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Emporis Skyscraper Award 2021
30 Aug 2022
Extraordinary architecture: The year?s best new skyscraper stands in Amsterdam

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Emporis Skyscraper Award 2021 Winner
This year, the world?s most renowned architecture prize for skyscrapers, the Emporis Skyscraper Award, goes to the Valley in Amsterdam. Created by Dutch architecture studio MVRDV, Valley is a mixed-use building complex with three towers and a unique design inspired by mountain sides and valleys.
The skyscraper is located in Amsterdam?s main international business center Zuidas and includes offices, apartments, shops and cultural institutes.
The winner was selected by an international panel of experts from a worldwide pool of more than 600 eligible skyscrapers, which were completed in the previous calendar year and are at least 100 meters tall. The prestigious award, given out by Emporis (www.emporis.com), the international provider of building data, is being given out for the 22nd time this year and has become an indispensable part of the international architecture scene. The Netherlands manages to take the crown for the second time since the award was established in the year 2000. When choosing Valley as their winner, the jury was particularly impressed by the skyscraper?s extraordinary and innovative architectural design. The building?s three peaks seamlessly switch between a sheer glass facade and...