設計模組化組裝模塊，融合水電管線，讓建築成為一種能與居民、樹木互動的活動，從新種下的樹苗與水平模塊組成生活廣場、半樓高的小樹與錯層板塊成為半戶外涼亭，到成木與樹屋打造與居民共生的藝術森林，最終所有材料模塊能異地重組或回收使用，讓樹屋一如良木本身作為自然循環的一部分。加木家不僅以純木結構提供青年藝術家冬暖夏涼的創作生活環境，雙層設計在地面層替社區置入廚房、書屋、遊戲室、溫室等公共空間，讓樹屋如同樹蔭般延伸社區互動機能，令樹屋跳脫樹的元素或者屋的機能，作為一種生長的活動，體驗自然藝術生活。

是心願、是期許、也是祝福。牆面由板材交織而成，在立面上將空間切割，既阻隔卻又通透，像是雕刻的窗花、屏風或燈籠，在搖曳的燈光下透出一股朦朧之美；在平面上牆體彼此交錯成一個「安」字，轉個角度又是個「好」字，正如傳統雕花中隱藏的祝福，悄悄寄託了我們的心意－－期望著當人們在此駐足、休憩時，能夠感受這份溫度與沉靜，熠熠生輝

The Biomimicry Global Design Challenge is an annual competition that asks teams of students and professionals to address critical global issues with nature-inspired solutions in landscape, architecture, product, service design field. The challenge is hosted by the Biomimicry Institute, in partnership with the Ray C. Anderson Foundation.