March 26, New York

Port Authority, other government officials and the developer Larry A. Silverstein have reached a tentative agreement that could resolve a 16-month impasse at ground zero and allow two new skyscrapers to be built on the site. There were secondary issues still being hammered out, according to four executives who have been involved in the long-running negotiations…more

March 26, Frankfurt

The final decision for the architects for the two skyscrapers of the 'Main Gate' project in Frankfurt, Germany has fallen. The investor followed the recommendation of the jury. Office tower 'WinX' will be build by KSP Engel Jürgen and the second office tower called 'Main-Tor Panorama' will be build by Christop Mäckler (original article in German)…more

March 26, London

Critics have claimed, that a 42-story skyscraper by Make will destroy views of London landmarks including Parliament Square, Westminster Abbey and Battersea Power Station. The zigzag-patterned tower, dubbed The Octave, was set to be given planning consent by Lambeth Council, despite strong opposition from English Heritage and neighboring Westminster…more

March 26, Tokyo

'Vertical Omotesando' is an architectural proposal by international firm WAI architecture for a fashion museum which reflects the culture of the Omotesando fashion world in Tokyo. The structure is envisioned to be a vertical version of the Omotesando street in which it is based…more

March 25, Tesside, UK

Planning permission has been granted to Thomas Heatherwick and his team to create a new biomass power station on a brownfield site in Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside. The 49 megawatt station is set to bring a £150 million investment to the region, providing power for over 50,000 homes, as well as creating hundreds of jobs during the construction period and beyond…more

March 24, Moscow

Mirax Group will continue the construction of a Moscow skyscraper set to be one of the tallest buildings in Europe according to an executive. "The Vostok tower will be built to the 97th floor - there is no question about that. We are at the final stage of selecting an investor," said Mirax First Vice President Nikolai Koshman…more

March 24, New York

A 70-story, folded, creased and curved stainless-steel curtain wall on an 867-ft-tall apartment building has been called “Gehry only on the outside,” as if the building is a fake Frank. It’s true that one of New York City’s tallest residential tower won’t be an internationally acclaimed cultural icon, as is the architect’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, but…more

March 24, Saudi Arabia

Chicago architects Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill have been selected by a Saudi Arabian investment firm to design the latest entry in the world's tallest building derby--a kilometer-high skyscraper on the fringes of the Saudi city of Jeddah, according to a published report…more

March 24

eVolo Magazine has announced the winners of the 2010 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the use of new technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organization…more

March 23

The world's mega-cities are merging to form vast "mega-regions" which may stretch hundreds of kilometers across countries and be home to more than 100 million people, according to a major UN report. The phenomenon of the so-called "endless city" could be one of the most significant developments - and problems - in the way people live and economies grow in the next 50 years…more

March 23, Beirut

It should be the latest building under construction by the architect Jean Nouvel, but the landmark in Beirut has yet to see the substructure begin. The 168 meter tall building hasn't been hit by lack of funding or the failure to market the scheme successfully but rather by the fact that on excavating the site Roman ruins were discovered…more

March 23, London

Elephant & Castle skyscraper’s signature element set to be turned off during the night. The first UK skyscraper to employ fully-integrated wind turbines could see them switched off at night because they are too noisy. The turbine noise will be audible at the upper levels of the building. Project director Ian Bogle added that the glazing would muffle…more

March 23, London

The curiously dubbed Walkie-Talkie skyscraper development, parented by Land Securities, is in search of a joint venture partner to oversee construction. According to reports, Tony Gibbon’s BH2 has been drafted in to provide help in finding a co-partner for the capital city build…more

March 23, Singapore

Fancy living among skyscrapers, a-la New York City? Now you can with 76 Shenton Way. Formerly a very empty office building, the geniuses at CDL have decided to convert this shell of a skyscraper to a 99-year, 39-storey development complete with 202 one and two-bedroom units…more

March 22

New technologies are helping to transform architectural surfaces far beyond the traditional canons of architecture. Architects create functional, cost-effective structures that complement their surroundings with a design that is authentic, attractive, and striking to the onlooker. However, most architects aspire to do so much more…more

March 22, Moscow

Alfa Bank is to invest around $240 million in Mirax Group to continue construction of a Moscow skyscraper, planed as one of the world's tallest buildings. The tower is part of the Moscow City development in the west of Moscow. The project was delayed because of the financial crisis and is now expected to be completed after 2016…more

March 21, London

Heron International has finally filed the long expected application for a second tall building to stand alongside their under construction Heron Tower in the place of Heron Plaza. Designed by PLP Architects, a firm set up in the wake of a large scale defection from Kohn Pederson Fox's London office, the building will rise to 135 meters in height with 44 floors above ground…more

March 21

Rain Collector Skyscraper understands the water consumption of its inhabitants in US. It aims to capture rainwater as much as possible through the innovative roof and external shell design. Capture the Rain skyscraper is a building whose roof and external shell are aimed at capturing as much rainfall as possible to meet the daily needs of its inhabitants…more

March 21, New York

Typically, developers don’t do any more work than they have to, given how much work it takes to build in New York, and input at the community level is even rarer. What makes the Extell Development’s approach to their Riverside Center project so interesting, is that the developer made a number of presentations to community since announcing the project in 2008…more

March 21, Abu Dhabi

The construction of the Capital Gate Tower of the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) is yet another architectural highlight in the Persian Gulf. Leaning four times more than the Tower of Pisa, the Capital Gate is going to be the world's most inclined building…more

March 21

Not many of us would think of industrial towers as impressive pieces of modern architecture, but a closer look reveals that they are, in fact, amazing structures. They have to be able to not only do the job they were built for – guiding smoke or steam, storing agricultural products, or cooling fluids – but to withstand all of the surrounding environmental stresses placed upon them…more

March 21, San Francisco

Millennium Partners is dusting off plans for a high-rise condo tower at 706 Mission St. in San Francisco after the financial crisis brought planning to a virtual halt. The developer and San Francisco Redevelopment Agency staffers are preparing an environmental impact report and negotiating a revised development agreement that will likely head to the redevelopment board in April, 2010…more

March 20, Dubai

A visit to Dubai Marina’s Ocean Heights to find out what tasks Damac and its contractors have to tick off their to-do list, before their Q4 deadline. We all know that it takes more than just bricks and mortar to construct a building that will shelter its occupants, but what happens when all the columns have been poured and the slabs are in place?…more

March 20, Las Vegas

Trump International Las Vegas has secured long-term financing for the condominium-hotel project that fell victim to the collapsing economy and is operating primarily as a nongaming Strip hotel. The undisclosed amount of financing, secured by the privately held Trump Organization with a group of banks, lowers the property's mortgage payments…more

March 19, Auckland, New Zealand

Celebrating the completion of Auckland's most significant development in recent years, The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. John Key, today cut the ribbon to officially open the 21 level, 23,000 sqm Deloitte Centre at 80 Queen Street, Auckland. The premium-grade office tower developed, built, owned and managed by Brookfield Multiplex and tenanted by BNZ and Deloitte…more

March 19, London

In what is one of the most promising signs with the project for some time, British Land has decided to delay the construction of an urban garden by the Mitchell Taylor Workshop on the site of 122 Leadenhall Street. The Rogers Stirk + Harbour skyscraper, 225 metres tall that has been nicknamed "the Cheesegrater" after its distinctive shape, had been mothballed…more

March 19, Rio de Janeiro

This renewable energy generating tower located on the coast of Rio is one of the first buildings we’ve seen designed for the 2016 Rio Olympics, (In case you didn’t notice, it’s also a waterfall.) The Solar City Tower is designed by Zurich-based RAFAA Architecture & Design, and features a large solar system to generate power during the day…more

March 19, Paris

The French architect Jean Nouvel has scrapped plans for a Paris skyscraper of nearly 100 storeys after failing to attract investors. Signal Tower was the key to rejuvenating La Défense, the business district, but the Spanish Medea group has pulled out of the £524 million project. It is the second time that a skyscraper project designed by Mr Nouvel has been shelved…more

March 18, Brisbane

The Austrailian Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat has announced plans for a Breakfast Seminar scheduled on March 30th, 2010. Conceived pre GFC, constructed largely during the GFC and planned for completion post GFC, One One One Eagle will add considerably to A grade Office space in Brisbane’s CBD. It has also been turning heads for its Architecture…more

March 18, Chicago

The schedule for the CTBUH-sponsored “Mine the Gap” competition has now been confirmed. The competition is dedicated to examining one of the most visible scars left after the collapse of the real estate market in Chicago: the massive hole along the Lake Michigan shore that was to have been the foundation for a singular 150-story condominium tower…more

March 18, Melbourne

Planning Minister Justin Madden has approved a controversial $260 million redevelopment of Melbourne's historic Windsor Hotel. Mr Madden said there was "no reason a permit should not be granted" to redevelop the Spring Street landmark, built in 1883. He said he accepted the recommendations of an independent advisory committee...more

March 18, Darfur, Sudan

Darfur has long been plagued by significant droughts. However, in 2007 scientists at Boston University discovered the region has one of the biggest underwater lakes in the world. Putting these two facts together, Polish firm H3AR designed an incredible water-harvesting skyscraper that would draw h2o from underground and create an artificial lake...more

March 17, New York

Usually “famous” accompanies “successful” when we talk about architects with a substantial body of work in their portfolios. Frank Williams, FAIA, who died from esophageal cancer February 25, in New York City, was definitely successful. At 73, he could claim credit as the lead architect or the collaborating one for at least 20 high-rises in New York City...more

March 17

Brazilian architect Felipe Campolina has unveiled the designs of a futuristic skyscraper that is composed of hundreds of mobile living units. The skyscraper deals with both environmental and social issues with the living units starting from a modular system scaled from the standard OSB plate…more

March 17, Chicago

A co-owner of Willis Tower is rethinking a $350-million plan to make the 110-story skyscraper more eco-friendly, according to a lawsuit. Pickering & Associates LLC, a public affairs firm hired to find public financing sources for the project, alleges that landlord American Landmark Properties Ltd. breached its contract with Pickering…more

March 16, New York

French architect Jean Nouvel recently unveiled a shining new LEED Certified skyscraper on 11th avenue in New York City. The building features a stunning facade composed of 1,700 different panes of glass and is described by the Pritzker Prize-winning architect as a “vision machine”. With apartments reaching from $1.6 million to $22 million…more

March 16, Singapore

Marina Bay Sands in Singapore is a project by Moshe Safdie and Associates. The south-east Asian city-state of Singapore – an internationally renowned financial center and, with its very busy port, one of the largest and most modern freight handling centers in the world – is also striving to become a top tourist destination...more

March 16, London

Allies & Morrison has bagged mayoral backing for a huge 101ha redevelopment scheme masterplanned for Brent Cross and Cricklewood, north London. The controversial scheme for a new town includes massive transport improvements, new schools, affordable homes, health facilities and park land. It aims to create 27,000 new jobs for Barnet...more

March 15, Australia

Australia circa 2050, population 35 million, climate change induced rising sea levels have flooded the Gold Coast resort region, apartment blocks are now used to grow food and people commute in monorail pods above the sea. In another city, Australians live on floating island pods with apartments both below and above sea level...more

March 15, San Francisco

The San Francisco Planning Commission will again take up the proposed 38-story 555 Washington Street tower, designed by Heller Manus for developer Andrew Segal. During the last meeting, in which the commissioners failed to reach a consensus, a community activist asked them, “Does ‘new urbanism’ say that we have to fight suburban sprawl by putting 400-foot buildings everywhere in San Francisco?”...more

March 15, New York

'Valdrade' skyscraper aims to tackle the problem of monofunctional densities in Manhattan by redefining the city's space based on three interdependent venues: density, sustainabilty and diversity. It seeks to reconsider the city as a true ecosystem that is able to manage itself through self-sufficiency and self-generation...more

March 15, Miami

Miami Dade College is getting an eye-popping new campus center poised for LEED certification. To be located on Biscayne Boulevard in downtown Miami, the building is an extruded quadrangle shape that, along with a striking glass and steel exoskeleton, maximizes natural ventilation and public spaces for the students to enjoy...more

March 15, Chicago

A lot of skyline-watchers are going to ponder about the Elysian, a new hotel and condo tower that aspires to re-create the elegance of 1920s Paris. Nearly 100 years after modern architects promised to remake the world with their revolutionary creations of steel and glass, most of America still prefers to live in colonials, Georgians and other types of traditional design...more

March 15, Rio de Janeiro

The advance of technology and science continues to redefine our lives with exciting and mesmerizing results. However, the rushing growth we have witnessed over the past century has left us with a global ecosystem struggling to survive. This is a proposal for an archetype that aims to help restore the harmony of human existence on Earth...more

March 14, New York

Chelsea became a one-stop-shopping destination for high-style contemporary architecture as well as high-end art, and the results can be depressing. For every significant building that went up, the neighborhood seemed to produce a half-dozen or so inferior knockoffs. Jean Nouvel’s new residential tower, at the western end of 19th Street, is...more

March 12, Leeds

ISIS Waterside Regeneration’s vision for the Granary Wharf site has been realized as the twenty-one story cylindrical residential building called ‘Candle House’ officially launched. The launch marks the completion of the final stage of development at Granary Wharf, which has undergone a £90 million face lift...more

March 12

April 2010, the first tenants may finally be able to move into Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, now the tallest building in the world. Despite a series of setbacks since its ostensible opening two months ago, including the closing of the observation deck, the tower has already prompted an exuberant proliferation of record-breaking statistics...more

March 12, Paris

Paris requires 70,000 new housing spaces per year, yet the image of the city becoming extremely compact and elevated causes fear. All new ideas need time to make their way into people’s minds. Ideas called ”harebrained” soon become “interesting”, then “imaginable”, and perhaps one day “obvious”. The principle of densification, as an anti-urban sprawl solution, has been proposed for a number of areas of the city...more

March 12, London

Work to install three wind turbines at a huge new Hamiltons-designed tower in south London is due to be completed. The turbines are designed to contribute 8% of the 43-storey Strata building’s total energy consumption when the 408-apartment block at Elephant & Castle is completed in May, 2010...more

March 12, Guadalajara

In Guadalajara, JDS architects will be designing a 280,000 m2 mixed-use master plan complex, which is meant to consolidate the new urban center of the city and will hopefully become an important symbol of growth and power in the second largest city in Mexico...more

March 12, Dubai

Developers of the 20 million sq ft Dubai Pearl have announced their collaboration with Singapore Sotheby's International Realty to encourage international funding for the €2.6billion luxury project. Pearl Dubai FZ LLC is to commence a road show across key Asian hubs and seek high net-worth investors...more

March 11, Shenzhen

Another unusual looking skyscraper is to start construction in the Chinese boomtown of Shenzhen situated near the border between the Peoples Republic and Hong Kong. The Coop Himmelb(l)au design for the China Insurance Group will be 200 metres tall and 49 floors when complete...more

March 11, Bangalore

Bangalore’s latest urban expansion, designed by Andy Fisher workshop, was launched as a blueprint for future sustainable developments by Patel Realty. The 50 hectare development has been formulated to encompass environmental strategies, business incubators, commercial facilities, social, recreational and lifestyle needs...more

March 10, New York

Frank Williams, an architect whose sleek towers incorporating crisp geometric shapes in many of their facades made a significant mark on the New York skyline, died on Feb. 25 in Manhattan. He was 73. In a career of more than four decades, Mr. Williams was the lead architect or collaborated with other prominent designers on 20 buildings in Manhattan...more

March 10, Kyiv

The Ukraine may be in something of an economic funk right now, but despite that skyscraper building continues in the country's capital regardless. Part of this stream of projects is Victory Towers, a twin 229 meter tall development with 55 floors in each of the skyscrapers and a huge shared basement between them...more

March 10, London

Studio RHE have submitted planning drawings to the Borough of Newham, one of London’s poorest boroughs, in an effort to develop the area with a new residential Eco-tower. The sleek 24 storey building named Silvertree is wrapped with coloured panels on 2 sides, which provide not only solar shading but also...more

March 10, Mumbai

Eight years after construction began in 2002 at the Imperial twin towers project in Mumbai, its developers have finally received the mandatory occupancy certificate to start handing over homes to buyers. The Rs1,200 core project, India’s most expensive residential address, has been bogged down by legal issues over the dangers its construction...more

March 10, Chicago

The CTBUH is saddened to learn of the recent passing of architect Bruce Graham, formerly with Skidmore Owings and Merrill. His influence on the Council’s hometown of Chicago was profound; one cannot look upon the city skyline without seeing the influence of Graham’s legacy, including the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center...more

March 10, Jakarta

This water purifying skyscraper, dubbed the Ciliwung Recovery Project (CRP), was designed for the rivers of Jakarta. The project provides housing and features an integrated filtration system consisting of a series of tubes that pump and purify waters from the region's polluted rivers...more

March 10, Qatar

KEO has announced the completion of their designs for a mixed use development on a 70,000 sq m waterfront site in Qatar. 130,000 sq m of office space; 30,000 sq m of retail space and 640 residential units will be provided at Diyar Al-Kuwait in Lusail. KEO describes the design composition as being inspired by traditional courtyard planning...more

March 10, Chicago

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has received and examined detailed drawings of the Burj Khalifa submitted by building owner Emaar, and can now confirm the official building height at 828.00 meters (2716.54 feet), as well as the title of “The World’s Tallest Building”. With the official completion of the building on January 4th...more

March 4, Oak Park, Chicago

Oak Park's village board will hold a special meeting to discuss--and, in all likelilhood, vote on--the controversial plan for a 20-story hotel and condominium tower that is proposed for a prominent downtown corner, just down the street from a cluster of homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright...more

March 4, Bogota

Stepped skyscrapers have long been popular, but few designs have taken it quite as far as this new tower planned for Bogota in Columbia. The development is actually a collection of three interlinked towers called BD Bacata after the area it will stand in. They will be 240 metres, 200 metres, and 120 metres in height with the main tower rising to 66 floors...more

March 4

Model cities are used all over the world for urban planning, architectural proposals and research. But while miniature cities are useful, they’re also a unique kind of art. Older models give us a very real glimpse into what cities looked like in past generations, while new models can help us to visualize what our surroundings will look like in the future...more

March 4, Los Angeles

Hollywood's tallest tower has shed its bones and skin -- and hopefully its reputation as the most cursed building in town. The slender 20-story Sunset Vine Tower that was Los Angeles' first modern skyscraper when it opened to international acclaim in 1963 at Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street has been converted into a luxury apartment building...more

March 4, Dubai

Dubai: Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) says Burj Khalifa builder Emaar has not shared blueprints in order for the 828-meter Dubai skyscraper to be truly certified as the world's tallest structure. "No, we haven't got a blueprint yet, but we'll probably get one sooner or later," Jan Klerks, CTBUH spokesman...more

March 4, Sydney

Almost all the towers in the Lend Lease's proposed $6 billion redevelopment at Barangaroo breach height limits, according to the first publicly available architectural drawings of the scheme. The drawings show the hotel planned for construction on a public pier will be about 10 storeys higher than allowed under the concept plan for the area...more

March 3, Dubai

More than a dozen of us filed into the dark elevator, ready to be whisked up 1,483 feet to the observation deck of the newly minted tallest building in the world. The smooth 60-second ride delivered us to the Burj Khalifa’s 124th floor. People of all ages were making their way around the viewing platform...more

March 3, London

Plans to regenerate the center of Lewisham in east London have taken a major hit following the revelation from local councillors that changing economic conditions have made the proposals unviable. The Arup planned project consists of a number of buildings including two towers that should be about 70 and 77 meters in height...more

March 2, New York

Watch an animation of, and hear I.M Pei talk about, the Hyperboloid – the building that wasn't built. The Hyperboloid was designed in 1954 for Manhattan. Though never built, the plans inspired organic structures around the world...more

March 2, Chicago

Chicago office Krueck & Sexton have completed the restoration of two apartment towers in Chicago by German-American architect Mies van der Rohe. Called 860-880 Lake Shore Drive, the 26-storey glass and steel towers were built between 1949 and 1951. The refurbishment involved re-coating the steel frame facade and...more

March 2, New York

The 2010 March/April issue of Preservation magazine has some stories that explore the related, but occasionally conflicting, agendas of saving old buildings and saving the planet from global warming. Preservation senior editor Sudip Bose examines the greening of the Empire State Building, a project comparable to the greening of Chicago's Willis Tower...more

March 2

Rem Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture announced that Ole Scheeren, the Rotterdam-based firm's envoy to Asia and its acknowledged superstar young designer, has split to start his own studio. Scheeren was the director of OMA's Beijing office, and oversaw the CCTV tower project, among others...more

March 2, Newark

Newark, once home to New Jersey’s tallest high-rise but overtaken time and again by the waterfront towers along Jersey City’s Gold Coast, is poised to get back in the game. Carl Dranoff, the Philadelphia developer who unveiled plans in 2008 for a 28-story luxury apartment high-rise, pegs his new Two Center Street at 44 stories...more

March 2, Chicago

William F. Baker, PE, CE, SE, FIStructE, FASCE is to receive the Institution of Structural Engineers' highest accolade, the Gold Medal, for his work as an internationally acclaimed structural engineer. The Gold Medal is awarded to an individual for ‘exceptional and outstanding contributions to the advancement of structural engineering’...more

March 2, New York

April 2009, a crowd gathered on the 80th floor of the Empire State Building to hear of a plan both ambitious and audacious, the details of which had largely been kept secret. The journalists and other parties assembled that day already knew that the Empire State Building was undergoing a $550 million restoration. What may have come as a surprise...more

March 2, Riyadh

Nikken Sekkei has beaten 31 international companies to secure the design and engineering consultancy contract for a new, highly sustainable Saudi Stock Exchange Headquarters building. The SAR1 billion (€179 million) development will rise 50 stories high in new financial heart of Riyadh...more

March 1, Doha

Call it Qatar's two-track real estate development strategy. The gleaming new high-rises in the upscale West Bay enclave answer to Qatar's need for a swanky real estate profile that is in tune with its soaring global aspirations. At the same time, the Gulf state is not about to let go of its traditional moorings, and a newly unveiled development - Musheireb...more

March 1, Chicago

Amid the worst office real estate market in memory, Willis Tower has mounted an improbable comeback. With lower rents and investments in attention-grabbing upgrades that followed a refinancing deal, Willis Tower added leases totaling 880,000 square feet with new and existing tenants and halved its vacancy rate to almost 10%...more

March 1, London

Lee Polisano’s Heron Tower, which will stand 755 ft tall upon completion, is the tallest building in the City of London after surpassing Tower 42’s 600 ft height. Set for completion in March 2011, Heron Tower’s 46 stories will provide over 40,000 sq m of office space in the center of London in an innovative 3-floor village structure...more

March 1, Dubai

Dubai is emerging from the desert sands and more people are moving into the famed city. With limited land available for agriculture, Dubai may soon be in need of an alternative solution for growing food for its residents. One solution could be this Oasis Tower vertical farm designed by Rahul Surin...more

March 1, Tel Aviv

Yet more high-rises with luxury apartments will be sprouting up on the Tel Aviv beachfront. The project, called David Promenade Residences, envisions two towers connected by a ground-level glass structure. One of the towers is to be 25 stories tall and have about 70 apartments...more

Feb 28, Denver

A city is sized up by its skyline, both its might and its imagination. When we look at tall buildings from far away, we don't care about their science — if the elevators are fast or how much energy they consume. We take in how they shape the urban outline, if they are innovative or traditional, if they give the city a personality...more

Feb 28, Hangzhou

Steven Holl Architects of New York have won a competition to design a major urban quarter on a former industrial site beside a lake at Hangzhou, China. The project, which includes several residential towers and an exhibition center, is based on Shan-Shui – “mountain-water” – a Chinese landscape painting style...more

Feb 28, Macau

International architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) has finalized construction for their 'One Central Macau' project. The luxury 400,000 square foot retail facility is part of a grand scale mixed-use development designed by KPF, and completes another key milestone in the city’s continued growth...more

Feb 26, Fujian

A 262-meter-high skyscraper, which will be the highest building in Fujian Province, as well as another two 150-meter-high office buildings, will stand up on the north bank of Yuanboyuan (Expo) Garden in Jimei District of Xiamen. The skyscraper will be located inside the phase II of the Xinglin Bay Business Operations Center, in the mainland districts of Xiamen...more

Feb 25, Canary Wharf

Ever since News International decided they weren't interested the site has been mothballed, but now Canary Wharf has been working on a new design for 25 Churchill Place, the last available plot in the original estate. As before the scheme comes from the pens of KPF but this time features a 108 metre tall mid-rise tower...more

Feb 25, London

Land Securities restart talks for building 20 Fenchurch Street ‘Walkie Talkie’ tower. Shelved for 18 months, the provocative plans for an office tower at 20 Fenchurch street in London, penned by Rafael Viñoly, are being ‘dusted down’ in the hope of a possible restart, according to a spokesperson for property giants Land Securities...more

Feb 25, Long Island City

A 21-story office building in Long Island City which has been in the works since late 2008 is structurally complete. Workers placed the final beam on the Gotham Center tower, topping off what will be Long Island City’s newest skyscraper. The top floors still need to be glassed in, and the interior is not yet finished, but the 28th-Street facility is on track to open in 2011...more

Feb 25, Mexico City

Reforma 432 is a newly planned residential skyscraper to stand in Mexico City with a façade that is nothing if not distinctive. The front of the building which faces on to an existing circular public plaza, Paseo de la Reforma, is based on a triangular framed pattern with glass and steel in a manner similar to that of the corners of Foster's Hearst Tower in New York City...more

Feb 25, Glasgow

Councils could increase recycling rates if they put more focus on high-rise and multi-occupancy homes - historically the hardest-to-reach areas for this service - research for recycling and waste container firm Taylor suggests. The study, conducted by Professor James Baird of Glasgow Caledonian University, surveyed residents of 1,000 North Lanarkshire Council flats...more

Feb 24, Plymouth

Barcelona architect David Mackay has given his backing to plans for a tall building on the site of the old Woolworth's store in Plymouth city center. But the author of the 2003 Vision for Plymouth has called for the city's Design Panel to be recalled to make sure the planned 20-storey tower block is of a good design...more

Feb 24, London

Kokkugia is an architecture studio based in New York and London. Fibrous tower is one of the studio’s projects exploring structures based on fibrous skeletons. The series of studies is based on algorithmic design methodologies, exploring ornamental, structural and spatial order through this lens...more

Feb 24, London

This new tool from Hayes Davidson, the imaging company who come up with so many of those visualizations of London in the future, allows you to play with London's skyline. Showing one of the views towards St Paul's Cathedral from north London that's protected, it allows you to see the London skyline looked like in the past...more

Feb 23, Singapore

Las Vegas Sands Corp. said it will open a portion of the $5.5 billion Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on April 27, 2010. The project's nearly 3-acre SkyPark, which sits atop the hotel-casino's three 55-story hotel towers, will open June 23, 2010 as part of the overall grand opening celebration...more

Feb 23, Leicester

One of the final hindrances to the development of a new business quarter in Leicester looks like it will finally be resolved. Leicester City Council has given planning permission for a replacement building on Charter Street that is being offered to Royal Mail as part of a £9 million deal, although the would-be tenant has yet to agree to moving there...more

Feb 23, Dubai

Geotube is a building proposal designed by the California based architecture firm, Faulders studio for the unique environment of Dubai. The building features a large super structure which will, over time, grow a skin façade on its own. The system utilizes a vertical salt deposit growth system that uses water from the adjacent Persian Gulf...more

Feb 23, Sydney

The Premier, Kristina Keneally, has endorsed a plan to build one of Sydney's biggest hotels more than 100 meters out over the harbor. And the British architect behind the Barangaroo proposal, Richard Rogers, said he had ''no reservations'' about going where no private developer had been allowed to develop before...more

Feb 23, Tokyo

Despite the economic recession, Tokyo's pursuit of height shows no sign of slowing down, providing a lot more opportunities for its residents to enjoy the new facets of the city. The Tokyo Sky Tree, a broadcasting tower under construction in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, is visible from various locations as it grows taller...more

Feb 22, Chengdu, China

The Finnish company PES Architects won a competition for the construction of a high-rise building in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. The skyscraper, which is to be nearly 200 metres high, will contain offices, a shopping complex, a spa, a congress centre, and a residential hotel...more