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August 22, Tokyo
Japan Plans to Build World's Tallest Building
The Japanese Taisei Corporation is planning to build world's tallest building, which is futuristically-named X-Seed 4000, Inhabitat.com reported. If it ever gets built in Tokyo, X-Seed 4000 will tower above the city with its planned 13,000 ft structure...More
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August 20, Dubai
New giant skyscraper to rise into Dubai’s skies
If even the thought of a trip to the top of Burj Dubai brings you out in a spell of vertigo, then it's probably not advisable to picture Dubai's latest skyscraping project - The Tall Tower. The Nakheel building, due to be tendered next year...More
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August 18, Chicago
How to build today's supertalls
A white hard-hat on his head, the earnest look of a professor on his face, Bill Baker has a ready metaphor to reveal the hidden structural logic behind Chicago's unprecedented reach into the sky. Mimicking the cores of concrete that shoot up the center of today's supertall skyscrapers, Baker stands like a soldier at attention, his feet touching...More
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August 17, Seoul
150-Story Building to Be Built in Seoul
Seoul skyline will undergo a facelift once a 620-meter building in Yongsan, central Seoul, is completed. The Seoul Metropolitan Government and Korea Railroad (Korail) announced the development plan of an international business zone near Yongsan Station on Friday, which includes the 620-meter building...More
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August 17, New York
Unbuilding a Skyscraper Wounded on Sept. 11
It is, Avi Schick said, like watching a video of a building being built, but in reverse. Mr. Schick, the chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, was walking through 130 Liberty Street, the building opposite ground zero that was gashed by pieces of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001...More
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August 17
The Skyscraper: Still Soaring
The skyscraper has had more comebacks than Cher. From its humble, naive beginnings in Chicago after the fire of 1871; its idealistic representation in early European Modernism; its apex as the glam symbol of American corporate eminence; its bimbo phase in Postmodernism; its more recent dalliance with high-tech engineering...More
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August 16, London
Castle House Skyscraper Makes its Own Electricity!
Green towers are popping up everywhere, boasting laundry lists of green features, and wind turbines seem to be a smart energy option for any tower over 20 stories. Castle House, a new residential tower project designed by Hamiltons of London and located at Elephant and Castle in South London, not only advertises itself as an eco-machine, but...More
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August 14, Kuwait
Atkins office concept wins again
Atkins Middle East’s Al Sharq office complex has added another notch to its awards belt, recently receiving the honour of CNBC Arabian Property Award High Rise Architecture Award. A clear indication the international architecture community is acknowledging this revolutionary concept, this is the second major award for Al Sharq...More
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August 9, Chicago
Chicagos Heavenly Elysian
Work is well underway on a new retro-skyscraper project in Chicago that harks back to the glory days of the 1930s. Designed by architect Lucien Lagrange and being developed by Elysian Development Group the tower named uncannily the Elysian, inspired by the idea of heaven, will stand about 213 metres tall...More
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August 8, Chicago
Chicago's first Silver LEED
340 on the Park stands out as a major achievement in energy and environmentally conscious design due of its size, height and use. At the time of its design inception, spring of 2003, there were no other buildings like it to review as models...More
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September 13, New York
Slinky Twins For Paris Skyline
New plans for two skyscrapers in Paris's La Defense business district have been unveiled. Designed by architect Philippe Chiambaretta of PCA Architects for developers Fonciere Des Regions, the PB 22 Towers will stand at 235 metres and 145 metres respectively making yet another break upwards from the established heights of the current cluster...More |
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August 6, San Francisco
S.F. skyscraper designs released
The long-awaited proposals for a new San Francisco skyscraper that would be taller than the Transamerica Pyramid are being unveiled this evening at City Hall - and images obtained by The Chronicle show three towers in the 1,200 foot range that look nothing like the Victorian homes for which the city is known...More
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August 6, London
Merchant Square Tower Approved
The final part of the massive stream of planning applications regarding Merchant Square in Paddington Basin, London, has been approved. Building A Merchant Square, with 44 floors and reaching 132 metres to the roof, or 150 if you're counting the very substantial glass façade that rises past it...More
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August 3, Mumbai
Mumbai federation signs MoU with US body for city’s redevelopment
Remaking of Mumbai Federation, a body of associations and eminent personalities working towards the planned redevelopment of Mumbai city, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat...More
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August 2, Toronto
Kazakhstani Has Tall Plans for Toronto
Bazis International, a Kazakhstani developer, is turning a seedy, under-built commercial site at one of Toronto’s most prominent commercial intersections, Bloor and Yonge Streets, into an 80-story, mixed-use skyscraper. The $424-million project, called 1 Bloor, is being designed by Bazis’ in-house architecture team. Construction is set to begin this year...More
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August 1, Istanbul
The Diamond of Istanbul
Hattat Construction Co. have commenced structural work on the next jewel in Istanbul's emerging skyscraper crown named the Diamond of Istanbul. Designed by Dome Architecture of Istanbul and reaching 270 metres in height, the project will consist of three towers connected by a central spine to form one structure...More
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August
Building types study at Architectural Record online
Tall building type study featuring 8 projects built around the world in 2007...More
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