This year’s Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Conference honored the Kaktus Towers in Copenhagen, named “Best High Rise in Europe” by the jury of international architects. Gathering industry leaders in the world of construction, the CTBUH Conference recognizes projects, practices, and individuals that have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of tall buildings and the urban environment. The two Kaktus Towers of 21- and 24-stories, developed in collaboration with Catella and Per Høpfner, contain 495 apartments and are designed to accommodate micro living with compact homes and spacious, shared amenities. Situated within a web of movement, the towers feature a green plateau that doubles as a one km-long public park raising eight meters above the bustling Dybbølsbro train station. The park stretches from the Kaktus Towers to the new finance district, Postgrunden, connecting otherwise isolated areas along the post-industrial strip.
