October 28, Chicago The new vertical campus of Chicago’s Roosevelt University promises to give the Loop-based institution higher visibility on the city's higher education scene. The building began construction two years ago and is slated for completion in March. At 32 stories, it will be the second highest academic building in the nation... more

October 28, Buenos Aires Puerto Madero has always been a Buenos Aires neighborhood full of superlatives, some grounded in reality and others bordering on urban legend. Now the newest high-rise-kid-on-the-dique will definitely stir the anti-development pot and set a record for the tallest building in Buenos Aires... more

October 27, Honolulu A $500-million planned development project calls for erecting a 650-foot Honolulu skyscraper that would be taller than any building in the state. The Hawaii Community Development Authority will begin soliciting proposals to build a mixed-use development that will include affordable housing and condos... more

October 27, Beijing CThe much-delayed but striking steel, concrete and glass headquarters for Chinese state television is expected finally to fully open next year, said Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, whose firm designed the building. The skyscraper, as a "loop folded in space", is two towers sloped together and joined by a gravity-defying canopy equivalent to 80 stories in height... more

October 27, New York One Madison Park, the nearly finished 50-story glass tower that become a symbol of the go-go real-estate market before entering the dark world of foreclosure and bankruptcy court, may soon come back to life, saved by the strength of the Manhattan property market... more

October 26, Gaborone, Botswana The I-Towers, which stand opposite the new High Court at Gaborone’s new Central Business District, is intended to be the tallest building in the Botswana. “The project is intended to enable individual businesses to purchase their own piece of the action in a building of the highest quality"... more

October 26, Ottawa The city is happy to see thousands of people lining up to buy new downtown condominiums, but it doesn’t have a plan for supplying the amenities that make for nice neighborhoods, the city council’s planning committee heard recently as it debated a new high-rise at 346 Gloucester St... more

October 26, Austin, USA Construction will begin soon on a new 16-story apartment building at 2400 Nueces St., the former site of UT’s Wooldridge Hall. The $69 million building, set for completion by the summer of 2013, will house student apartments, UT’s International Office, retail space, and more than 500 parking spaces... more

October 26 The energy efficiency of a supertall building is superior to the equivalent number of low-rise buildings, according to Adrian Smith of AS + GG Architecture. “Building enclosures are reduced when building tall. Imagine that a 400-meter tower of 100 floors will have one ground floor and one roof in addition to all of the walls... more

October 26, Seattle The owner of downtown Seattle's well-known and well-loved – but mostly empty – Smith Tower has defaulted on the loan it took out when it bought the landmark in 2006.The default was recently revealed in a news article announcing the sale of the US$42.5 million mortgage... more

October 26, Christchurch The earthquake-damaged PricewaterhouseCoopers Centre in Christchurch’s Armagh St will soon be demolished. “The extent of structural and other damage, incurred from the earthquakes of September 2010, February 2011 and June 2011, is such that the building is not economically repairable”... more

October 25, Loughborough, UK Concrete printing sounds like something from the realms of science fiction, but it's very much today's innovation rather than tomorrow's world. A research group at Loughborough University, led by Dr Sungwoo Lim, has developed a 3D printer that is able to build physical objects directly from computer-generated instructions... more

October 25, Mumbai When even the man who is building the world's tallest residential tower speaks of an Indian real-estate slowdown that could last for years, it is clear the foundations of a once-soaring industry are starting to shake. "We're certainly seeing a reduced rate of growth”... more

October 25, London Heron International will seek what it says are the highest residential property prices ever charged in the City of London financial district in a 36-story building that's due to be completed in 2013. Homes in the Heron, the tallest apartment tower to be built in the City since 1976, will be offered for about GBP 1,600 a square foot... more

October 24, Hong Kong Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (RBS) and Aon Corp. are among financial firms moving some operations from Hong Kong’s Central Business District where a space shortage has pushed up rents in the world’s most expensive office market. RBS will give up two floors of more than 26,000 square feet in total at AIA Central... more

October 24, Princeton CTBUH Leaders are included amongst the giants of structural engineering interviewed in these video talks on skyscrapers, including CTBUH Trustee Bill Baker of SOM and past-Chair Leslie Robertson of LERA – as well Guy Nordenson and David Billington. These experts hold forth a wide range of subjects... more

October 24, Chicago Seven years after ground was broken on the first apartment tower at the K Station master-planned community, Chicago-based Fifield Companies and national developer Wood Partners announce they will start construction this month on the development’s fifth and final apartment building, K2... more

October 24, Seoul The 63 Building in Seoul is to be renovated as part of efforts to maintain its reputation as a landmark skyscraper compared with more recent tall buildings in the capital. The nation’s second-tallest building will undergo a five-year renovation, including the replacement of its 13,400 gold-tinted windows... more

October 24, London Construction Access Systems and The University of Southampton have developed a common mast to accommodate more than one manufacturer's mast climbing products. It is a low profile, common tower system designed to speed up construction and save costs on construction work up to 70 stories – 300 meters high... more

October 24, Hong Kong After years of land reclamation projects, highway construction and thoughtless development, Hong Kong now has a new goal: turning the shores of Victoria Harbour into a public gathering place as lively as the waterfronts in Sydney, Vancouver and Barcelona... more

October 22, Ho Chi Minh City Bitexco Financial Tower in Ho Chi Minh City has ranked fifth among the 20 most iconic skyscrapers in the world in a CNN study. It  may no longer be the tallest building in Vietnam, but it still defines Ho Chi Minh City’s skyline and characterizes the beauty and growth of the city... more

October 22, New York Thanks to a breakthrough in bureaucratic red tape, Pritzker Prize-winner Fumihiko Maki, whose design has been on hold since 2004, now has the green light to begin construction of a 35-story addition to the United Nations complex in New York City... more

October 21, Seattle One of the most high-profile new buildings in Seattle is up for sale. Aspira, completed last year at 1823 Terry Ave., is the tallest rental apartment building in Seattle, at 37 stories, and the only new glass apartment building in the city. While there’s no list price, word is the building could fetch more than USD160 million... more

October 21, Paris Paris's Praetorium, an office building that opened in 2009, was hailed as the first step in President Sarkozy's plan to revitalize the city's La Defense skyscraper district. Today, it's still empty. No companies were willing to lease the entire 10,000-sq m (108,000-sq ft) building even after the rent was cut by 12%... more

October 21, China At the rate that China is building skyscrapers – that's one completed every five days to be exact – it's no wonder that some out-of-the-way Chinese locales are home to tall buildings. That said, there are some spectacular examples of high-rise architecture in the cities outside of Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Beijing... more

October 21, Oslo The high-rise centerpiece of Norway’s bombed-out government headquarters may be torn down even if it’s found to be structurally sound, a government minister has confirmed. Security issues, costs and the concerns of those who had offices in the building will all play a role in the final decision... more

October 20, Pittsburgh When PNC Financial Services Group breaks ground in April on its 40-story headquarters tower Downtown, it will tap into "the fourth river" to cool and heat it. An aquifer that runs deep underneath Downtown will supply The Tower at PNC Plaza with water year-round for a state-of-the-art geothermal system... more

October 20, Porta Nuova, Italy The 30-story Garibaldi Tower in Porta Nuova officially became the tallest structure in Italy, rising to 754 feet high with the recent addition of a 256-foot-tall spire. A helicopter placed the final pieces of the spire, along with an Italian flag, atop the Cesar Pelli-designed building... more

October 20 As a city or metropolitan area gets bigger, the distance between any two random points rises faster than the distance between any one random point and the center of the city. And then obviously a true city is limited by the fact that you can’t travel in a straight line from work to home on a mass transit system... more

October 19, Omaha It's one of Omaha's tallest buildings and also the biggest vacant space for the past decade. Now, the Northern Natural Gas building is one step closer to a new future. In about 18 months, the building at the corner of 22nd and Dodge Streets could be home to hundreds of people... more

October 19 Limassol, Cyprus This design occurs on a very important crossroads in the heart of Limassol town in Cyprus. Armeftis & Associates plans to create an elegant building of high quality and standards. The idea is based on the creation of a building without corners, the building's volume being inspired from the movement and rhythm of the city...more

October 19, Chicago The site of the former Drake Hotel, recently named the most valuable development lot in the city, will be home to a 1,300-foot tall residential tower, the largest in the city. CIM Group and Harry Macklowe plan to erect a slim condominium and retail complex designed by Uruguayan-born architect Rafael Vinoly... more

October 19, Mumbai Not far from Mukesh Ambani’s 27-story tower, Antilia, a competing skyscraper is making its way into Mumbai’s skyline. The building is being built by the Singhania family, which controls the Raymond Group, the ubiquitous Indian suit maker. Seen at a distance, the two buildings are strikingly similar... more

October 19, Mumbai Not far from Mukesh Ambani’s 27-story tower, Antilia, a competing skyscraper is making its way into Mumbai’s skyline. The building is being built by the Singhania family, which controls the Raymond Group, the ubiquitous Indian suit maker. Seen at a distance, the two buildings are strikingly similar... more

October 19, Philadelphia A 34-story residential and retail project is on track to break Philadelphia’s long drought of high-rise development. Chicago-based John Buck Co. reached a milestone last week when it closed on the acquisition of a union-owned facility in the Center City district... more

October 18, Shenyang, China Shenyang – once a key in Mao Zedong's push to industrialize China – has begun to emerge from its smoggy past, cleaning up its factories and expanding its green spaces. Shenyang is the capital of northeastern China's Liaoning province, a city famous for its heavy industry and manufacturing – and soot and pollution... more

October 18, Ottawa Richcraft got as far as securing a building permit for a 15-story tower on a vacant lot on Gloucester Street last year, but instead is heading to city council’s planning committee to ask for three more stories. This time, it’s to build 10 meters taller and narrow the lot width by two meters... more

October 18 European cities aren’t short anymore. The growth pattern of European tall buildings is often different – planners usually either spread them around the city or designate a secondary skyscraper district rather than let them all crop up in the traditional downtown as is typical in the US – but the height is still there... more

October 17, Huaxi, China Huaxi, also known as China's richest village, celebrates its 50th anniversary with the inauguration of a 328-meter high skyscraper hotel. The 800-suite building acts primarily as a hotel and conference centre under the title Longxi International Hotel. ... more

October 17, Miami Miami’s first new condo high-rise since the housing bust is set to begin construction next spring. Called Brickell House, the $170 million project is part of a new wave of condo towers planned for downtown Miami, which saw development grind to a halt after the building frenzy that lasted from 2003 to 2008... more

October 17, Kuala Lumpur The Bukit Damansara House Owners' Association will stage a peaceful demonstration against a proposed high-rise project in Kuala Lumpur. The project, comprised of two blocks of 25-story apartments, is being developed.  "We fear the high-rise project will exacerbate traffic congestion and affect our privacy"... more

October 16, Whittier, USA Recent earthquakes - in Chile, Peru and Japan - have shown that even if a hospital's walls survive the shaking, it may suffer internal damage to pipes and equipment, shutting off water and power and leaving hundreds of injured residents without a haven for emergency care... more

October 15, Calgary A bucket of concrete hung above the top floor of a downtown high-rise, ready for the celebration to begin. The signal was given, the bucket was lowered to a designated spot and company officials poured some celebratory concrete to officially top off the 30-story Luna condo tower... more

October 14, Paris City authorities in Paris announced a $34.4 million plan to cheer up the first floor of the Paris landmark, including a 300-seater auditorium, shops, a museum and a glass floor for visitors to walk on. The plans were announced by the deputy mayor who said the integrity of the 122-year old "iron lady" would be preserved... more

October 14, New York Africa Israel USA said it had agreed to sell the Clock Tower Building in Manhattan for $165 million, after paying $200 million in 2007. Multiple investors have tried to redesign or convert the 41-story landmark building but failed to complete the project. Africa Israel USA declined to identify the buyer... more

October 14, Seoul Construction began October 11 on the Yongsan Landmark Tower, which is expected to be the most expensive building in the world once it is completed, standing 100 stories tall.  The tower will not quite measure up to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai (162 stories) but will be the most expensive building per square unit... more

October 14 Foreign architects flock to china as new opportunities open up.  With over $1 trillion spent last year on new construction projects and up to $7.5 billion spent annually on concept designs, the amount of opportunities for foreign architects are, as one architect put it, beyond comprehension... more

October 13 Thirty-three years after Rem Koolhaas exulted in the imaginative intensity of Manhattan’s skyline, cities around the world are upping his ante. Here, a dozen design experts from three continents, joined by New York architecture nominate their favorite recent (and imminent) urban inventions... more

October 12, London A dream to build the tallest tower in the Square Mile has run into the sand as the developer of the Helter-skelter struggles to raise enough cash.  The Pinnacle may be the tallest tower planned in the city, but another building lays claim to the title for the whole of Europe – the Shard... more

October 12, Milan The Bosco Verticale is a system that optimizes, recuperates, and produces energy. Covered in plant life, the building aids in balancing the microclimate and in filtering the dust particles contained in the urban environment (Milan is one of the most polluted cities in Europe... more

October 12, Las Vegas High-rise condos for sale may provide a positive outlook for long-term Las Vegas real estate market trends. The fixed inventory and lowest pricing in over 20 years has investors buying at record numbers.  Research has confirmed Vegas as the number one price-to-rent ratio in the nation... more

October 12 For Americans fretting over U.S. decline, here’s another thump to the ego: the nation’s mightiest skyscrapers will soon be bested by towers in cities you’ve probably never heard of.  When One World Trade Center is completed in 2013, it will be America's tallest, but only third in the world... more

October 12, London Southwark Council's planning committee has voted to reject the controversial, 41-story tower on the Eileen House site at Elephant & Castle.  The scheme has been the subject of a 25,000-signature petition by a nightclub which claims its license is in jeopardy if new homes are built in close proximity... more

October 12, Seville Seville is famed for its imposing cathedral and whitewashed streets but the Spanish city may lose its UN World Heritage status because of a new 41-story skyscraper.  The 178-meter (584-foot) high building, still under construction, will house the offices of savings bank Cajasol when completed in 2012... more

October 12, Gold Coast A proposed high-rise building that has been on ice for the past five years may be resurrected on the back of news that a Chinatown-type precinct is to be developed. The 49-story Cienna Square project includes a public plaza and art gallery, along with six floors of office space and 42 levels of apartments... more

October 12, San Francisco Reaching 1,070 feet into the air, San Francisco's proposed Transbay Tower would be the tallest building west of the Mississippi.  But if approved and built, it could also do something else: Its shadow, and the shadow of five other buildings proposed would block the sun and turn the parks into shadowy wastelands... more

October 11, Mumbai It was in mid-2010 that developers announced that they would build the tallest residential building in south-central Mumbai, but one year later ground realties for the project have changed and scaled down.  “We have received clearance for only 90 floors; the [remaining] 17 are being monitored for feasibility” ... more

October 11, London The 2011 version of the photograph was taken by Michael Crompton from Southampton, who persuaded 11 workmates to climb out along a girder, 800ft in the air, to eat their lunch – just like to iconic 1932 image “Lunch Atop A Skyscraper” of New York steel erectors taking a break... more

October 10, Huaxi A new landmark skyscraper in Huaxi village, East China's Jiangsu province, welcomed guests on October 8, raising the skyline of the country's wealthiest village to a new height.  The 74-story Longxi International Hotel, 328 meters high, is as high as the tallest building in Beijing... more

October 10, Warsaw Warsaw Stock Exchange-listed developer BBI Development NFI and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warsaw are teaming up to build a new high-rise office project which will be located at the intersection of ul. Emilii Plater and ul. Nowogrodzka in Warsaw’s central district... more

October 10, Pyuongyang, North Korea Now, 24 years after it was first started, the hotel which once aimed to be the world's tallest tower will finally open its doors in the North Korean capital. Ryugyong Hotel, a glass tower spanning 105 stories and rising 1,080ft high, will partially open in April of 2012 following decades of delays, according to reports... more

October 9, Karachi, Pakistan Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) has invited pre-qualification offers for the construction of its 25-story 'SBCATower' in Gulshan-e-Iqbal which has also been approved.  The building will meet the SBCAs requirements for the next 25 years and will serve as a landmark of Karachi... more

October 9, Mumbai An office building in Mumbai will be constructed. The 150-meter skyscraper will house offices of the famous Bollywood film companies. In this regard, lined with numerous diagonal façade of a skyscraper, includes a huge LED screen, which will be printed on film and broadcast advertising videos... more

October 8, Taipei Computer software generates endless possible architectural configurations from standardized components at an exhibition designed by architects MVRDV. The exhibition explores conceptual alternatives to the relentless construction of standard apartment blocks in East Asia... more

October 7, Cape Town Groundwork has begun on what will be one of the tallest skyscrapers in Cape Town, and indeed the whole of southern Africa, which once complete will have a height of 148 meters above ground level.  The development will stand on a key gateway site at the V&A Waterfront... more

October 6, Tulsa The nearly two-decade-long legal drama involving the Mid-Continent Tower is officially over with the $23.9 million sale of the building. The 36-story office tower was originally scheduled to go up for sale last year at an auction after Bank of America was granted a foreclosure against the former owner of the building... more

October 6, Tacoma Since the retrofitting process began in 2009, approximately $1 million has been invested in sustainable upgrades to Wells Fargo Plaza. Results from McKinstry's energy audit estimate that the high-rise has reduced its energy consumption by 16 percent compared to prior consumption... more

October 5, Mexico City The Earthscraper is a new concept skyscraper designed to be built in Mexico City. However, unlike other tall skyscrapers, this one will be built underground and will be virtually undetectable on the surface. The inverted pyramid-shaped building will be covered in glass that allows for natural lighting... more

October 5 Everywhere, urban planners are creating utilitarian "smart cities" – interconnected, hard-wired, sensor-driven communities, where bus time-tables appear on screens in eco-friendly homes.  But the question arises: would you want to live there? Or is it better to renew what we have?... more

October 5, Minneapolis The former Soo Line Building in downtown Minneapolis has been bought and the building will be converted into apartments.  The deal is set to be one of the most complicated real estate transactions of the year, because it involved Hempel buying a building next door in order to relocate the major tenant... more

October 5, New York City and state officials on October 5 agreed to a $73 million plan that would unlock an underutilized chunk of the Manhattan waterfront between East 38th and East 60th Streets, paving the way for a new United Nations office tower and esplanade along the East River... more

October 5, Cape Town Businesses planning to build skyscrapers in Cape Town could soon be obliged to include “affordable housing” in their plans, with the city stressing that high-rise corporate developments must be in the “public good.” This is one of the guidelines in the city’s Tall Building draft policy... more

October 5, Islamabad The government has decided to ban gas connections to future high-rise buildings, commercial & industrial establishments and residential colonies, as a result of the escalating gas deficit which currently hovers around 2 billion cubic feet per day... more

October 5, Doha Darwish Holding has resurrected plans for a 55-story skyscraper in Doha, after the project mothballed in the wake of a Gulf-wide real estate crash. The company will tender for a new contractor in the next 12 to 18 months for the stalled Darwish Tower, with a view to starting construction in 2014... more

October 4, Brisbane Electrical centers for high-rise buildings will be moved from the basement to the second or third floor after poor building design resulted in people living hundreds of meters above street level being affected by the floods. The inquiry heard that high-rise sewerage services can overflow... more

October 4, Colombo, Srilanka Urban housing should basically be a provision of opportunities rather than just addressing a basic need. This is something that Sri Lanka has learned through the failures of ‘In-situ Upgrading’ and ‘Site and Services’ providing urban shelter strategies in the City of Colombo during the past few decades... more

October 3, New York In the latest installment of ‘Lunch with the Critics’, a band of intrepid interlocutors travel to Lower Manhattan to view the exhibition Supertall! at the Skyscraper Museum. After touring the show, they compose this dialogue in the shadow of New York City's rising entry into the supertall field, One World Trade Center... more

October 3, Amarillo, USA As you get older, celebrating your birthday might not always be so fun. But this week, the Chase Tower is happy to announce that it's celebrating its 40th birthday! Amarillo's tallest tower is recognizing its 40 years of existence all week and will have new and special events each day to help celebrate... more

October 3, Pattaya, Thailand The Matrix Company has opened the Vision Condo sitting at the top of Pratamnak Hill in Thailand. The 23-story building is the tallest in the area and contains 216 units... more

October 2, London The developer behind a proposed skyscraper at Elephant & Castle insists that his scheme will not threaten the future of the Ministry of Sound club. Oakmayne's planning application for 335 homes in a 41-story tower on the site of the Eileen House office block is due to be considered by Southwark's planning committee... more

October  1, Beijing The China World Summit Wing, the capital's tallest hotel building, sells itself with its singular features, says its general manager Adrian Rudin. China World Tower comprises the 278-room and suite hotel on the upper floors and an office complex on the lower ones... more

October 1, Southampton, UK A planning application for what would be Southampton's tallest building has been submitted. Developer wants to build the residential 28-story tower, with 299 homes, at the city's Ocean Village Admiral's Quay site. The GBP74 million scheme marks the final element of the area's regeneration... more

October 1, Doha With its spiky cluster of iconic towers reflecting in the calm water of the Gulf, Doha’s high-rise skyline is one of the most striking features of the city. Yet the cranes are a reminder that this panorama is far from static. Like many cities around the world, Doha is the middle of a tall-building boom... more

September 30, Chicago Before going green became popular, there was AMLI 900, downtown Chicago's first green multi-family residential property. For one thing, it uses 30 percent less water thanks to low-flow fixtures. Also, there’s a larger than usual storm water detention area... more

September 30, Calgary The new Alura condominium tower proves that good things come in twos. Set to be built next to its sister tower Nuera, Cove Properties’ newest high-rise in the Beltline community of downtown Calgary will have twice the amenities of a single-tower development, plus a sprawling garden terrace... more

September 30, Berlin Strabag Real Estate GmbH is planning a new architectural highlight in the German capital, the Atlas Tower, to be realised on the approximately 3,400 m² prime piece of real estate between Kurfürstendamm and Kantstraße next to Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church... more

September 30, Warsaw Several new skyscrapers will appear in the Warsaw cityscape over the next few years. One of them may become the tallest building in Europe. A company owned by Jan Kulczyk, one of the richest men in Poland, plans to build a more than 282-meter skyscraper in the center of the city, near Zawiszy Square... more

September 29, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada Sault Ste. Marie, northern Ontario, will soon have its first skyscraper. The company behind a massive condo development planned for the former Northern Breweries site unveiled the plan for a minimum 32-floor condominium which will include 5 floors of underground parking and 3 floors for commercial, retail and medical... more

September 29, New York When Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled PlaNYC in 2007, it was seen as a visionary proposal that would likely define his legacy. The catch-all initiative sought to make the city greener and more livable by increasing the number of mass-transit options, energy-efficient buildings, and parks, among other aspects... more

September 29, Dubai Dubai was not built in a day. The city's modern skyline began to take shape in 2002 when a new wave of development was triggered by the opening of the real estate sector to foreign ownership. Since then the region's trading hub has been creating records in urban development... more

September 28, Tokyo A complex scale model of Tokyo is on view by appointment at Tokyo's Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills. The model was built in 2003 by 30 Mori employees over approximately 17 months. All streets and buildings were photographed at street level and from above via helicopter... more

September 28, Edmonton PA new CAD250 million building named the Epcor Tower is set to open in Edmonton. The new building encompasses 29 floors with a height of 148 meters. It comprises underground parking lot covering four levels which is equivalent to thrice the dimensions of its footprint... more

September 28, Phnom Penh An increasing number of multinational companies have started operations from Canadia Tower in light of the launch of the Cambodia Stock Exchange in July. Around 85 percent of available office space at the kingdom’s tallest building has now been rented... more

September 28 Proposed by Mexico City-based BuBa Arquitectos, the Vertical Zoo is a balanced and sustainable space where people and animals can coexist in harmony. Wrapped in lush vegetation, the star-shaped building makes use of green building strategies to reduce heat gain, encourage natural ventilation and soak up rainwater... more

September 28, Shanghai Mitsubishi Electric Corp. is one step closer to having its name etched into the world’s fastest elevator when the Shanghai Tower is completed, reclaiming the title it lost seven years ago. Upon completion in 2014, describing the soaring Shanghai Tower will unavoidably call for a mouthful of superlatives... more

September 28, New York Sometime this winter people will start moving into Via Verde, the subsidized housing development rising on a long, narrow slice of formerly contaminated city property in what used to be one of the worst stretches of the South Bronx. The co-ops and rentals apartments spiral around what will be a leafy, semi-enclosed court... more

September 28, Gold Coast, Australia Tourists seeking the ultimate bird's-eye view will soon be able to walk on the rooftop of a skyscraper 270 metres above the Gold Coast's shore. Dreamworld theme park owner Ardent Leisure will today unveil its plans to build Australia's highest external building walk atop the Gold Coast's iconic Q1 building... more

September 28, Paris KONE has been selected to modernize the elevators of the Tour Areva building in the La Défense district outside of Paris. The 37-year-old Tour Areva at 184 meters high is the second tallest skyscraper in La Défense. The new technologies will improve the daily flow of the thousands of employees moving in the building... more

September 27, Charlotte, USA Colored exterior lights have already made the Duke Energy Center high-rise an iconic part of Charlotte's skyline. Duke Energy CEO says he plans to open one of the building's top floors to local nonprofits for board meetings and benefits. The 46th floor atrium and conference rooms feature panoramic views of the city... more

September 27, Auckland Apartment living or quarter acre dream? Auckland Council is advocating the high-rise lifestyle to put an end to the city's urban sprawl. Auckland faces population growth of up to a million people over the next 30 years, on top of the 1.3 million people already living here... more