October 31, 2010 - (Phoenix, AZ) National Real Estate Advisors’Freeport-McMoRan Center (formerly Central Park East) was recently nominated as one of the Best Tall Buildings of the Americas by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). Freeport-McMoRan Center is a 26-story, mixed-use building in downtown Phoenix, Arizona which is the corporate headquarters for Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., the world’s largest, publicly traded copper mining company, as well as the home of the Westin Phoenix Downtown, the newest business-class hotel in the Phoenix market.
The CTBUH is a not-for-profit industry organization dedicated to the dissemination of information about tall buildings and urban environments amongst industry professionals. Among other things, the CTBUH determines the criteria for measuring the height of buildings and bestows the title of world’s tallest building.
Freeport-McMoRan Center was among 68 new buildings worldwide that were named best tall buildings by the CTBUH in 2010. Freeport-McMoRan Center was honored for its bold and innovative design. It stands out as a leader among its peers in its utilization of the desert environment in the creation of comfortable indoor space with natural light. The award and a description of the notable features of Freeport-McMoRan Center can be found in an excerpt from Best Tall Buildings 2010.
Best Tall Buildings 2010 is published by Routledge.
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