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February 28, London
Alsop and McLean Plan New City Fringe Tower
Will Alsop has designed a new tower to sit on a site on the periphery of the City of London along Old Street. The 43 floor building will be built at 151 City Road right on Old Street roundabout if it is given the approval by planners in the Borough of Hackney replacing an existing obsolete mid-rise and acting as a gateway on this major route into the City...More
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February 27, Jeddah
Supertalls Planned For Jeddah Saudi Arabia
Barely a week goes by these days without a new 300 metre plus building proposed for either China or the Middle East. This week it's the turn of Jeddah, the most liberal city in Saudi Arabia which is getting these whoppers, the latest proposal from busy developers Cayan...More
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February 21, St. Petersburg
Proposed skyscraper divides Russian city
Twisting as it rises 77 stories, the planned office development known as Gazprom City is testament to the muscle of Russia's richest company. A flickering gas flame captured in soaring glass, the design is also an ode to the country's energy-driven boom...More
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February 20, Miami
Cabi Developers to Build Architectural Masterpiece in Brickell
Cabi Developers, a leading South Florida developer led by Jacobo Cababie, and the US subsidiary of GICSA, Mexico's foremost development company, is taking inspiration from two New York landmarks to build an architectural masterpiece in Brickell, Miami's prestigious financial district...More
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February 19, London
New Tower Proposed For Blackwall
Another residential tower has been proposed in Blackwall in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets near New Providence Wharf. The tower is part of a three block scheme for the Alberta House site that sits to the immediate east of New Providence Wharf and on the south side of Blackwall Way...More
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February 13, Los Angeles
LA Approves $2B Downtown Redevelopment
The City Council on Tuesday approved a $2 billion downtown redevelopment project that is to include a hotel, skyscraper, shopping and dining areas, housing and a park. "Today's a culmination of many, many years of work," said Councilwoman Jan Perry. The project includes a $185 million hotel and a glass-curtained condo skyscraper...More
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February 13, London
1500m High Telly Tubby Land Vision For London
This is the first images of what appears to be a P.R stunt by the firm, Popularchitecture, for some new super-tall buildings in London. Ungracefully plonked on top of hundreds of semi-detached houses with no regards for context, the concept is one of 1,500 metre tall towers that are self contained...More |
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February 13, London
201 Bishopsgate Pre Let
British Land are on the verge of concluding a major letting agreement for the under construction 201 Bishopsgate next to the Broadgate Tower. The announcement by developer British Land is that they have agreed non-binding terms with the international law firm, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP for the Skidmore, Owings and Merrill designed building...More
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February 8, Istanbul
Tabanlioglu Architects design Istanbul's sparkling Tower
Istanbul is a city of youthful dynamism with its eye on the high-tech future and the profits and innovations. The 261 meter tower will be one of the highest structures in the central business district of Istanbul...More
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February 8, Brighton
Work Begins On Brighton Marina
Early foundation-work has started on what will be Brighton's next tower, the Roaring Forties at Brighton Marina. The 128 metre tall, 40 floor building has been designed in traditional Brighton white by Wilkinson Eyre Architects for Brunswick Developments and gone through a protracted planning battle to get approval that lasted several years...More
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February 6, London
More Towers Planned For Stratford
These two towers are part of a new plan by architects at the Metropolitan Workshop for a development on the River Lea in the southern end of Stratford in London called Ailsa Waterside. Near the 2012 Olympic site in the Borough of Newham, it has been designed for Sylvania Holdings and the Neptune Group...More
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February 6, Abu Dhabi
Aedas designs the Empire Island Tower in Abu Dhabi
Empire Tower was challenged through a client request of not "pushing the limits" too far. The concern is that the residential project was located in the middle of a masterplan filled with potential icons. The design standardizes the units to accommodate the client request but manipulates the section to develop a very dynamic solution...More
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February 2, New Orleans
New Orleans Trump Tower Set For Approval
Real estate mogul, Donald Trump, looks set to get approval on his latest project - a Trump Tower for the ruined city of New Orleans. Badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the area including downtown was ravaged by flooding that saw vast areas underwater and shocked the world that a modern city could be affected in the manner of a biblical disaster...More
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