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June 30, Brisbane
High end office accommodation
111 Eagle Street is a 44 floor, 62,500 square metre office tower being constructed on Brisbane’s major CBD waterfront. The ‘organic-vertical’ structure of the tower was devised as a method of transferring its weight to the edge of the site due to the existence of loading dock and carpark entrance to the wider precinct directly under the site...more
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June 30, Russia
Gazprom Skyscraper Turns 'Green,' But Critics Unimpressed
Russia’s state-controlled energy giant, Gazprom, has unveiled a fresh design for a major new office building it has been planning for several years in St. Petersburg. The new design, which embellishes the original plan, proposes to use plants to control the building’s temperature. It's been described as the first building to be given a "green fur coat"...more |
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June 30, Florida
Trump Tower Tampa project goes belly up
It was supposed to be 52-storey luxury condominium tower with dramatic waterfront views of Tampa’s Hillsborough River. But the Trump Tower Tampa never lived up to its hype. On Tuesday, the project’s developer, Simdag/Robel LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Tampa, Florida courts...more |
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June 30, London
Wood Wharf Planning Application Filed
A massive planning application has been filed for Wood Wharf on the eastern edge of Canary Wharf in London by the Wood Wharf Partnership, a joint venture between British Waterways, the Canary Wharf Group, and Ballymore Properties Limited...more
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June 29, Boston
The Shaper of Things to Come
Kairos Shen, who is 43 and was to be married this past Friday, is a youthful wisp of a man whose soft voice reveals both his Chinese ancestry and a slight English twang, a remnant from his upbringing in Hong Kong. The accent, his gracious manner, and his clarity of vision gives him the uncanny ability to say no while still making you feel as if he said yes...more |
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June 28, Construction Week, Issue 228, June 28 - July 4, p.18
When Bigger can be Better
David Scott, Chairman of the CTBUH and Principal of design consultants Arup talks about Dubai's relationship with tall buildings and sustainable high-rise construction...read more
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June 27, Brisbane
Brisbane's 79-storey skyscraper sparks aircraft fears
CASA has called on the Federal Government to veto approval of the Vision building in Mary St, saying it would intrude into the air corridor and cause a radar shadow at Brisbane Airport. The Brisbane Airport Corporation also condemned the project, saying a 79-storey, 287m building posed a risk in the event of an "engine-out scenario"...more |
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June 27, Denver
CHANDLER: Bell could set tone for lower downtown
Until the idea of putting a tower on lower downtown's Bell Park surfaced almost three years ago, I doubt many people knew about the site with the grungy parking lot and mysterious bronze bell. But they soon found out, as developer Buzz Geller and his Paradise Land Co. hired architect David Owen Tryba...more |
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June 26, Shanghai
580 m Shanghai Dragon to be China's tallest skyscraper
The new Shanghai Center—a 580 meter skyscraper—will begin construction this year according to reports in Chinese media. Nicknamed the Shanghai Dragon, the building's design by the architectural firm Gensler was selected in a competition, beating a design by Norman Foster's firm...more |
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June 26, Brisbane
Going big in Brisbane
As the South East Queensland community continues to grow and expand, sophisticated mixed-use developments surrounding existing transport infrastructure will be embraced as an effective urban planning solution to address urban sprawl and reliance on private vehicle transport...more |
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June 25, Boston
Luxury Condo Tower to Rise Near Boston Landmarks?
The revival of a scenario first envisioned some 30 years ago could yield Boston’s tallest residential building. Simon Property Group has unveiled plans for a 47-story luxury condo tower atop its Copley Place Mall, an upscale shopping hub in the historic Back Bay neighborhood...more |
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June 25, China
The Asian Skyscraper Boom
Right now, the world’s “second skyscraper boom” is currently under way, and to no one’s surprise, it’s happening in the newest region of massive economic growth…Asia. These buildings require miles and miles of steel beams…hundreds of thousands of tons of cement...more |
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June 25, United States
Top 10 Cities for Design in America
What makes a city great is a topic guaranteed to spark heated debate. Now architectural firm RMJM Hillier has ridden into the fray with a list of "America's Best Cities for Design," produced with the American Institute of Architecture and Zogby International...More
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June 25, Toronto
SDL design faces crunch time
The doors have closed on Toronto's Sony Centre this week to make way for a revamp due to bring the building into the 21st century. Studio Daniel Libeskind has designed an L shaped tower that will envelope the 50-year-old Sony Centre for the Performing Arts - formerly the Hummingbird centre – at the corner of Yonge and Front in Toronto, Canada...More |
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June 25, Incheon
Portman Consortium Breaks Ground on 151-Story Tower in South Korea
Songdo Landmark City, an international consortium led by Portman Holdings, have broke ground on the 151 Incheon Tower—a 151-story, mixed-use development just west of Seoul. The 587-meter tower, which is on target to become the second-tallest skyscraper in the world after Burj Dubai in the Middle East, will be completed by 2014...more |
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June 24, Dubai
'The Donald' sells Dubai
The lights dimmed in the domed tent that had appeared overnight on one of the most expensive corners of Park Avenue and a James Bond figure came into view. With a model of the new Trump International Hotel & Tower on Palm Jumeirah as a backdrop, the man raced towards the distinctive rocket-shaped building in a speedboat...more |
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June 24, New York
A Picasso Muse Wants to Protect Pei Towers
The Landmark Preservation Commission had a hearing Tuesday to determine whether Silver Towers/University Village, a concrete complex designed by I. M. Pei in 1966 as part of a Robert Moses urban renewal program, should be designated a historic landmark. A formal vote will be held at a later date...more |
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June 24, Beijing
Beijing embraces Brave New World of buildings
China's new found wealth has seen an explosion in the number of new developments springing up in what is, arguably, the world's biggest building boom. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Beijing, which has transformed into a virtual construction zone as the city undergoes an Olympic makeover...more |
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June 24, Dubai
Worlds first ‘building in motion’ ready in 2 years
Press were today treated to an introduction to the world’s first ‘building in motion’. Rotating Tower, designed by Italian architect David Fisher, is expected to move from design to reality in less than two years. The design, in collaboration with British firm Dynamic Architecture Group, will be premiered in two locations: Moscow and Dubai...more |
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June 24, Dubai
Emaar unveils The Grand Boulevard homes
Emaar Properties is ushering in a new urban cultural experience with the launch of The Grand Boulevard, an architecturally spectacular two-tower residential complex located on Burj Dubai Boulevard and designed by international architects to maximize views of Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building...more |
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June 24, Washington
Bank Goes For The Green In More Ways Than One
The area around the White House is about to get a whole lot greener -- and we're not talking about the South Lawn. PNC Bank plans to announce later today that it has joined forces with real estate developer Vornado/Charles E. Smith to build the city's first Platinum-level U.S. Green Building Council LEED-certified office building...more |
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June 24, Dubai
Design competition for iconic skyscraper
Atkins will hold an internal contest to design an iconic skyscraper for Sheikh Zayed Road – the first time it has taken such a step after winning a design competition. The second competition will involve three of the company's leading design centres – in Dubai, London and Hong Kong...more |
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June 24, Warsaw
New vision for central Warsaw
Covering an area of 25 hectares, this is an important development opportunity for Warsaw, owing to its central location and immense historical, emotional and symbolic resonance for the city’s residents. Originally a dense residential district, the site formed part of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II and was almost entirely destroyed after the 1944 uprising...more |
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June 23, Queensland
Workers angry about high-rise fall deaths
The construction union says grief among workers over the deaths of two colleagues in a high-rise accident on the Gold Coast in south-east Queensland has turned to anger. Two men, aged 36 and 52, died when a scaffold they were harnessed to collapsed, falling 26 stories to the ground on Saturday...more |
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June 23, Izola
Slovenia’s Gorgeous Honeycomb Housing Complex
This stunning seaside structure bursts free from the all-too-frequently stale stock of public housing projects with its dynamic array of brightly shaded cells. Taking its cues from the modular honeycomb clusters of a beehive, the complex was constructed as a low-income residence for young families and couples in the industrial district of Izola...more |
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June 23, Metropolis, June 2008, pp. 142 - 149
The Art of Nesting
Jeanne Gang, Principal at Studio Gang Architects and CTBUH Member, discusses her latest buildings and designs, including the 82-Storey Aqua Tower, currently under construction and set to be one of Chicago's tallest buildings...read more
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June 22, Sydney
Standing On Stilts In Sydney
The prime development plot of 1 Richard Johnson Square in Sydney, Australia, could be set to get a new skyscraper proposal designed by Rice Daubney for the developer, the Investa Property Group...more
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June 22, Karachi
Karachi may be building more high rises, but are they safe?
Eleven of the 32 high-rise buildings to be constructed in Pakistan have been approved by the government. One of them, the Port Tower in Karachi is planned to be 160 stories high. But, now architects are asking, can the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) ensure the proper safety measures for such mammoth ventures?...more |
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June 21, Vietnam
High-rise buildings in Vietnam must be quake proof: expert
Deputy head of the Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology’s Institute of Geophysics, Le Huy Minh, spoke with the Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times) about the earthquake threat to Viet Nam...more
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June 20, Dubai
Nakheel increases height of Tall Tower to 1.4km
Developer Nakheel is finalising plans for the world's tallest skyscraper in Dubai. The scheme involves constructing a 1.4 kilometre tower next to the Ibn Battuta Mall in the Jebel Ali area. The Tall Tower had involved plans for a 1,050m tall tower, but it is understood these designs have been revised upwards to make it the tallest tower in the world...more
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June 20, London
Battersea Power Station
Real Estate Opportunities Limited (“REO”), a London listed property company, today launched the new vision and masterplan for Battersea Power Station. The iconic Battersea Power Station is to be brought back to life in the most advanced sustainable development ever to be built in this country...more |
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June 20, London
Boris set to keep Rogers as adviser
Richard Rogers will continue to advise the mayor of London on design alongside a host of other architects, new incumbent Boris Johnson revealed. Delivering his first speech on architecture and the built environment at the launch of the London Architecture Festival at Somerset House, Johnson described Rogers as his “Agrippa”...more |
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June 20, Philadelphia
Zoning bill marks 1st step toward 1,500-foot skyscraper here
A local developer took the first step yesterday toward building the tallest skyscraper in America when City Councilman Darrell Clarke introduced legislation for zoning changes needed at the 18th and Arch streets location...more
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June 19, London
London skyscrapers become latest must-have for Gulf investors
After investing millions of pounds in British banks, the stock exchange and other financial companies, Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds are now pouring money into London's City skyline. A Kuwait fund just spent £400 million, or $783 million, to buy the Willis Building, one of the tallest in the financial district, and said similar investments were planned...more |
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June 18, New York
Lightning Rod
When SOM designed JPMorgan Chase’s headquarters, known at its 1960 debut as the Union Carbide building, it was part of a movement that had set out to change business districts forever. Today, architecture is in the midst of another revolution, and Modern towers—with their ultrathin skins—are in desperate need of retrofitting...more |
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June 18, New York
Normalizing Ground Zero?
Tourists still flock to the World Trade Center site, almost seven years after the attacks of September 11. What they find when they get there is not a scene of destruction but a busy construction site...more
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June 18, Phnom Pehn
Cambodia breaks ground on tallest skyscraper
Having recently celebrated breaking ground on their first ever skyscraper, Gold Tower 42, in March, Cambodians now have further reason to smile as they break ground on the country’s highest skyscraper today. The International Finance Complex (IFC) will stand at 52-storeys high, a full ten storeys higher than Gold Tower 42...more |
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June 18, Canary Islands
Spain’s Stunning Teatro del Agua Solar Desalination Plant
As the planet heats up and our resources stretch to accommodate a skyrocketing population, it has become clear that water will be a hotly contested commodity in the coming years - some are even calling it the “new oil”. Charles Paton has endeavored to meet this challenge with his Seawater Greenhouse...More |
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June 18, The Independent, Art & Architecture
Mile-High Tower Wars: How Tall is Too Tall
The Burj Dubai will soar 800m above the Arabian Desert, but a new mile high tower is set to dwarf it. Jimmy Lee Shreeve of the Independent asks: how tall is too tall? Includes interviews with Ron Klemencic and David Scott...read more
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June 17, Kuwait
Kuwait to build the world's first 'sculptured' skyscraper
The Al Hamra tower project is perfect example of this boom. It is a landmark for the commercial real estate sector in Kuwait, as it would be the tallest tower in the country. It will also be the first 'sculptured' skyscraper in the world, rather than being symmetrical it will have two tilting walls...More |
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June 17, London
Green light for Croydon Gateway development
Berkeley Homes’ £140million residential development, designed by Rolfe Judd architects and an important component in the regeneration of Croydon, London, has received planning permission. The scheme will provide 739 apartments in a 44 storey residential tower and courtyard development, many of them affordable, and a new public square...More |
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June 17, Dubai
Burj Dubai to be even taller than planned
The Burj Dubai, already the world's tallest building, will be even bigger than originally planned, Emaar Properties said on Tuesday, as the developer looks to cement the tower's place in history. Emaar said work raising the height of the mega-structure, which currently towers more than 636 metres above Dubai, was already underway...More |
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June 16, The National
Reaching for the Clouds
This article examines some of the tall buildings with breathtaking heights currently under construction or proposed around the world today. Includes an interview with Ahmad Abdelrazaq, Executive Director for High Buildings and Structural Engineering at Samsung and CTBUH Steering Group member...read more |
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June 16, Kuwait
Building continues at Kuwait’s newest landmark
Construction at Kuwait Business Town Towers, designed by KEO International Consultants, is storming ahead following severe planning delays. The pair of towers is now set to become one of the most recognizable landmarks on the Kuwait Skyline by 2010, two years after it was initially scheduled for completion...More |
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June 16, Prague
Conservationists slam new skyscraper project in Pankrác
A new skyscraper may rise in Prague's Pankrác district. The Pankrác company plans to build an administrative building called Ledová věž (Ice Tower) here, not far from other skyscrapers. The National Heritage Institute has stood up against Pankrác's plans. "From the standpoint of monument conservation, the submitted project is out of the question,"...More |
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June 16, San Francisco
Arquitectonica Trinity Place
Ground was recently broken on the 1,900-unit residential Trinity Place, representing one of the largest and most audacious new visions for San Francisco. The new development at 1177 Market Street is a precedent-setting concept in six buildings...More
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June 16, Dubai
Reiser + Umemoto
As of June 2008, the first five floors and exterior shell of O-14 have been cast, revealing the beginnings of the perforated concrete shell exoskeleton which, when finished, will surround the building in a lace-like veil. O-14 is a twenty-two story tall commercial tower perched on a two-story podium in the heart of Dubai’s Business Bay...More |
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June 15, New York Times
Scraping the Sky, and Then Some
Nearly seven years after the collapse of the World Trade Center in New York portended a pull-back from cloud grazing construction, the world is in the midst of a huge wave of tall building construction, both in number and size. Some 36 tall buildings rise more than 300m today, with another 69 currently under construction according to the CTBUH...read more
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June 13, Houston
Downtown residential high-rise looks out over Discovery Green
Downtown Houston's new Discovery Green is the front yard for the first luxury residential high-rise building to be built in the Central Business District in more than 40 years. The 37-story One Park Place, is scheduled to open in spring 2009...More
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June 13, WGN Radio, Milt Rosenberg Show, 9-11pm
The Tallest Buildings in the World
Antony Wood, CTBUH Executive Director, Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune Architecture Critic and Jay Pridmore, author of Shanghai: The Architecture of China's Great Urban Center, discuss the global boom in high-rise construction, sustainability and the future of the tall building on the Milt Rosenberg show...click here to listen or read the transcript here
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June 13, Amsterdam
Foster Partners' first Amsterdam tower
Foster Partners has completed a headquarters building for Ernst & Young at the gateway to the Vivaldi-park area of the new Zuidas district, south of Amsterdam. Commissioned by ING, the tower establishes a landmark on the route into the city with its diagrid façade....More
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June 12, Chicago
How Trump Tower opened while still adding on floors
To casual observers, the Trump International Hotel & Tower may resemble many a skyscraper in the making. But in reality, the 92-story building encompasses two worlds—a 339-room hotel with its restaurant and bar in one, and a 486-unit condominium construction site atop the hotel in the other...More |
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June 12, Chicago
Smith and Gill's "eco-bridge": Coming to Chicago's lakefront?
Picture this on the downtown lakefront: A two mile-long land bridge arcing into Lake Michigan and outfitted with wind turbines and a soaring central observation tower. The "Eco-Bridge," Chicago architects Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill call it. They've been quietly shopping the idea over the past year to civic, business and political leaders...More |
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June 12, New York
One Jackson Square: New LEED Living in Greenwich Village
A new project in Greenwich Village is bringing a mix of modern luxury and green building to the historic West Village district. Architect William Pederson, with international real estate firm Hines, recently announced the design for One Jackson Square...More
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June 12, Charlotte
Wachovias Green Charlotte Dream
A new skyscraper project is currently under construction in Charlotte, North Carolina in the USA. Located at 534 South Tryon Street the project comes from the drawing boards of architects Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, Jenkins-Peer Architects, Frelon Group who have each designed a different part of the complex...More |
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June 12, New York
Abu Dhabi to buy Chrysler Building
Abu Dhabi Investment Council is in discussion with TMW, the German arm of an Atlanta investment company, to buy a 75% stake in New York’s iconic Chrysler building, it is reported by the New York Post. The organisation is set to pay $800 million in the landmark investment...More |
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June 12, The National, p.8
High rises required to be earthquake proof
Michael Willford, Co-Chair of the CTBUH Seismic Design Working Group, explains how high rise buildings in the UAE need to undergo more rigorous performance tests at the building stage to make sure they can withstand an earthquake. Also includes comments by David Scott....read more
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June 11, Jakarta
Green design for buildings to become mandatory
The Jakarta administration is taking a step toward creating more energy-efficient buildings by drafting green regulations for future and existing structures. The regulations are being drafted by the Jakarta Property Management and Control Agency and will form the legal grounding for the green designs, agency head Hari Sasongko said Wednesday...More |
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June 11, Miami
Dramatic and vibrant addition to Miami’s skyline
Striking in its formal imagery, KPF's Espirito Santo Plaza provides a model for mixed-use, high-rise development with a variety of amenities. The tower is arranged with offices and retail at the lower level, residential above, and a hotel at the highest level...More
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June 11, New York
Port Authority to miss WTC Tower 2 deadline
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey announced Wednesday that it will not meet its end-of-June deadline for excavating the “bathtub” beneath the World Trade Center’s planned Tower 2. The job, which called for digging nearly seven stories underground is less than 90% finished...More |
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June 10, Hamilton
Canadian City Plans Its Own Shard Of Glass
The city of Hamilton, Canada could soon have its very first supertall skyscraper adorning its skyline if proposals put forward by developer Harry Stinson are given the green light. Designed by Turner Fleischer Architects Inc, the tower will reach at the tip of its pinnacle a height of 338 metres...More |
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June 9, Chicago
The Chicago Spire Emerges Below Ground
The Chicago Spire, the most significant residential development in the world, is emerging on a site near the intersection of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. Deep foundation work is proceeding on this spectacular 2,000-foot twisting tower that will dramatically change the Windy City's skyline...More |
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June 9, The National
Sky High Limits
Andy Davids, Director at Hyder Consulting and CTBUH member, discusses the challengers that face super-skyscraper engineers and how the Burj Dubai will be a landmark defining Dubai for generations to come...read more
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June 8, Dubai
Nakheel introduces green standard
Nakheel, the Dubai-based developer, has adopted a benchmark requiring all property developers working on its projects to meet strict international environmental standards. Nakheel says it will use the Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards, set by the US Green Building Council...More |
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June 8, Philadelphia
Comcast Center open for business
The new Comcast Corp. headquarters is open for business in downtown Philadelphia, officially marking its place as the tallest skyscraper between New York and Chicago. The 975-foot-tall headquarters opened Friday. It brought in 1,300 new workers to Philadelphia, including some relocated from southern New Jersey and Connecticut...More |
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June 8, Shenzhen
The New, New City
In both China and the Persian Gulf, cities comparable in size to New York have sprouted up almost overnight. Only 30 years ago, Shenzhen was a small fishing village of a few thousand people, and Dubai had merely a quarter million people. Today Shenzhen has a population of 8 million, and Dubai has glittering towers, rising out of the desert...More |
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June 8, Las Vegas
Las Vegas CityCenter Set to Green Sin City
Las Vegas is taking the lead in green development by planning the largest privately financed development in the history of North America vying for the USGBC’s LEED certification. At 18 million square feet, the new sustainable spot on the strip called CityCenter boasts a square footage that is bigger than all current LEED certified buildings combined...More |
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June 7, Calgary
So many promises: Were they just a tall tale?
A skyscraper that architect Norman Foster promised would deliver innovation to Calgary's downtown has suffered some blows. The cuts to the original vision - elimination of suspended sky pods and the filling in of a soaring atrium - may satisfy the owner's bottom line, but they will also hurt the city's attempt to ride its economic boom in style...More |
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June 6, London
Why high-rise blocks soar above the crunch
Gaze into the skies over our cities and you will see that the crane count has fallen: work has temporarily ceased on at least a third of housing developments. But, as Liam Bailey, of Knight Frank, the estate agents, points out, it's hard to down tools if you're building something as conspicuous as a tower block....More |
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June 6, New York
2 Men Scale New York Times Building Hours Apart
Two men, one a practiced French stuntman known for climbing tall buildings, the other a New Yorker who said he wanted to raise awareness of the dangers of malaria, scaled the 52-story New York Times Building in Times Square on Thursday just hours apart. Each was arrested when he stepped safely onto the roof...More |
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June 5, Singapore
Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city
Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city has applied the planning concept of eco-economy, eco-residence, eco-culture, harmonious community and scientific management. By integrating advanced ecological, environmental protection, and energy-saving techniques, it will create a natural, harmonious and livable human residence...More |
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June 5, The Hague
The Hagues Wine Port Quarter
Preparations are being made to make way for three new skyscrapers to be located in the Dutch capital, The Hague. Named the Wijnhavenkwartier, or for the non Dutch speakers the Wine Port Quarters. The taller two towers will stand at heights of 146 metres and 37 floors each whilst the height is 132 metres with 40 storeys for the shorter one...More |
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June 5, Beijing
Enter the Dragon
Work is almost complete on another of the many buildings in Beijing's Olympic zone. Named the Pangu Plaza, the tower is the work of Taiwanese architect Li Zuyuan, the man behind the world famous Taipei 101. With the main tower standing at a rather respectable 192 metres high the towers are constructed from steel and will be clad in white granite...More |
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June 5, Los Angeles
Jean Nouvel’s “Green Blade” Slices LA Skyline
Aptly nicknamed the “green blade,” Jean Nouvel’s newest addition to the asphalt laden City of Angels slices through the concrete jungle at 10,000 Santa Monica, adding much needed greenery to the surrounding office towers. Standing 45 stories tall and little more than 50 feet deep, this statuesque green structure is bound to make an sustainable impact...More |
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June 5, London
Mayor gives green light to tall buildings
A series of high-rise buildings have been approved in Boris Johnson’s first planning meeting as mayor of London, despite his self-confessed antipathy to towers. A 45-floor tower in London’s Docklands, an 18-floor building on Lambeth Palace Road and a 15-storey building in Croydon were among the first buildings to be reviewed by Johnson...More |
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June 5, Hangzhou
Tall Fortune In Hangzhou
John Portman Associates has designed this twin tower scheme, the Zhejiang Fortune Finance Center, to stand in the city of Hangzhou in China. Currently under construction, the tallest of the two skyscrapers will be 258 metres and 55 storeys with the shorter of the two standing at 188 metres and 37 floors...More |
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June 4, WGN 9 News Chicago 'Around Town'
Around Town at the Construction site of the Chicago Spire
Ana Belaval of WGN 9 Morning News interviews Joseph Burns, Principal at Thornton Tomesetti, CTBUH member, and lead structural engineer on the Chicago Spire from the base of the Spire's cofferdam...watch the video here or read the transcript here
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June 3, Las Vegas
Las Vegas Real Estate - As High Rises Grow, Sales Slow
When it began three to four years ago, the push toward towering condominium skyscrapers quickly became one of the hottest real estate trends in Las Vegas, with high-profile names including Ivana Trump, George Clooney and New York's Related Group jumping into the market to invest in, build or brand major projects...More |
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June 3, New York
West Chelsea’s first luxury residence on the High Line
Handel Architects have completed the first luxury residential condominium development on the High Line offering a flush way of living and views over the Hudson. Apartments were sold out in record time and many are now available to rent. The 24 storey building, capacity 503,000 sq ft, provides the area with both residential and retail space...More |
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June 3, Salt Lake City
Historic Salt Lake skyscraper gets renovation
Both Salt Lake's Boston and Newhouse buildings will celebrate their 100th anniversary next year. Nearly in time for the celebration, all 11 floors of the Boston Building have been torn out and will eventually be updated with respect to what was there...More
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June 3, ArabianBusiness.com
The Burning Issue
Tall buildings have unique challenges when it comes to fires. Fire has the potential to cause absolute disaster, but good design can minimize the damage and save lives. Includes an interview with Peter Weismantle, Associate Director at SOM and CTBUH member...read more
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June 2, New York
Can we build a better crane
The construction crane has seen many incarnations over the 2,500 years that men have employed the machines. Beasts of burden are no longer needed to power them. Winches and pulley systems became ever more elaborate. Steel replaced wood at the onset of the of the industrial revolution, allowing for ever greater loads to be lifted...More |
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June 2, United States
AIA Requires Sustainability in Continuing Education
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced that starting in January 2009 it will require its members to complete four hours per year of continuing education focused on sustainable design, constituting half of the eight hours required for topics in health, safety, and welfare. The requirement will remain in place until 2012, when it will be reevaluated...More |
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June 2, Phnom Penh
Real Estate Boom in Cambodia's Capital
A decade ago, Phnom Penh didn't even have a traffic light. Now, high-rise condos and offices are in development and land speculators are raking in profits. Construction is now under way on Gold Tower 42, the Korean-funded project that upon its completion will be the first skyscraper in Cambodia...More |
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June 1, New York
Gehry’s first NY residential tower unveiled
New York developer Forest City Ratner and architect Frank Gehry today unveiled a design for a new 76-storey residential tower that will redefine the skyline of Lower Manhattan. The Beekman, as the project is known, will be the tallest residential tower in the City and Gehry’s first residential project in New York...More |
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June, United States
The Greening of America
When Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signed a comprehensive green building law in April, Los Angeles became the largest American city to date to enact strict environmental standards on private-sector construction...More
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