The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is the world’s leading nonprofit organization for all those interested in the future of cities. It explores how increased urban density and vertical growth can support more sustainable and healthy cities, especially in the face of mass urbanization and the increasing effects of climate change worldwide. The relationship between policy, buildings, people, urban density, urban space, interior space, and infrastructure is key. 

Founded in the USA in 1969, the CTBUH member network embraces more than a million professionals working in all building industry sectors in almost all countries of the world: investors, owner-developers, occupier-tenants, government agencies, urban planners, architects, engineers, contractors, infrastructure experts, cost consultants, building managers, legal firms, material-system suppliers, academics, and many more. With offices in Chicago, Shanghai and Venice, the Council runs hundreds of multidisciplinary programs across the world each year, through its regional chapters and expert committees; its annual conferences and global awards program; through funded research projects and academic collaborations; and via its extensive online resources and physical outputs.  

Every year since 1988, Popular Science has highlighted the innovations that make living on Earth even a tiny bit better.  2022 has been the 35th annual Best of What's New awards with HydroSKIN being one honoured as one of the "Most Ingenious Engineering Feets of 2022'.