August 29, Brooklyn A veritable who’s-who of Brooklyn’s most powerful landlords is coming out swinging against a city plan to landmark nearly two dozen tall buildings in Downtown and Brooklyn Heights, saying that the proposal would handcuff building owners from cashing in on the demand for new retail in the area around Borough Hall... more

August 28, Hanoi A fire broke out in Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower, the tallest building in Vietnam, at 2:00 pm on August 27. According to some workers who are working at the 7th floor of the building’s garage, the fire took place due to workers’ carelessness while installing air-conditioners... more

August 28, Chengdu, China A 37-story mixed-use complex in Chengdu, China, recently reached substantial completion and opened its first phase, the 111,500-square meter Chicony Plaza department store. Occupying a full city block adjacent to a vibrant public square in the central business district of Chengdu... more

August 28, London Despite London’s status as a leading world capital, the city has some very serious problems affecting its potential and that of its inhabitants – namely a chronic and dire housing shortage, the smallest room-sizes to be found anywhere in the western world, and prices so high that they exclude all but the very wealthy... more

August 27, Taipei The design for the new Taipei Nangang High-tech District Office Tower, by AEDAS Beijing, draws inspiration from the shape of the river pebbles, developing a unique aesthetic that conveys the idea of softness and elegance as well as strength and character... more

August 27, Perth After inking a deal for the AU$4 billion project with Perth Racing, Golden Group has now released the artist's impressions of what the development  may look like. The renderings show eight high-rise towers dotting the eastern and western ends of the 50 hectares Belmont peninsula... more

August 26, Beijing Zaha Hadid Architects have released new renderings of a 200-meter high commercial complex designed for Beijing. The Wangjing Soho complex will comprise three large pebble-shaped buildings overlooking a road that leads to Beijing Capital Airport... more

August 26, Aldar, Abu Dhabi "Simple" is not the word that jumps to one's mind when driving into Abu Dhabi and seeing the gigantic disc standing on its side in the desert. The slim, circular building on a concrete plinth is the result of slightly less than three years of work and has more than 3,000 panes of glass... more

August 26, Shenzhen Steven Holl Architects recently received a 2011 American Architecture Award for the Horizontal Skyscraper-Vanke Center in Shenzhen, China. The awards, administered annually by the Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Center for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies honor “new and cutting-edge design”... more

August 26, Davo City, Philippines The tallest building in Davao City, if not in Mindanao, Philippines will soon rise.  Aeon Towers, as the building is called, will be built in Bajada, beside the Abreeza Mall. The construction will start in the first quarter of 2012, and the projected time to complete will be in the first quarter of 2016... more

August 25, Mojave Desert BrightSource Energy is building a 392-megawatt solar thermal power facility located in the Mojave Desert, California. Ivanpah is using mirrors to focus the power of the sun on solar receivers at the top of three 225-meter power towers. The complex is comprised of three separate plants to be built in phases between 2010 and 2013... more

August 24, New York The recent earthquake rattled New Yorkers enough to make them evacuate glass-encased office towers. But was that the right thing to do? “The likelihood of a tall building collapse is very low, but the likelihood of you getting hit by a big plate glass window that shattered and cuts you and makes you bleed to death is more likely”... more

August 24, Bangkok For years, Thailand’s top disaster guru has sounded an apocalyptic warning: the sea is rising, Bangkok is sinking and the coastal metropolis will sit under five feet of water by 2030. The only bulwark against this scenario is a $2.8 billion dyke sealing off Bangkok from the sea... more

August 24, Brooklyn Forest City Ratner filed a building application for a residential tower on the corner of Dean Street and Flatbush Avenue. It’s been reported that they hope to break ground on a 33-story by the end of this year. Although there is no word yet on whether this tower will be the pre-fabricated tower that got people so excited back in March... more

August 25, Chicago There are plans to build a 3,280-foot skyscraper in Saudi Arabia. It will be the tallest structure in the world, 500 feet higher than anything else. But on this date in 1956, Frank Lloyd Wright announced plans for an even grander Chicago structure. His building would top off at 5,280 feet – a mile high... more

August 24, Washington DC The strongest earthquake to strike the eastern United States in more than a century rattled downtown Washington and sparked fearful evacuations from skyscrapers in New York. With the anniversary of September 11 just around the corner, many residents said they feared the 40-second shakedown was a terror attack... more

August 24 Wheat on the seventh floor and rice on the twelfth. Finally, enough food grown over 18-story tower that can feed a city of 50,000 citizens. This simple thought would one-day become a reality. Thanks to the vertical farms or sky farms, where various crops will be grown in eco-friendly skyscrapers... more

August 24, New York A Manhattan apartment building has been immortalized by the U.S. postal service as part of its collection of 'Forever' stamps. An extreme close-up of West End Towers, at 75 West End Avenue, joins the ranks of Mount St Helens and Yellowstone Park's hot springs for the upcoming Earthscapes stamp series... more

August 23, Algiers, Algeria Algeria’s government has selected 3 construction firms to prequalify for the main contract to build a grand mosque in the capital. The mosque will be the third largest in the world, after those in Mecca and Medina. In the centre of the complex will be a 300-meter tower, what will be the highest minaret in the world... more

August 23, Charlotte, USA UNC Charlotte's new 12-story Center City Building officially opened in uptown's First Ward, giving the university its most visible presence off the main campus. The $50.4 million high-rise – looking like a twisted Rubik's Cube – was designed to bridge the city and the sprawling campus just 11 miles north... more

August 22, Fuzhou, China Want a good argument for installing central air conditioning in high-rise apartment buildings? This is the so-called “Most Awesome Wall of Air Conditioners” in the Chinese city of Fuzhou. The Fuzhou Dalijiacheng Building is a 25-story office tower whose sweltering tenants use roughly 500 window AC units... more

August 22, Chicago One East Delaware is the first multifamily building in Chicago and the third biggest community in the nation to receive this certification. The community earned the certification by fulfilling the USGBC standards, including sustainable procurement, sophisticated indoor environmental quality, water and energy efficiency... more

August 22, Wuhan, China This city, the capital of Central China's Hubei province, could be home to the nation's tallest building if new plans get off the drawing board.  The Wuhan Planning and Designing Institute said on 20 August that a 666-meter skyscraper, if built according to the plans, would be the highest building in China... more

August 21, New York A decade ago, the destruction of the World Trade Center briefly made skyscrapers seem like brontosaurs, too huge and fragile to survive; why offer fresh targets? The whole endeavor seemed insane.  It’s not, though. There are now 47 buildings (complete or under construction) that are taller than the Empire State... more

August 20, Minneapolis Rentals continue to win out over condos in downtown Minneapolis, where a developer has decided to build a 355-unit apartment tower at a site where they had previously planned to build condos. Magellan Development said the proposed complex is geared toward young professionals... more

August 19, Xiamen, China Xiamen will invest RMB2.5 billion in the upgrading of high-rise fire fighting apparatus over the next 3 years, according to a meeting on fire safety on 18 August. A 90-meter-high aerial ladder, which may provide access to 30 floors, will be introduced to the firefighting base in each of Xiamen’s 5 districts... more

August 19, Dallas A venerable Dallas skyscraper could soon get a makeover and be converted to residential space with offices in the podium if a Turkish developer can get his way. 1401 Elm Street Holdings has plans to completely gut the 191-meter-tall, 52-floor building that was originally built in 1965 for First National Bank... more

August 19 One of the people reshaping the UAE's skyline believes in simplicity, the concept of architecture impressing but not overwhelming. Lord Foster, or Baron Foster of Thames Bank, is now at the point of his career when pundits are debating his legacy and style, and his lasting impact on design... more

August 19, Boston Three towers are on their way to the Christian Science Plaza, but the church still needs to line up a developer. The Boston Redevelopment Authority approved redevelopment plans for the 14.5-acre, triangular “Mother Church” property located where the South End, Fenway and Back Bay neighborhoods meet... more

August 18, London A boom in skyscraper construction risks being undermined by a confluence of global economic woes that has turned speculative developments into gambles linked to sparse tenant appetite. The Shard, the Pinnacle, the Walkie Talkie, the Cheese grater and 100 Bishopsgate together will add 3.7 million sq ft. office space by 2015... more

August 18, Noida, India This Eco Skyscraper concept envisions a tower capable of providing clean water, food and energy for the citizens of Noida, India. The spiral elements that make up the building are more than just aesthetic features, they serve as vertical farms with a system of hydroponics that allow humid air to be converted into drinkable water... more

August 18, Sydney Paramatta is home to some of the tallest buildings in western Sydney. The tallest building in the local government area is The Escen on Church Street. The second tallest building, once it's finished next year, will be the AU$180 million Eclipse in Station Street... more

August 18, Nairobi City Hall is reviewing existing building restrictions in parts of Nairobi, paving the way for construction of high-density settlements that could reduce the value of property in upmarket estates. The new by-laws, to be published in October, will open up exclusive neighborhoods to developers of high-rise flats... more

August 17, Dornbirn, Austria Cree has declared that it will start the construction of LifeCycle Tower - LCT ONE, the first ever un-encapsulated type of timber hybrid construction, measuring eight floors in Dornbirn, Austria. The innovative idea of constructing a high-rise timber hybrid building as a research project in 2009 has become a reality... more

August 17, Hambantota, Sri Lanka When the 2004 Asian tsunami hit Sri Lanka, the sleepy fishing region of Hambantota was flattened and 3,000 people perished. Now it is riding a massive wave of construction. “The port in Hambantota will be the catalyst to make Hambantota the new commercial capital of Sri Lanka in the next three years”... more

August 17, Boston Developer is moving forward with plans for a 47-story tower at Copley Place that would be Boston’s largest residential building, saying it would “maintain its status as the most attractive retail destination in the Boston metropolitan area.’’ At 47 floors, it would be city’s biggest residential building... more

August 17, Mumbai One of the biggest real estate projects in central Mumbai, Green City at Wadala, has got a green nod from the state’s apex environment panel. Now, construction on this plot, which envisages ten 63-story residential towers and one commercial 47-story tower, can finally take off... more

August 16, Chicago The three-tower Echelon and Alta at K Station apartment complex, built for US$850 million in 2008 and 2010, respectfully, are now up for sale. The owner, a joint venture Fifield and Pacific Life Insurance, is testing the frothy apartment market waters with the 1,198 units located in the West Loop... more

August 16, Las Vegas The Harmon was envisioned as a 49-story gateway to CityCenter, a warren of luxury hotels and boutiques dreamed up during the Las Vegas Strip's go-go years. Instead, the Norman Foster building was lopped in half because of construction defects and a recession that snuffed out demand for its condo-hotel rooms... more

August 15, Zhangjiagang, China RTKL has been chosen to design the Zhangjiagang Twin Towers in Jiangsu Province, China. The firm won with a design for two high-rise towers connected by an elliptical atrium The towers themselves will soar at approximately 879 feet and 616 feet, making them taller than any other building in the region... more

August 15, Sandton City, South Africa The second phase development of a 85-story office tower by Liberty Properties as part of the expansion of the Sandton City complex is still on the cards, although a date for the project to begin has not yet been set. Once built, its planned height usurping the 50-story Carlton Centre as the tallest building in Africa... more

August 15 When city plans exceed reality, or the money dries up, or people simply leave in a mass exodus, skyscrapers vacate and slowly decay. The ghost of ambition's past arrives in the present like a howling specter, creating eyesores, dangerous conditions, and free housing for opportunistic urban survivalists... more

August 15, Honolulu A multi-million dollar makeover plan is prompting compliments and complaints. Waikiki's largest hotel wants to build two timeshare towers and expand its retail space as part of its master plan. Dozens of people showed up for a public hearing about Hilton Hawaiian Village's project... more

August 14, Beijing Large-scale knock-offs have become a Chinese specialty. There's the amusement park in Shenzhen where you can take your photo beside a fake Taj Mahal. And on a peninsula southeast of Beijing, the most ambitious knock-off of all is in the works: a financial center in the likeness and scale of Manhattan... more

August 13, Seattle Superman proved he is able to leap from tall buildings in a single bound. Nearly 200 people conquered their individual fear of stepping off the roof of the 41-story Rainier Tower. Participants who raised more than $1,000 for Special Olympics Washington were given the opportunity to rappel from the tower... more

August 12, Colombo, Srilanka Driving through the roads of Colombo, the rapid speed of development can be witnessed. The increasing number high-rise buildings is fast changing the city’s skyline. This year as many as 25 high-rise buildings have been given the approval in and around Colombo, with the tallest of them (70 floors) coming up in Battaramulla... more

August 12, Chicago Since the 2008 financial crisis, there’s been one question in real estate that just won’t go away: “Have we hit bottom yet?” Chicagoans, hoping they could finally answer “yes” to that question, were frustrated to learn that numbers released by the Illinois Association of Realtors earlier this year were the result of a “technical error”... more

August 12, Jakarta The idea of having everything at one’s fingertips is an alluring one, and for many of Jakarta’s urbanites, it is fast becoming a reality at one of the many superblocks around town. In the last decade, a slew of residential-commercial hybrids have sprung up across the capital city... more

August 12, New York While the real estate market in New York never stalled as fully as it did in the rest of the country, many projects went on ice. One that seemed unlikely to be revived, a 20-story tower on 23rd Street designed by Carlos Zapata, is coming back to life... more

August 12, Boston A parking lot next to the landmark Jacob Wirth Restaurant on Stuart Street could finally be transformed into the city’s next residential tower, bringing another glittering jewel to the Theater District. AvalonBay Communities plans to build 45 Stuart St., a 29-story residential building on the edge of Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood... more

August 11, Malta A marathon board meeting led to the Malta Environment and Planning Authority approving a change of plans which will see planned high-rise towers at Pender Place reduced in height. The meeting featured presentations, studies and intense discussions between the Planning Directorate and the site’s developers... more

August 11, Leicester, UK Some residents in Leicester are concerned about the third tallest skyscraper in the city being built in their area for student accommodation. Work has begun on the 66 meters (216 feet) high tower on the corner of Eastern Boulevard and Jarrom Street which will be completed in September 2012... more

August 10, Burnaby, Canada A solar heating system at Metro Vancouver's HQ is starting to pay off in greenhouse gas reductions. The regional district installed glass tubes on the roof of the 20-story building in Burnaby in 2009 to collect solar heat to augment the building's hot water system and gauge the effectiveness of reducing GHGs in commercial high-rises... more

August 10, New York A New York hotel is suing the Port Authority and a property company for $8 million – saying that night time construction at ground Zero is too loud. The Millennium Hilton has sued the Authority and Silverstein Properties, despite their use of the hotel's proximity to the 9/11 site as a marketing tool... more

August 10, Mexico City The Earthscraper is the Skyscraper’s antagonist in the historic urban landscape of Mexico City where the latter is condemned and the preservation of the built environment is the paramount ambition. It preserves the iconic presence of the city square and the existing hierarchy of the buildings that surround it... more

August 10, Kelowna, Canada A rendering shows what the Landmark VI in Kelowna, British Columbia will look like when complete. The 18-story high-rise could become the Okanagan's tallest tower and will include more than 20,000 square feet of space... more

August 10, Istanbul Turkey's first office residence to offer five-star services, Windowist Tower, is now ready to serve businessmen in the city's Maslak district, also known as “the heart of business” in İstanbul. The construction of a second Windowist in Ümraniye on İstanbul's Anatolian side is planned to begin soon... more

August 10, Manhattan Construction will start soon on one of New York’s largest hotel projects, a 68-story high-rise at the northwest corner of Broadway and 54th Street with more than 600 rooms. The project, in the works for at least a decade, will include a 378-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel and a 261-room Residence Inn by Marriott hotel... more

August 10, Ryde, Australia Ryde Council unveiled a concept plan for the redevelopment of the Ryde Civic Precinct. The design was released by the council’s project team and features two towers at a suggested height of 24 stories and overall floor space of 60,000 square meters, a smaller area than originally envisaged... more

August 10, Depok, Indonesia Indonesia is about to build its first green, earthquake-proof hospital as part of the University of Indonesia’s plan to redevelop its School of Medicine. The Japanese firm Nikken Sekkei, has been working with a team of architects and engineers to finalize plans for the new school at the Depok’s campus south of Jakarta... more

August 9, Burlington, Canada A condominium project described as one of the first multi-residential high-rises in Canada equipped with geothermal technology has broken ground on in Burlington, Ontario. “Our government is working towards legislation to make buildings more self-sustaining and the Ironstone is a huge leap towards that goal”... more

August 8, Kuala Lumpur The Greens luxury condominiums and Menara LGB will add to the TTDI skyline. Within the next three years, the prestigious Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) neighborhood in Kuala Lumpur will have new high-rise landmarks in the form of The Greens luxury condominiums and Menara LGB... more

August 8, Jeddah A Four Seasons Hotel will form part of the world's tallest tower. The $1.2billion Kingdom Tower will feature Four Seasons serviced apartments, office space, luxury condominiums and an observatory expected to take the title of the world’s highest observation deck... more

August 8, New York Developers  announced the development of an iconic new trophy-class office tower on Avenue of the Americas overlooking Bryant Park. The planned 28-story tower will be built as an as-of-right project within existing zoning guidelines. Demolition has been completed, allowing construction to start as early as 2012... more

August 8, Dubai Muslims who live high up in the Burj Khalifa will have to wait longer than everyone else to break their fast during Ramadan, according to a new religious edict. “Regard less of where you are, you need to pay attention to the actual sun set. You are not to break your fast until the sun sets and you can actually see that sun set”... more

August 8, Xiamen Construction of a 342-meter tall office skyscraper on Xiamen’s Lujiang Avenue will be kicked off after being held up for 13 years. Xiamen International Centre will be the highest building in Xiamen and Fujian Province, according to the planning scheme provided by the Xiamen Bureau of Planning... more

August 8, London Almost a quarter of a century after it was first drawn up, Canary Wharf today said it would build the final tower block which completes its original master plan. The 20-story, 500,000-square foot building at 25 Churchill Place has already been half let to the European Medicines Agency... more

August 7, Chicago A ‘Chicago Tonight’ interview with Chicago architect Adrian Smith, who, along with his firm, has been picked to design the world's tallest building – to be built in Saudi Arabia... more

August 7, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania The construction of a controversial 19-story building overlooking State House has prompted security concerns, and the government has demanded to know who authorized the project in the area. The approval is in breach of urban planning and security regulations, which set a height zone limit of six stories in the area... more

August 5, Portsmouth, UK A plan to build a 33-story accommodation block in Portsmouth without a sprinkler system could put lives at risk, fire chiefs have said. The Blade is being built to house 600 University of Portsmouth students, but the developers said it was not required to have sprinklers... more

August 5, New York Ten years after the attack on the World Trade Center, the memorial to the victims is finally set to open in September. Wall Street Journal’s Sophia Hollander took a look around as organizers raced to finish... more

August 5, Adelaide Designs have been revealed for Adelaide's tallest residential tower, with the plans to push the architectural envelope stirring some controversy in South Australia. Pruszinski Architects released plans for the 123 Flinders residential development. The construction application outlines a 75-meter tall building... more

August 5, St. Petersburg St. Petersburg's construction and architecture committee is permitting the gas giant Gazprom to build a skyscraper on the Gulf of Finland. The official height limit for buildings in the area is 27 meters but the architecture committee said the limit would be extended to 500 meters for the Gazprom project... more

August 4, New Orleans The fate of a proposed high-rise apartment building on Canal Street remained in question after the New Orleans City Council gave the project an approval that really approved nothing. The approval stated that the council's vote “is not to be construed to grant” any of the waivers on height and other matters... more

August 4, Cape Town A skyscraper to be built in Cape Town’s CBD will be the tallest building in the city, and businesses say it signals a welcome vote of confidence in city property. The 31-story landmark will soar 139 meters above the City Bowl, higher than the Shell, Cape Sun, LG (BP) and Safmarine House buildings... more

August 4, New York As a deadline nears, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and developer Vornado Realty Trust remain far apart over the terms of a deal to build an office tower atop the Port Authority bus terminal. The 2007 deal called for the Vornado team to pay about USD500 million over a long-term lease... more

August 4 It is structurally feasible to build a tower that is twice the height of 1-km tall Kingdom Tower, according to the chairman of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Sang Dae Kim said: “With the Kingdom Tower we now have a design that reaches around 1km in height. Later on, someone will push for 1 mile, and then 2 km”... more

August 3, Padang, Indonesia City officials in the Indonesian city of Padang have come up with an unusual strategy to save the lives of its citizens in the event of a tsunami: multi-story buildings. “If we try to build just horizontal evacuation roads, they won’t be enough. But multi-story buildings are one way to save the people,”... more

August 3, Tel Aviv Two new residential high-rises in Tel Aviv were nominees in the CTBUH Best Tall Building Awards, held annually by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, based in Chicago, Illinois. This is the first time buildings in Israel have participated in the awards program... more

August 3, Mumbai “Antilia” – Mukesh Ambani’s lavish skyscraper home could be brought down to earth, as the 2003 acquisition of the land on which India’s richest man has built his 27-story “palace in the air” could end up being probed by the country’s top anti-corruption watchdog... more

August 3, Bangkok A 77-story skyscraper is set to become the latest and tallest addition to Bangkok's skyline. Variously described on Internet forums as looking “like it has been eaten by giant termites” and reflecting “the chaos of Bangkok,” the MahaNakhon - Great Metropolis - will tower over the Thai capital when it is finished... more

August 3, Oak Park, USA A Chicago-based developer unveiled new plans Monday, detailing how the company plans to reinvent a high-profile corner in downtown Oak Park. Rather than a hotel and condos, Sertus Capital Partners hopes to build a 20-story apartment building, with retail space at the bottom... more

August 2, Abu Dhabi Al Maabar, Abu Dhabi's real estate company, continues to see further progress at its landmark development sites in Jordan and Morocco. Phase One of Marsa Zayed  is already well underway. It will run for a period of 30 months. It is scheduled to be completed in 2014... more

August 2 Before “smart cities,” politicians, developers, architects and ecologists talked about “livable cities,” then “digital cities,” then “intelligent cities.” But there is a long and checkered history of smart ideas for urban development that turned out to be, in hindsight, not so smart, or at least not very practical... more

August 2, Houston Houston could soon have new rules on where high-rise towers can be built. A new ordinance is under development that would limit high-rise construction. The Houston Planning Commission is working on the draft ordinance after hearing from developers and residents who are at odds over high-rise construction... more

August 2, Sydney Australian practice Choi Ropiha Fighera has won the City of Sydney Design Excellence Competition for a residential tower on 93-95 Macquarie St. The site is a site from which unrivalled views of Sydney Harbour, the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge, Circular Quay, and the Royal Botanical Gardens are available... more

August 2, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture has announced that it is designing Kingdom Tower, to be the world’s tallest building, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, near the Red Sea. The tower will be over 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) with a total construction area of 530,000 square meters (5.7 million square feet).... more

August 1, Louisville, USA The proposed Museum Plaza project in downtown Louisville has been canceled. The tower at 6th and Main Streets would’ve been the tallest building in Kentucky. It was put on hold three years ago when the developers could not find a suitable bond deal to finance the project... more

August 1, Ajman, UAE A developer has announced the handover of the “Falcon Towers” project to the investors. Located right in the heart of Ajman, the eight-tower project consists of seven residential towers and one office tower. The announcement brings Ajman into the spotlight reflecting the healthy state and vibrancy in the Emirates... more

August 1, London Traditionally the British have seen towers as rather undesirable places to live. High-rise buildings are often associated with council housing or brutalist modern architecture. But this is changing, building is under way on The Tower in Vauxhall. At 49 stories, it will be London’s tallest residential building when completed in 2013... more

July 30, Makkah The Makkah Royal Clock Tower will start emitting 16 light beams to a height of ten kilometers to announce the beginning of Ramadan. The powerful lights in white and green will blink at the time of adhan and can be seen from 30 kilometers away, which will be helpful to people with hearing difficulties... more

July 29, Eindhoven, The Netherlands The E Tower is a high-rise residence that will serve as a landmark within its newly built urban environment while seeking to bring the amenities of a world class hotel to tower’s residents. The E Tower is located in an area of Eindhoven whose urban plan was drawn up by the Dutch landscape firm West 8... more

July 29, Philadelphia John Buck Co.has plans for a $60 million rental building on the 2100 block of Chestnut Street. The Chicago developer says it is preparing to break ground in September on the 34-story apartment house, which would make it the city's first new skyscraper since the recession set in... more

July 28 Reports of the death of the tall building have been greatly exaggerated, says Antony Wood of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. But while the skyscraper’s future is assured, its evolution must continue.  Tall buildings are spreading across the globe at an ever-increasing rate... more

July 28, Toronto The CN Tower's latest attraction, which opens to the public on August 1st, allows those with nerves of steel to walk on the edge, literally.  EdgeWalk lets thrill-seekers walk hands-free along a 1.5-meter-wide ledge around the top of the tower's main pod.  Walkers get suited up for a stunning, open-air view of Toronto... more

July 28, Mumbai Parinee I is a 21st century office tower is a dynamic 160-meter-tall tower that is designed to provide ultra modern office spaces for a wide range of business occupants including the creative industries of the India movie business. The building's form provides different views and experiences.... more

July 28, New Orleans The Trump International Hotel & Tower, the hyped 70-story, $400-million condominium project announced the day before Hurricane Katrina turned toward New Orleans, is officially dead. The Poydras Street parcel where the Trump Tower was to be located was sold at a sheriff's foreclosure auction last July 21st... more

July 28, Taipei Taipei 101 was awarded the top honor Thursday by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), the globally recognized green building ranking system of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), making the skyscraper the tallest energy conservation building in the world... more

July 28, Chicago The sale of the unfinished Waterview Tower marks the end of an era for a building that had become an eyesore in the Chicago skyline after construction halted in 2008.  A privately held real estate firm said July 27th that it had entered into a joint venture agreement with Clark Wacker LLC to develop the site... more

July 27, Makati City, Philippines When the 63-story Knightsbridge condominium is completed in 2015, it will be one of the tallest buildings in Makati. To date, 97 percent of the units have been sold.  The Knightsbridge project head says, “There may be too many buildings because a lot of demand is coming in"... more