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11 June 2021 | Vancouver
Vancouver Startup's Roomba-Like Robot Tower Window Cleaner Could Replace Humans
The business of washing windows on a tower with human labour is a dangerous, inefficient, and costly practice, but a Vancouver innovator’s robotic solution could potentially disrupt this service globally....
11 June 2021 | Seattle
Seattle Net-Zero Project Using Modular Construction
A 15-story apartment building in Seattle designed to be a net-zero energy development is being constructed with panels manufactured at a plant in Tacoma, Wash. that come preloaded with electrical...
10 June 2021 | Glasgow
Construction Contract Signed for 20-Story Glasgow Build-to-Rent Tower
Platform_, specialists in the provision and operation of build to rent accommodation, have signed an agreement with contractor Graham to deliver their latest project in Glasgow. Central Quay will rise...
10 June 2021 | Coeur d'Alene
Hotel and Residential High-Rise Now Open in Downtown Coeur d'Alene
A long-anticipated US$20 million high-rise is now open in downtown Coeur d'Alene. The 15-story One Lakeside opened last month at 201 N. First St., near Lake Coeur d'Alene. The property...
9 June 2021 | Guatemala City
Development in the Heart of Guatemala City Opens Showroom
The showroom for a new 12-story mixed-use project in Guatemala City has opened. In Séptimo’s showroom, located in the the Nova Reformador building, in zone 9 of Guatemala City, visitors...
9 June 2021 | Melbourne
Groundbreaking Imminent for Melbourne Timber Tower
US real estate firm Hines will break ground on what could be Melbourne’s tallest mass-engineered timber office building later in 2021 after pausing plans for the AU$200-million (US$154-million) project last...
9 June 2021 | Allentown
Proposed Slender Tower in Allentown Receives Planning Extension
It’s been 75 months since the Allentown Planning Commission blessed Bruce Loch’s plan to build the 33-story Landmark Tower on a small South Ninth Street lot downtown. Standing 420 feet...
8 June 2021 | Chicago
Plans for Chicago Mixed-use High-Rise Moving Forward
The Chicago City Council has approved a 47-story mixed-use tower, located at 640 W Washington Boulevard in West Loop Gate. The development will replace an existing surface parking lot. Designed...
8 June 2021 | Kuala Lumpur
Merdeka 118 Tower Tops Out in Kuala Lumpur
Permodalan Nasional Bhd’s (PNB) Merdeka 118 tower has safely topped out with the completion of the final roof slab after reaching its peak at level 118. PNB said the tower...
8 June 2021 | Manchester
Manchester Tower Plans Rejected
Corstorphine & Wright’s proposal to build a 28-story student accommodation tower in Manchester has been refused. The 550-bedroom project for developer Fusion Students would have also included a gym, cinema,...
7 June 2021 | Dresden
Dresden High-Rise Under Quarantine
The eastern German city of Dresden has placed residents of a high-rise building under quarantine after one if its residents died following his return from India. The young man who...
7 June 2021 | Penang
Child Killed in Penang High-Rise Fire
A 6-year-old girl died of smoke inhalation while her 4-year-old brother is being treated at the Penang Hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after their apartment at The Rise Collection II...
7 June 2021 | Vancouver
Social Housing Tower Proposed Next to Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver
Atira Women’s Resource Society and TL Housing Solutions have submitted a rezoning application to build a 17-story social housing tower just north of Oppenheimer Park in the Downtown Eastside. This...
4 June 2021 | London
Industrial Site to Become New London Neighborhood
A former soap and oil works site is being regenerated as a new neighborhood close to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in E15 in London. The Vulcan Wharf site covers...
4 June 2021 | Jersey City
Jersey City Skyscraper Has Launched
The second rental skyscraper at Journal Squared has opened. Located at 537 Summit Avenue in Jersey City, the 68-story building stands 230 meters (754 feet) tall. Its 704 residences range...
4 June 2021 | Tokyo
Construction Begins on Site Redevelopment in Central Tokyo
Construction has officially started on a Kengo Kuma-designed mixed-use complex near Daikanyama Station in central Tokyo. Tokyu Land’s Daikanyamacho Project is a 10-story building that will include retail, co-working office...
3 June 2021 | London
Urban Village Planned in London
Housebuilder Weston Homes and supermarket firm Tesco have secured a resolution to grant planning permission for a 1,280-home urban village in Goodmayes, east London. The Redbridge council gave the go...
3 June 2021 | Eindhoven
Eindhoven's Shopping Center Hopes to Become Cultural Quarter
The ageing inner-city Heuvel shopping center in Eindhoven could transform into a green cultural quarter with a music venue topped off with a climbable “glass mountain.” The proposal includes the...
3 June 2021 | Chengdu
Masterplan Aims to Revitalize Riverside Neighborhood in Chengdu
Mengzhuiwan, a riverfront neighbourhood in Chenghua district of Chengdu, is mainly residential and has little interaction with the river that flows through it. LWK + PARTNERS’ regeneration master plan aims...
2 June 2021 | Mölndal
Work Begins at Mixed-Use Project in Mölndal, Sweden
In Mölndal, Sweden, work has begun on the MIMO property development project. The project includes a new 17-story office building as well as renovating an existing building. Located next to...
11 June 2021 | Vancouver
Vancouver Startup's Roomba-Like Robot Tower Window Cleaner Could Replace Humans
The business of washing windows on a tower with human labour is a dangerous, inefficient, and costly practice, but a Vancouver innovator’s robotic solution could potentially disrupt this service globally....
11 June 2021 | Seattle
Seattle Net-Zero Project Using Modular Construction
A 15-story apartment building in Seattle designed to be a net-zero energy development is being constructed with panels manufactured at a plant in Tacoma, Wash. that come preloaded with electrical...
10 June 2021 | Glasgow
Construction Contract Signed for 20-Story Glasgow Build-to-Rent Tower
Platform_, specialists in the provision and operation of build to rent accommodation, have signed an agreement with contractor Graham to deliver their latest project in Glasgow. Central Quay will rise...
10 June 2021 | Coeur d'Alene
Hotel and Residential High-Rise Now Open in Downtown Coeur d'Alene
A long-anticipated US$20 million high-rise is now open in downtown Coeur d'Alene. The 15-story One Lakeside opened last month at 201 N. First St., near Lake Coeur d'Alene. The property...
9 June 2021 | Guatemala City
Development in the Heart of Guatemala City Opens Showroom
The showroom for a new 12-story mixed-use project in Guatemala City has opened. In Séptimo’s showroom, located in the the Nova Reformador building, in zone 9 of Guatemala City, visitors...
9 June 2021 | Melbourne
Groundbreaking Imminent for Melbourne Timber Tower
US real estate firm Hines will break ground on what could be Melbourne’s tallest mass-engineered timber office building later in 2021 after pausing plans for the AU$200-million (US$154-million) project last...
9 June 2021 | Allentown
Proposed Slender Tower in Allentown Receives Planning Extension
It’s been 75 months since the Allentown Planning Commission blessed Bruce Loch’s plan to build the 33-story Landmark Tower on a small South Ninth Street lot downtown. Standing 420 feet...
8 June 2021 | Chicago
Plans for Chicago Mixed-use High-Rise Moving Forward
The Chicago City Council has approved a 47-story mixed-use tower, located at 640 W Washington Boulevard in West Loop Gate. The development will replace an existing surface parking lot. Designed...
8 June 2021 | Kuala Lumpur
Merdeka 118 Tower Tops Out in Kuala Lumpur
Permodalan Nasional Bhd’s (PNB) Merdeka 118 tower has safely topped out with the completion of the final roof slab after reaching its peak at level 118. PNB said the tower...
8 June 2021 | Manchester
Manchester Tower Plans Rejected
Corstorphine & Wright’s proposal to build a 28-story student accommodation tower in Manchester has been refused. The 550-bedroom project for developer Fusion Students would have also included a gym, cinema,...
7 June 2021 | Dresden
Dresden High-Rise Under Quarantine
The eastern German city of Dresden has placed residents of a high-rise building under quarantine after one if its residents died following his return from India. The young man who...
7 June 2021 | Penang
Child Killed in Penang High-Rise Fire
A 6-year-old girl died of smoke inhalation while her 4-year-old brother is being treated at the Penang Hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after their apartment at The Rise Collection II...
7 June 2021 | Vancouver
Social Housing Tower Proposed Next to Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver
Atira Women’s Resource Society and TL Housing Solutions have submitted a rezoning application to build a 17-story social housing tower just north of Oppenheimer Park in the Downtown Eastside. This...
4 June 2021 | London
Industrial Site to Become New London Neighborhood
A former soap and oil works site is being regenerated as a new neighborhood close to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in E15 in London. The Vulcan Wharf site covers...
4 June 2021 | Jersey City
Jersey City Skyscraper Has Launched
The second rental skyscraper at Journal Squared has opened. Located at 537 Summit Avenue in Jersey City, the 68-story building stands 230 meters (754 feet) tall. Its 704 residences range...
4 June 2021 | Tokyo
Construction Begins on Site Redevelopment in Central Tokyo
Construction has officially started on a Kengo Kuma-designed mixed-use complex near Daikanyama Station in central Tokyo. Tokyu Land’s Daikanyamacho Project is a 10-story building that will include retail, co-working office...
3 June 2021 | London
Urban Village Planned in London
Housebuilder Weston Homes and supermarket firm Tesco have secured a resolution to grant planning permission for a 1,280-home urban village in Goodmayes, east London. The Redbridge council gave the go...
3 June 2021 | Eindhoven
Eindhoven's Shopping Center Hopes to Become Cultural Quarter
The ageing inner-city Heuvel shopping center in Eindhoven could transform into a green cultural quarter with a music venue topped off with a climbable “glass mountain.” The proposal includes the...
3 June 2021 | Chengdu
Masterplan Aims to Revitalize Riverside Neighborhood in Chengdu
Mengzhuiwan, a riverfront neighbourhood in Chenghua district of Chengdu, is mainly residential and has little interaction with the river that flows through it. LWK + PARTNERS’ regeneration master plan aims...
2 June 2021 | Mölndal
Work Begins at Mixed-Use Project in Mölndal, Sweden
In Mölndal, Sweden, work has begun on the MIMO property development project. The project includes a new 17-story office building as well as renovating an existing building. Located next to...
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