May 24, Miami, United States

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has released images of its much-anticipated 60-story residential skyscraper to be built in downtown Miami. The 215-meter One Thousand Museum Tower will be located at 1000 Biscayne Boulevard and features a concrete exoskeleton structural system. Read more.

May 24, Singapore

Singapore-based photographer Jared Lim expresses his fascination with the fabric of the city in the creation of his newest series, Urban Exploration. In the collection, Lim features the patterns and geometries created by tall buildings and other urban architecture that he encounters through his work. Read more.

May 24, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Researchers at the University of Bern in Switzerland have produced a study indicating that residents of the upper levels of high-rises can enjoy a longer life expectancy than their lower-level peers. Key factors to this phenomenon may include less air pollution and traffic noise, as well as exercising by climbing stairs. Read more.

May 24, Chicago, United States

Chicago is the birthplace of the skyscraper and artist Al Boardman has created a short film using motion graphics to honor five of the city's notable tall buildings. His inventive animation features the John Hancock Center, the Crain Communications Building, Marina City, Trump Tower and the Willis Tower. Read more.

May 23, Miami, United States

A video released by architecture firm Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Assoc. showcases the design for the new convention center and hotel tower at Miami World Center. The 1,800-room Marriott, to be built on the site of the demolished Miami Arena, sits atop a 600,000-square foot convention center. Read more.

May 23, Melbourne, Australia

Stunt actress Leigh-Anne Vizer posed in the giant hand of King Kong high above the city of Melbourne as part of a PR stunt for the new theater production of King Kong: the Musical. The hand was hoisted to the 88th floor of Eureka Tower, the second-tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere. Read more.

May 23, New York, United States

Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer announced at a press event that Yahoo! is taking over four stories of the old New York Times building in Times Square, signing a 10-year lease for 176,000 square feet (16,300 square meters). Yahoo!'s 500 New York employees are currently split across three different locations. Read more.

May 23, Johannesburg, South Africa

Johannesburg's Sandton City Office Tower will undergo significant renovations at the recommendation of investigating structural engineers. The 40-year-old tower will receive upgrades to its systems, including electrical and mechanical, over the next 18 months. Read more.

May 22, Barcelona, Spain

Apogee Investors has secured a €1.5 billion (US$1.9 billion) investment to build a Mobilona Space Hotel on a man-made island off the coast of Barcelona. Designed by architect Erik Morvan, the 300-meter (984-foot) building would be Europe's tallest hotel if it reaches completion. Read more.

May 22, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai Properties Group and Emaar Properties have made the decision to re-launch The Lagoons project on Dubai Creek with construction work likely to restart soon. The companies are reportedly planning to include a 1,000-meter tower in the development, Emirates 24/7 reports. Read more.

May 22, New York, United States

Rockrose Development Corp. is expected to break ground on the tallest residential building in Queens, New York later this year. The company is demolishing seven run-down warehouses on the site at 43-25 Hunter Street, where it plans to build the $400 million 50-story tower. Read more.

May 22, Houston, United States

Developer Pearl Hospitality is in the process of renovating Houston's historic Samuel F. Carter Building to include a new JW Marriott Houston Downtown Hotel. The 22-story Samuel F. Carter Building was Houston's first skyscraper when it was finished 100 years ago, according to High Rise Facilities. Read more.

May 21, New York, United States

The Moinian Group, developer of the W New York Downtown Hotel and Residences, is bringing the building's $40 million penthouse to market. A combination of 12 units in a two-story duplex, the residence would be the most expensive in the financial district if it goes for the listed price. Read more.

May 21, London, United Kingdom

The London Underground Headquarters at 55 Broadway, which was the city's first tall building, may be converted into apartments and sold. The 10-story 55 Broadway building was built by Charles Holder in 1929, and won the RIBA London Architecture Medal in 1931. Read more.

May 21, New York, United States

The owner of the Seagram Building, RFR Holdings, has taken out a $1 billion loan to refinance the landmark tower after failing to sell the building. The refinance will pay off about $400 million of existing debt on the property, according to Crain's New York. Read more.

May 21, Milan, Italy

Qatar Holding has officially bought a 40 percent stake in Milan's real estate project, Porta Nuova, for an undisclosed sum, developer Hines Italia announced. Porta Nuova is one of the most ambitious skyscraper developments in Europe, with a market value in excess of €2 billion (US$2.58 billion). Read more.

May 20, Singapore

The Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) celebrated its official opening May 15 in Singapore's central business district. The four-tower mixed-use development, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), has been under construction since 2006. Read more.

May 20, New York, United States

Repeating a pattern seen across Manhattan recently,150 Charles Street, a 16-story condominium tower in New York has practically sold out before completion. Only two units are not yet in contract, adding up to about $750 million in sales for developer Witkoff Group, according to The Wall Street Journal. Read more.

May 20, Stockholm, Sweden

Architecture firm Belatchew Arkitekter has developed a concept design for a skyscraper that uses piezoelectricity to power itself. The Strawscraper would function as a shell around an existing high-rise, the Söder Torn, producing energy through its straws, or piezoelectric fibers. Read more.

May 20, Opinion: DesignBuild Source, Australia

A multi-disciplinary approach is key to a successful and innovative tall building façade, according to DesignBuild Source. Factors such as aesthetics, performance and engineering must be taken into account in order to achieve quality and longevity for the building's skin. Read more.

May 17, New York, United States

Silverstein Properties has secured financing to move forward on its proposed 82-story skyscraper at 30 Park Place in Tribeca. The 926-foot (282-meter) building will be one of the tallest in New York City, and will incorporate a 185-room Four Seasons hotel and 157 private luxury residences. Read more.

May 17, Shanghai, China

Last month marked the opening of the L'Avenue Shanghai commercial development, including a 28-story office tower and four-story retail podium. Located in the Changning district, the project features sustainable features such as rainwater recycling, high energy efficiency and reduced water consumption.  Read more.

May 17, Opinion: ArchDaily

ArchDaily writer Charlotte Nelson editorializes on the abuse skyscrapers tend to experience on the silver screen. She encourages filmmakers to move away from their negative attitudes toward tall buildings and calls skyscraper designers to take cues from the industry's fantastic creations. Read more.

May 16, Sydney, Australia

Wilkinson Eyre Architects has won the bid to design the new Crown Hotel in Sydney as part of a larger $6 billion Barangaroo Redevelopment Master Plan. The organic design finds its roots in an abstracted form of three stems growing out of the ground and twisting as they reach the top of the structure. Read more.

May 16, London, United Kingdom

Architects’ Journal writer Felix Mara conducted an interview with UN Studio director Ben van Berkel in which they discussed the practice's new 30-story residential tower Canaletto Tower in London. The pair discussed the tower's sustainable, social and parametric design characteristics. Read more.

May 16, Chicago, United States

The property that was slated to hold the Chicago Spire is seeing renewed interest, with multiple bidders showing interest in the debt note on the stalled development. Ireland's National Asset Management Agency has received at least six initial offers for the $93 million in debt it holds on the property. Read more.

May 16, Chicago, United States

Minneapolis-based US Bankcorp will put its name on a downtown Chicago skyscraper as it expands its presence there, according to the Chicago Tribune. The bank purchased the naming rights through 2026 for 190 S. LaSalle, a 40-story Philip Johnson-designed office tower. Read more.

May 15, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The Dubai Frame, a 150-meter-by-105-meter (492-by-344-ft) window frame structure in the emirate’s Zabeel Park, is set to be completed by the end of next year. The AED120 million (US$32.3 million) project won the ThyssenKrupp Elevator International Architecture Award in 2009. Read more.

May 15, Ottawa, Canada

Ottawa developer Richcraft is the latest to propose building the city’s tallest towers. The company has filed plans with the city to make way for one 18-story building and two 48-story condo towers at 845 Carling Avenue. Read more.

May 15, Chicago, United States

Fifield Cos has released the design of the 42-story tower it was commissioned to develop for the Jewel-Osco grocery chain in Chicago’s North Loop. The Jewel Gold Coast Tower will feature apartments and a flagship grocery-store podium. Read more.

May 14, New York, United States

The New York Times looks into the city’s world of high-rise living, emphasizing how infatuated New Yorkers have become with the phenomenon and the premiums they are willing to pay. Extraordinary views and enviable silence are driving prices higher than the apartments. Read more.

May 14, Brisbane, Australia

Ever wanted to go to work by being lifted more than 250 meters (820 feet) by a crane? Through a recently released video, you can experience crane operator David Hooper’s daily vertical commute to his job constructing Brisbane’s future tallest building, Meriton Infinity Tower. Read more.

May 13, Changsha, China

The Broad Sustainable Building has released an animation of its much anticipated Sky City skyscraper in Changsha, which, if completed, would be the world’s tallest building. The short film demonstrates the prefabricated process that would be used in its construction. Read more.

May 13, New York, United States

A new boom has successfully been hoisted onto the crane at One57, nearly seven months after the previous crane snapped during Hurricane Sandy. The maneuver involved swinging the boom over three buildings before hauling it up the side of the building. Read more.

May 10, New York, United States

The final crowning piece has been attached to the roof of One World Trade Center in New York, bringing to a symbolic close a decade-plus process of politics, healing, design and construction, after the destruction of the original World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Read more.

May 10, Toronto, Canada

Hariri Pontarini Architects released new images of its 6.4 million-square foot (600,000-square meter) One Yonge six-tower development. The tallest of the towers will be an 88-story residential skyscraper, which will be joined by a 40-story office tower and a 70-story hotel tower, linked by a retail podium. Read more.

May 10, Seattle, United States

This week, construction began on a 41-story residential project located at 2030 8th Avenue in downtown Seattle. GID Development Group's 355-unit luxury apartment tower features panoramic views of Seattle's downtown skyline, Lake Union, Puget Sound and Elliot Bay. Read more.

May 10, London, United Kingdom

London's iconic Lloyd's building has been sold to the Chinese life insurance firm Ping An for around £260 million (US$400 million). The tower, commonly referred to as the “Inside-Out Building” because its circulation and ventilation are on the outside, was designed by British architect Richard Rogers. Read more.

May 9, Sydney, Australia

Three internationally recognized firms are competing to design a multi-billion dollar resort hotel tower at Barangaroo South on Sydney's harbor foreshore. The shortlist is composed of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architects (AS+GG) and Wilkinson Eyre Architects. Read more.

May 9, Chicago, United States

The Langham Hotel Chicago is scheduled open in July in the Mies van der Rohe-designed 330 N. Wabash skyscraper in downtown Chicago. The 330-room hotel, located in what was once known as the IBM Building, is still under renovation and will occupy floors two through 13. Read more.

May 9, New York, United States

Shutterstock Inc., the image web-marketplace, has signed an 11-year lease for a new 85,000-square foot headquarters in the Empire State Building. Shutterstock will move from its current space at 60 Broad Street later this year, according to Real Estate Weekly. Read more.

May 8, Chicago, United States

Developer Tishman Speyer is planning to build Chicago-based firm Krueck + Sexton's largest project on the empty lot at 130 North Franklin Street. The 48-story faceted glass tower is the developer's first major project since the 2008 financial crisis. Read more.

May 8, New York, United States

JP Morgan Asset Management is acquiring the 31-story office tower at 425 Lexington Ave. for around $650 million. The building is one of two midtown skyscrapers being auctioned off by the Houston-based real estate investment and development firm Hines, the other being the I.M. Pei-designed 499 Park Ave. Read more.

May 8, Panama City, Panama

A Panamanian inventor has demonstrated a new parachute, which can open after just 100 feet (31 meters)  to be used as an escape option for people in high-rise buildings during a catastrophe. The SOS Parachute by Morris Shahbazi can open more quickly and at lower heights than most similar devices. Read more.

May 8, Dallas, United States

Renovation work has begun on Dallas's tallest building, the 72-story Bank of America Plaza, which will include a new entry, lobby area and remodeled retail court. The $20 million project will also involve a replacement of the green argon lights that outline the building with more efficient LED lights. Read more.

May 7, New York, United States

Boston Properties has completed the structure and envelope of its SOM-designed 250 West 55th Street tower. The company reports that saving $5 million by incorporating an "innovative viscous damping system  into the outrigger and belt truss at the crown of the building."  Read more.

May 7, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai-based photographer Gerald Donovan climbed to the top of the 828-meter (2,722-foot) Burj Khalifa last week with plans to photograph the city. When he arrived at the top, a sand storm engulfed the city, which he managed to capture on video. Read more.

May 7, New York, United States

With its March purchase of New York's landmark Steinway Hall, JDS Development Group is considering expanding its planned 105-107 W. 57th Street tower. Now that it owns Steinway's air rights, JDS may be able to build a skyscraper taller than 900 feet (274 meters) on the adjacent site. Read more.

May 7, Milan, Italy

Renzo Piano has completed the master plan for the derelict steel production district of Milan, designboom reports. The regenerated district, which is scheduled for completion in 2018, will include a series of towers ranging between 40 and 90 meters (131 to 295 feet) and will produce all of its own energy. Read more.

May 6, Mumbai, India

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture has won Mumbai’s Imperial Tower competition with a 400-meter aerodynamic design. The Imperial Tower, which could become the tallest in the city, was designed to "confusedthe wind" by minimizing the negative effects of wind in the low-rise city. Read more.

May 6, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Glasgow's Birnie Court, one of the city's controversial Red Road high-rise housing projects, was demolished yesterday, May 5, in the second stage of a regeneration project. Eighty-eight kilograms (194 pounds) of explosives brought down the 30-story building in five seconds. Read more.

May 6, London, United Kingdom

A new Terry Farrell and Partners-designed mater plan to transform Convoys Wharf on the Thames has been submitted for planning permission. Developer Hutchison Whampoa Property is planning to invest over £1 billion (US$1.6 billion) to transform the derelict site opposite Canary Wharf. Read more.

May 6, Buffalo, United States

Four architecture students at the University of Buffalo in New York have designed and constructed an apartment building for bees. The Elevator B project is a steel, glass and cypress skyscraper bee colony created as part of the school's Ecological Practices Group competition. Read more.

May 3, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The Chairman of Emaar Properties, Mohamed Alabbar, continues to vaguely reference his next skyscraper project, which is supposed to be the world's next tallest building. The Chairman most recently hinted that the supertall may be located in Dubai, near his previous accomplishment, the Burj Khalifa. Read more.

May 3, London, United Kingdom

Financial advisory and investment banking firm Duff & Phelps has signed a contract to lease about 20,000 square feet (1,806 square meters) of office space in the Shard. The firm joins the unopened Shangri-La hotel and the View from the Shard observation deck as the tower's maiden tenants. Read more.

May 3, Wollongong, Australia

A team from Australia's University of Wollongong (UOW) under the direction of Professor Farzad Safaei has developed Power WINDows, a new type of wind-to-energy converter. The modular turbines were developed to keep noise vibration and operating costs to a minimum. Read more.

May 2, New York, United States

Today crews are installing the final two sections of the One World Trade Center's 408-foot (124-meter) crowning structure, wihch will bring it to its final architectural height of 1,776 feet (541 meters). Once the installation of the 82-ton, 75-foot (74.39-ton, 23-meter) is complete, the topped-out building will become the tallest "structure" in the US. Read more.

May 2, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai's Meydan Group is gearing up to launch its 111-story Meydan Tower in downtown Dubai, Emirates 24/7 reports. The company says construction on what would be the city's second tallest building will begin along Shikeh Zayed Road within the next six weeks. Read more.

May 2, Singapore

Singapore-based developer GuocoLand is planning to build Singapore's tallest building as part of the Tanjong Pagar Centre development. The Guoco Tower will be 290 meters (951 feet) when it is completed in 2016 and will contain 38 stories of office space and nearly 200 residential units. Read more.

May 1, Nanterre, France

Parisian firm X-Tu Architects has completed its Nanterre Apartment Blocks in the Nanterre suburb of Paris. The original client specifications for the project inspired the clustered form of the nine-story buildings, as well as its strong vertical fenestration and a broken skyline silhouette. Read more.

May 1, Taiwan, China

Beijing-based Decode Urbanism Office (DUO) has released the design of its Taiwan Wind Tower. The skyscraper's façade is composed of rotating wind-driven turbines, which are designed to produce enough energy to completely supply the building, eVolo reports. Read more.

May 1, Houston, United States

After six years of protests and lawsuits, work has finally begun on the site of the controversial Ashby High-rise, located near Houston's Rice University. Crews have started prepping the existing Maryland Manor apartment building for demolition, which is scheduled to begin in early June. Read more.

April 30, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai-based real estate developer Emaar Properties recently opened sales for units in The Address Residence Fountain Views. The pair of 60-story towers in downtown Dubai feature luxury Sky Collection apartments that range from 186 to 1,579 square meters (2,000 to 17,000 square feet). Read more.

April 30, Los Angeles, United States

Four of the 10 tallest skyscrapers in Los Angeles will soon be controlled by international real estate company Brookfield Office Properties. The company will become the city's biggest office owner with the purchase of the buildings, including Gas Company Tower, KMPG Tower and Wells Fargo Tower. Read more.

April 29, Minneapolis, United States

The Philip Johnson-designed IDS Center tower in downtown Minneapolis has been sold. Florida-based Beacon Investment Properties and its Israeli partner companies purchased the 57-story office building, which is the tallest building in the state of Minnesota, for $253 million. Read more.

April 29, Chicago, United States

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago has gained City Council approval for its Gensler-designed new research hospital tower in the Streeterville area of the city. The project is the product of six rounds of community meetings, and is expected to reach completion by 2016. Read more.

April 29, Hong Kong, China

French photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze has created Vertical Horizon, a book of his photographic journey between the buildings of Hong Kong. With seven million people squeezed into 426 square miles (1,104 square kilometers), Hong Kong is one of the world's most densely populated areas. Read more.

April 29, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

The Jeddah Economic Co. has signed a water supply deal for the Kingdom Tower with Saudi Arabia's national water company, Bloomberg reports. For SAR2.2 billion (US$587 million), the company will supply 156,000 cubic meters (5.5 million cubic feet) of treated water and drinking water every day. Read more.

April 26, New York, United States

National Public Radio (NPR) blogger  Robert Krulwich has published a story profiling the emergence of planted skyscrapers, "farmscrapers" and vertical forests. The article was created as an answer to architecture observer Tim De Chant's essay, "Can we please stop drawing trees on top of skyscrapers?" Read more.

April 26, Hong Kong, China

Architecture firm Urbanplunger has created a proposal for a nightclub and hotel tower in Hong Kong that would be completely suspended above the ground. The structure, which would lean on neighboring buildings' infrastructure, acts as an "architectural parasite," Architecture Source reports. Read more.

April 26, Paris, France

Parisian street artist C215 has completed a 25-meter (82-foot) painting on the exterior of a tall building in a low-income neighborhood in the city. The painting was commissioned as part of the Le Parcours Street Art du 13e project, which was launched in an attempt to beautify the city's 13th Arrondissement district. Read more.

April 25, New York, United States

Yesterday, April 24, New York celebrated the centennial of a building that changed its skyline: Cass Gilbert's Woolworth Building. Originally planned to be 16 stories, when it reached completion in 1913 the 60-story building was the tallest in the world at 792 feet (241 meters). Read more.

April 25, New Orleans, United States

The New Orleans Building Corp. has received three submissions to its competition to revive the currently empty World Trade Center Tower on Canal Street. Two recommend renovating the existing building, while the third calls for its demolition and the construction of a completely new tower. Read more.

April 25, Boston, United States

The $52 million Tree House Residence Hall at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MassArt, has reached completion. The 21-story tower was created by ADD Inc. with the collaborative input of students, faculty and the neighboring community. Read more.

April 24, London, United Kingdom

Post-war residential tower blocks should be refurbished rather than demolished, according to delegates at the Open City's Green Sky Thinking Week conference in London. The debate concluded that the amounts of embodied carbon in tall buildings are too great to lose through demolition. Read more.

April 24, Chicago, United States

Scott Sarver, co-founder and principal of Chicago-based smdp, has teamed up with Fifield Cos. to create a master plan to deck over the Kennedy Expressway downtown and create a "New West Loop." Their intention is to create a hub of office development that attracts new business to the city. Read more.

April 24, New York, United States

A petite crawler crane is in the process of removing the damaged crane from the top of One57. At the top of the 90-story building, the broken crane, which collapsed in the high winds of Superstorm Sandy last October, was too high to be removed by a ground crane. Read more.

April 24, Shanghai, China

A retired machinist in Shanghai has invented a slide that will allow high-rise residents to more quickly and safely evacuate their buildings, China Daily reports. In the event of a fire, residents can slide down the chute to the exit in a matter of seconds. Read more.

April 23, Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne Planning Minister Matthew Guy is planning to ease height restrictions that prohibit building shadows on the Yarra River in order to allow a massive skyscraper. The 555 Collins Street site could be home to a 404-meter (1,325-foot) tower, which would be Melbourne's, and Australia’s tallest. Read more.

April 23, New York, United States

The Helena apartment building on Manhattan's West Side has become the first in New York City to offer residents regular food scrap collection as part of the city's Organics Collection Program. The residents of the Helena will divert approximately 35 percent of their waste from landfills to composting facilities. Read more.

April 23, Istanbul, Turkey

Ziraat Bank, Turkey's oldest and largest state-run lender, has commissioned New York-based Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) to design its headquarters, World Architecture News reports. The two-tower project will be located in the under-construction, HOK-designed Istanbul International Financial Center. Read more.

April 23, Miami, United States

New Jersey-based Prudential Real Estate Investors (PREI) has acquired the Sabadell Financial Center in Miami, Florida, for $185 million from Testa American Real Estate Corporation. The 30-story office tower, built in 2000, was valued at $354 per square foot ($3,933 per square meter) and is 85 percent leased. Read more.

April 22, New York, United States

On April 17, the AIA New York Chapter awarded its highest honor to William Pedersen, founding partner of Kohn Pedersen Fox. Previous Medal of Honor recipients include Louis Skidmore, 1949; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1958; Toshiko Mori, 2005; David Childs, 2010; and Daniel Libeskind, 2011. Read more.

April 22, Miami, United States

Porsche Design Group (PDG) has broken ground on its 60-story landmark "ultra-luxury" tower in Miami. The skyscraper, which represents PDG's first foray into residential real estate, has reportedly sold 50 percent of the 132 units, already amounting to more than $400 million in sales. Read more.

April 22, London, Great Britain

As part of the Guardian's "Assignment of the Week" photography initiative, readers are encouraged to submit photos of tall buildings around the world. The theme was chosen in honor of last week's Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)'s debate on the role of tall buildings in the City of London. Read more.

April 22, Tripoli, Libya

Al Waha, a two-tower development in downtown Tripoli, Libya, is back on track. The DH734 million (US$200 million) mixed-use tower project, which will be developed by Abu Dhabi-based Al Maabar, was put on hold due to the Arab Spring. Read more.

April 19, New York, United States

Photographer Bob Estremera of Foto Architectura has produced a series of images documenting the recently renovated Woolworth Building, which turns 100 years old next week. The chance to photograph the interior of this "Cathedral of Commerce" is rare, as the building is no longer open to tourists. Read more.

April 19, Montpellier, France

Montpellier city officials have named London-based Farshid Moussavi Architecture as winner of the Jardins de le Lironde tower competition. The unconventional design features a stack of shifting curved floor plates that will form the 11-story apartment block in the French city. Read more.

April 19, Sydney, Australia

Developers in Sydney are capitalizing on a growing demand from families wanting to live in high-rise buildings. The city's newest apartment towers are beginning to move away from single-bedrooms and are beginning to cater to families with multiple bedroom units. Read more.

April 18, Mumbai, India

The team behind India's future tallest building, the Palais Royale in Mumbai, is featured in this 15-minute documentary. The 320-meter (1,050-foot) building is the nation's first supertall building and represents many structural and logistical breakthroughs for Indian tall building design. Read more.

April 18, Miami, United States

Everything is in place to launch construction of Miami developer Tibor Hollo's high-rise project at 1101 Brickell Avenue. At 849 feet (259 meters), the Panorama Tower will become the tallest building in the state of Florida upon completion in 2016. Read more.

April 18, Sydney, Australia

In a recent article, Architecture Source addressed the challenges that face tall building designers. The piece provides examples of successful and unsuccessful solutions to the problems of restricted sunlight, exacerbated wind conditions, lack of activation at ground level and poor contextual response. Read more.

April 17, Ottawa, Canada

The Hariri Pontarini Architects-designed Icon Tower has cleared a zoning obstacle in Ottawa, eliminating the site's height limit of 25 meters (82 feet) to allow for the 143-meter (469-foot) project, the architects informed the CTBUH. Locals hope this decision will allow future density and vertical growth in the city. Read more.

April 17, Monaco

The apartment atop the under-construction Tour Odeon in Monaco could be listed for as much as $387 million, making it the world's most expensive penthouse, reports DesignBuildSource. The price tag is pure speculation, based on the size of the space and current prices for apartments in the building, which start at $7,958 per square foot. Read more.

April 17, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A recent video posted on YouTube of Dubai's Burj Khalifa records what it's like to be in the tower while experiencing the strong winds of a storm. The building, which is engineered to gently sway in any given direction, emits perceptible creaks and groans in the storm. Read more.

April 16, Shanghai, China

The Shanghai Tower, which is still under construction, reached 501 meters (1,643 feet) April 11, surpassing the neighboring Jin Mao Building and the World Financial Center. Shanghai Tower is now the second tallest structure in China, and will become the tallest building when it reaches completion in 2014. Read more.

April 16, Milan, Italy

Qatar is considering buying some or all of Milan's under-construction Porta Nuova business district as Italy's economic crisis affects its US developer, Reuters reports. The project has been developed by Hines Group and is estimated to have cost over €1.8 billion (US$2.4 billion). Read more.

April 16, Lincoln, United States

Lincoln, Nebraska has beat two world records by building a 12-foot (3.7-meter) replica of the Nebraska State Capitol with more than 10,000 Lincoln Logs. On April 14, a team of architects from DLR Group and students from the University of Nebraska completed the world's tallest and largest Lincoln Log structure. Read more.

April 16, Marseille, France

Marseille's new Euroméditerranée district will be the future home of France's first residential tower in the 1970s. Designed by Jean-Baptiste Pietri, the H99 skyscraper will rise 99 meters (325 feet) and enjoy a view of the Mediterranean and Marseille's Côte Bleue. Read more.

April 15, New York, United States

Developer Second Development Services has revealed plans to construct a 200-room hotel tower at 95 Rockwell Place this fall in the Brooklyn Downtown Cultural District. The 30-story tower is slated to open within two years to accommodate the district's rapidly growing number of tourists. Read more.