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20 April 2021 | Hangzhou
Nestled in the heart of Yuhang District, Bjarke Ingels Group’s design for the new OPPO R&D Headquarters, China’s largest smartphone company, combines aesthetics and innovative technology in a building that...
20 April 2021 | Salford
BDP Quadrangle has put forward a proposal for a 36-story red tower in Greengate, Salford The tower would provide co-living homes and a hotel. The planning application also asks to...
20 April 2021 | Toronto
Toronto’s Yorkville and Chinatown neighborhoods will soon be home to over 300 new affordable rental units. On Thursday, 15 April, 2021 the City announced that it had purchased two buildings...
19 April 2021 | Yekaterinburg
The RMK Headquarters in Ekaterinburg has officially opened. The practice’s first office building in Russia, the building reimagines the conventional cellular office to set new standards in quality, comfort and...
19 April 2021 | Nairobi
The Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) has developed a national green building certification tool which is aimed to assess projects in the local built setting to establish their environmental performance....
19 April 2021 | Chicago
A Canadian developer has unveiled plans to bring up to 2,650 apartments to a part of the city that now has no residents. Onni Group wants to build apartment towers...
16 April 2021 | Sydney
In a welcome sign of confidence in the hotel sector, private developer Built has announced it has taken on a joint venture partner, ASX-listed Irongate Group, to develop a 5-...
16 April 2021 | New York City
A new batch of renderings were released about Project Commodore, Skidmore Owings & Merrill‘s upcoming mixed-use supertall at 175 Park Avenue in Midtown East. The 85-story behemoth is slated to...
16 April 2021 | Birmingham
Court Collaboration has been given the go-ahead for revised plans to deliver ONE Eastside, a 51-story residential tower in Birmingham Birmingham City Council has given the green light to plans...
15 April 2021 | London
MEP contractor Kane has landed a £29 million (US$39 million) design and build contract with Balfour Beatty to deliver the MEP installation at Lewisham Gateway Phase 2. The 26-month MEP...
15 April 2021 | Bangkok
Kew Green Hotels, one of the leading UK and international hotel management companies with over 55 hotels in its portfolio, continues its expansion in South East Asia, announcing the signing...
15 April 2021 | Guangzhou
The latest stage of construction at 10 Design’s Huabang International Centre has been marked with a special ceremony to celebrate the lifting of the sky deck that connects the two...
14 April 2021 | Seongnam
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates has announced the completion of Bundang Doosan Tower, the new headquarters for the Doosan Corporation. The 27-story tall tower's clear and rational form contains 83,000 square...
14 April 2021 | Osaka
Tokyo Tatemono and Hotel Properties Limited are developing a 195-meter-tall, 49-story mixed condominium and hotel high-rise just south of the Osaka / Umeda Station district. This will be the first...
14 April 2021 | London
Countryside has received planning approval from the London Borough of Brent, for all four phases of Peel, in Kilburn, North West London Following a detailed planning submission by CGL Architects,...
13 April 2021 | Melbourne
Beulah is modifying plans for its landmark Southbank by Beulah project after acquiring the neighboring Hanover House property. The move will allow what will be Australia's tallest tower to be...
13 April 2021 | Chicago
Construction has topped out for the 50-story, 727-foot-tall (221-meter-tall) office tower at 320 S Canal Street in the West Loop. Also known as BMO Tower, the 1.5-million-square-foot (139,354-square-meter) edifice has...
13 April 2021 | San José
Sky Garden is the name of the new condominium apartment complex to be built in the Rohrmoser Nunciature, planned to reach 24 stories and delivering 21,810 square meters of space....
12 April 2021 | Berlin
Twenty-eight years ago, architect Hans Kollhoff won the urban planning competition for Alexanderplatz with the idea of building around a dozen high-rises at the square in Mitte. Each one was...
12 April 2021 | Uyo
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, has officially declared the opening of a 21-story residential building in Uyo. The building, known as the Dakkada Towers, was conceived by...
20 April 2021 | Hangzhou
Nestled in the heart of Yuhang District, Bjarke Ingels Group’s design for the new OPPO R&D Headquarters, China’s largest smartphone company, combines aesthetics and innovative technology in a building that...
20 April 2021 | Salford
BDP Quadrangle has put forward a proposal for a 36-story red tower in Greengate, Salford The tower would provide co-living homes and a hotel. The planning application also asks to...
20 April 2021 | Toronto
Toronto’s Yorkville and Chinatown neighborhoods will soon be home to over 300 new affordable rental units. On Thursday, 15 April, 2021 the City announced that it had purchased two buildings...
19 April 2021 | Yekaterinburg
The RMK Headquarters in Ekaterinburg has officially opened. The practice’s first office building in Russia, the building reimagines the conventional cellular office to set new standards in quality, comfort and...
19 April 2021 | Nairobi
The Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) has developed a national green building certification tool which is aimed to assess projects in the local built setting to establish their environmental performance....
19 April 2021 | Chicago
A Canadian developer has unveiled plans to bring up to 2,650 apartments to a part of the city that now has no residents. Onni Group wants to build apartment towers...
16 April 2021 | Sydney
In a welcome sign of confidence in the hotel sector, private developer Built has announced it has taken on a joint venture partner, ASX-listed Irongate Group, to develop a 5-...
16 April 2021 | New York City
A new batch of renderings were released about Project Commodore, Skidmore Owings & Merrill‘s upcoming mixed-use supertall at 175 Park Avenue in Midtown East. The 85-story behemoth is slated to...
16 April 2021 | Birmingham
Court Collaboration has been given the go-ahead for revised plans to deliver ONE Eastside, a 51-story residential tower in Birmingham Birmingham City Council has given the green light to plans...
15 April 2021 | London
MEP contractor Kane has landed a £29 million (US$39 million) design and build contract with Balfour Beatty to deliver the MEP installation at Lewisham Gateway Phase 2. The 26-month MEP...
15 April 2021 | Bangkok
Kew Green Hotels, one of the leading UK and international hotel management companies with over 55 hotels in its portfolio, continues its expansion in South East Asia, announcing the signing...
15 April 2021 | Guangzhou
The latest stage of construction at 10 Design’s Huabang International Centre has been marked with a special ceremony to celebrate the lifting of the sky deck that connects the two...
14 April 2021 | Seongnam
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates has announced the completion of Bundang Doosan Tower, the new headquarters for the Doosan Corporation. The 27-story tall tower's clear and rational form contains 83,000 square...
14 April 2021 | Osaka
Tokyo Tatemono and Hotel Properties Limited are developing a 195-meter-tall, 49-story mixed condominium and hotel high-rise just south of the Osaka / Umeda Station district. This will be the first...
14 April 2021 | London
Countryside has received planning approval from the London Borough of Brent, for all four phases of Peel, in Kilburn, North West London Following a detailed planning submission by CGL Architects,...
13 April 2021 | Melbourne
Beulah is modifying plans for its landmark Southbank by Beulah project after acquiring the neighboring Hanover House property. The move will allow what will be Australia's tallest tower to be...
13 April 2021 | Chicago
Construction has topped out for the 50-story, 727-foot-tall (221-meter-tall) office tower at 320 S Canal Street in the West Loop. Also known as BMO Tower, the 1.5-million-square-foot (139,354-square-meter) edifice has...
13 April 2021 | San José
Sky Garden is the name of the new condominium apartment complex to be built in the Rohrmoser Nunciature, planned to reach 24 stories and delivering 21,810 square meters of space....
12 April 2021 | Berlin
Twenty-eight years ago, architect Hans Kollhoff won the urban planning competition for Alexanderplatz with the idea of building around a dozen high-rises at the square in Mitte. Each one was...
12 April 2021 | Uyo
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, has officially declared the opening of a 21-story residential building in Uyo. The building, known as the Dakkada Towers, was conceived by...
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