Twenty-five extraordinary developments from around the world have been selected as finalists for ULI’s 2017 Global Awards for Excellence, recognized as one of the land use industry’s most prestigious award programs.
Several blocks east of Pike Place Market, the 38-story 2+U is one of the buzzworthy towers rising in the downtown core. Most of the building’s 665,000 square feet (62,000 sq m) of Class A office space will be “lifted” to 85 feet (26 m), creating a high canopy over 24,000 square feet (2,200 sq m) of open space.
The new ExxonMobil Corp. headquarters, rising on 385 acres north of downtown Houston, is one of the largest construction projects in the United States. The corporate campus will be composed of 20 low-rise buildings arranged around landscaped paths and quadrangles. The ExxonMobil structures are sleekly modernist, with a few dramatic touches befitting the world's largest publicly traded energy producer.