Advisory Group, Member (2008-2012) CTBUH Journal, Editorial Board (2008-present) Conference, Speaker (New York, 2005) CTBUH Fellow (2009) CTBUH Steering Group (1998-2008) Urbana-Champaign, USA University of Illinois

Mir M. Ali is Professor Emeritus and former Chairman (1993-2003; 2007-2011) of the Structures Division of the School of Architecture at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was recognized by the University’s Chancellor for academic excellence (1999). He was also recognized by the University’s periodic publication Inside Illinois (2001), University’s web site www.uiuc.edu (2007), and the University’s Annual Report Excellence + Access (2008) for his work on tall buildings. He is a registered structural engineer in Illinois, a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and a Founding Member of the Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI). He received ASCE’s Millennium Challenge Prize (1999) for his winning article on skyscrapers in a world-wide competition. He received a Fulbright Award (2008) to study the feasibility of constructing tall buildings in Malta.

Dr. Ali was the Chairman of CTBUH’s Committee 30-Architecture (1990-1998) and a Group Leader of its Group PA-Planning and Architecture (1998-2005) overseeing eight topical committees. He also served on the following CTBUH committees: Committee 3-Structural Systems (1990-2000); Committee 14-Analysis and Design (1990-2000); Advisory Council for Lynn S. Beedle Award and Fazlur R. Khan Medal (2004); and Height Committee (2004). He was the founding editor of the Council’s CTBUH Review Journal (1999-2002). He has been interviewed about tall buildings by the New York Times, Toronto Star, Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Daily Herald, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Architectural Record, Spectrum, Rolling Stones, Popular Science, Discovery Channel, Travel Channel, MSNBC, NPR, IPR, PRI, AP, and several others.

He was a TOKTEN Fellow of the United Nations sponsored by the Government of Bangladesh (1989). He was a member of the Advisory Committee, Strategic Transportation Planning (STP) of the Government of Bangladesh (2003-2005). Funded by National Science Foundation, he organized two international conferences in the United States and Bangladesh (1993, 1995) on floods along the Mississippi River, and in Bangladesh. His considerable industrial experience includes Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and Sargent & Lundy in Chicago. He has worked as a consultant in Canada, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh and the United Sates. He worked as a consultant with US Army Corps of Engineers. He served as a member of the Fazlur R. Khan Chair Advisory Committee at Lehigh University (1990-2003). He has authored a book titled, Art of the Skyscraper: The Genius of Fazlur Khan, and edited three books, Architecture of Tall Buildings; Bangladesh Floods: Views from Home and Abroad; and Catalyst for Skyscraper Revolution: Lynn S. Beedle--A Legend in His Lifetime. His latest book, The Skyscraper and the City: Design, Technology and Innovation, co-authored with Lynn S. Beedle and Paul J. Armstrong, was published in 2007. He has published over 120 papers and articles, and given numerous papers and invited seminars on tall buildings and other topics at conferences and symposia regionally, nationally and internationally. He is currently working on a new book titled, Tall Buildings and Urban Design: Challenges for the 21st Century.




His published books and research papers in the field of Tall Buildings include:

ALI, M. & ARMSTRONG, P. (2008). Overview of Sustainable Design Factors in High-Rise Buildings. Proceedings of the CTBUH 8th World Congress, 3rd-5th March 2008. Dubai, UAE. Published by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Chicago. pp.282-291.

ALI, M. (2008). Urban Design Strategy Report on Tall Buildings in Malta. Report on Fulbright Mission on tall buildings, Malta

ALI, M., ARMSTRONG, P., BEEDLE, L. & YEANG, K. (2007). The Skyscraper and the City: Design, Technology, and Innovation. Published by Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston.

ALI, M. (2005). The Skyscraper: Epitome of Human Aspirations. Proceedings of CTBUH 7th World Congress, 16th-19th October 2005. New York, USA. Published by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Chicago.

ALI, M. (2004). Catalyst For Skyscraper Revolution: Lynn S. Beedle - A Legend In His Lifetime. Published by Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Chicago.

ALI, M. (2003). Integrated Design of Safe Skyscrapers: Problems, Challenges and Prospects. Proceedings of the CIB/CTBUH Conference, 20th-23rd October 2003. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Published by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Chicago. pp.1089-1096.

ALI, M. (2001). Art of the Skyscraper: The Genius of Fazlur Khan. Published by Rizzoli International Publications, New York.