Bio Museum architect wins major skyscraper award

Canadian born architect Frank Gehry, designer of Panama’s Bio Museum at Amador, has won another major award for a skyscraper in New York.

Gherry, who has a Panamanian wife won the 2011 Emporis Skyscraper Award for his first skyscraper design: 8 Spruce Street in New York City
The announcement was made in Hamburg on Tuesday December 4. The renowned architecture prize for new skyscrapers is made every year by, Emporis' expert international jury (www.emporis.com) rewards ten skyscrapers completed in the previous calendar year. The award is being given for the 12th time.
The winners were chosen from over 220 skyscrapers completed in 2011. 8 Spruce Street, the first skyscraper by the Gehry, and also known as The Beekman or New York by Gehry, won over the jury, says a press release “with its magnificent undulating stainless steel facade.”
Commenting on the choice, the jury said: "8 Spruce Streetstands out even in Manhattan's already remarkable skyline. It is a major new architectural landmark for New York."
8 Spruce Street is now the third New York tower to win the Emporis Skyscraper Award. The very first award (2000) went to Sofitel New York Hotel, while Hearst Tower won the coveted architecture prize for 2006. That makes New York City, the world capital of high-rise architecture, the city to which the Emporis Skyscraper Award has most often been awarded.