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17 June 2020 | Shenzhen
The Ruiwan Tower designed by Aedas, comprising a luxurious St. Regis Hotel, super-Grade-A offices and retail components, is a gateway project and new city icon at Qianhai Bay, Shenzhen. Standing...
17 June 2020 | Chicago
After significantly scaling back their plans to finally fill in the massive hole left behind by the abandoned 2,000-foot (609-meter) Chicago Spire project, developers will soon be able to move...
16 June 2020 | Cardiff
A 27-story apartment tower could be built just south of Cardiff Central station, pending a planning decision this week. The tower would stand at 84 meters—taller than any current building...
16 June 2020 | Penang
Residents of a row of heritage shophouses near Komtar are upset over noise and ground vibrations coming from the site where a 16-story tower is being constructed. The pile drivers...
16 June 2020 | Buffalo
Buffalo's tallest building is undergoing its most dramatic top-to-bottom makeover in its nearly 50-year history. Douglas Development has begun repainting the exterior of the 38-floor Seneca One Tower, replacing the...
16 June 2020 | Beijing
The Daily Mail China has banned all cities from building new supertall skyscrapers except in "special" circumstances to improve urban landscapes, according to a directive. The central government has prohibited...
15 June 2020 | Melbourne
There is light at the end of the tunnel for Charter Hall's AU$1.5 billion Wesley Place precinct after the restoration of the neo-gothic Wesley Church on Lonsdale Street. The AY$20...
15 June 2020 | Miami-Dade County (Unincorporated)
The Apeiron at the Jockey Club developer appears to have snuffed out a long-running fight with two property owners’ associations that sought to stop the 120-unit tower in North Miami-Dade...
15 June 2020 | Shenzhen
RMJM's Shenzhen studio in China is creating a new skyscraper complex with a building called the New Pingshan Eye. The building features two eye-resembling structures, one at the top of...
12 June 2020 | Dubai
Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, accompanied by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA),...
12 June 2020 | Miami Beach
Urbanica Management has the green light to build a new hotel on one of the last vacant oceanfront parcels in Miami Beach. The Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board on Tuesday...
12 June 2020 | Bristol
The removal of a Bristol tower block sign bearing the name of a slave trader is the latest in a string of monuments and statues being pulled down across the...
11 June 2020 | Cambridge, ON
The Waterloo Regional Police Service says that an overnight apartment fire in the Preston area of Cambridge is now believed to have caused over CA$1 million (US$733,475 million) in damages....
11 June 2020 | New York City
Anthony Vargas is taking no chances with the novel coronavirus. To prove it, the 41-year-old New York City construction worker opens the front door of his truck where tossed in...
11 June 2020 | Yokohama
A joint venture between Berjaya Corporation Berhad, Marubeni, and Daiwa House Industry, has been selected to develop a two-hectare land parcel in Yokohama's waterfront Minato Mirai 21 District. The city...
10 June 2020 | Paris
The very symbol of France, the Eiffel Tower, will reopen for visitors on June 25 2020. The landmark, located in Paris' Seventh Arrondissement, has been shuttered for three months since...
10 June 2020 | Cork
It's already home to one of Ireland's tallest buildings, and now Cork City Council wants to identify areas of the city most suitable for future high-rise developments. The aim of...
10 June 2020 | Lexington
UK’s Kirwan and Blanding towers—50-year-old fixtures of the Lexington skyline and former homes to thousands of students—now resemble the mangled ruins of a bygone era of student dorm living. Throughout...
9 June 2020 | Seattle
Architecture firm ODA has designed a residential building in downtown Seattle that splits in half to create an elevated private park. The proposed design called Seattle Tower would see the...
9 June 2020 | Melbourne
Australia’s newest skyscraper, Australia 108, is officially topped out, making it among Melbourne's tallest residential towers, soaring 316.7 meters high. With its roof complete and glass façade in place, the...
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