Architect Goettsch Earns Lifetime Honors for High-Rise Design
The globally renowned architecture firm Goettsch Partners has announced that the firm’s chairman and co-CEO, James Goettsch, FAIA, will be honored with the prestigious lifetime achievement award from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), a respected international organization devoted to the field of high-rises and sustainable urban design. The honor for Goettsch, based on his “enormous contributions to the design of high-rise buildings around the world,” says CTBUH, will be presented at the 2019 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference held in Shenzhen, China, April 8-10, 2019.
Announced this month by CTBUH, the 2019 Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award “recognizes an individual who has made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of tall buildings and the urban environment with significant effects extending beyond the professional community to enhance cities and the lives of their inhabitants.” The group acknowledged Mr. Goettsch’s role as design director for tall buildings throughout the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and his recognition as a member and fellow of the AIA. He previously served on the boards of directors for both the AIA Chicago chapter and the Chicago Architecture Foundation.