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9 April 2019 | Bethlehem

Bethlehem Headquarters of Former Steel Giant Set to Come Down in May

Despite being listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010, the former Bethlehem Steel headquarters will be imploded on May 19, 2019, making way for a 52-acre (21-hectare)...

9 April 2019 | Auckland

New Tower in Auckland Reaches Top Level

Commercial Bay is the grand scheme to capitalize on Auckland’s seaside location, bringing together commercial space, public transport, retail, public spaces and hospitality environments. A soaring new office tower is...

8 April 2019 | New York City

Renderings Revealed for 99 Hudson Boulevard, New York City

Developer Tishman Speyer has released renderings for 99 Hudson Boulevard, a 44-story office building at Hudson Yards. The site sits along 11th Avenue between West 36th Street and West 37th...

8 April 2019 | Ashalim

Skyscraper-Sized Solar Tower Built in Israeli Desert

Israel’s skyscraper-sized solar tower, which began construction on January 2017, is now complete. Standing at 240 meters tall, it is already producing energy. The massive tower is part of the...

8 April 2019 | Dublin

Green Light Received for Dublin Skyscraper

Developer Johnny Ronan has won approval to build what may become central Dublin’s tallest building. The long-running saga to build the 22-story tower on Tara Street involved four separate attempts...

5 April 2019 | Melbourne

Aurora Melbourne Central Tops Out

Malaysian development giant UEM Sunrise has topped out its Aurora project, an AU$770 million (US$ 547 million) skyscraper opposite Melbourne Central. The 88-story project, which is funded by a club...

5 April 2019 | Bellevue

Amazon Planning to Move Worldwide Operations Team from Seattle to Bellevue

  In yet another sign that Amazon is cooling on its hometown of Seattle, the retail-entertainment-tech giant says it is planning to move its entire Seattle-based worldwide operations team to...

4 April 2019 | Springfield (MA)

Springfield Tower Development Gets Renovations, New Name

  Related Companies, owners of Springfield’s beleaguered 489-unit Chestnut Park high-rise apartment complex, have changed the name of Chestnut Tower to Skyview Downtown just before construction begins on $50 million...

4 April 2019 | Addis Ababa

New Development Will Require Demolition of Several Substantial Buildings in Addis Ababa

Eagle Hills’s new design for the La Gare Eagle Hills Project proposes to demolish the state shipping enterprise’s headquarters as well as a multipurpose building. Located on Ras Mekonnen Street,...

4 April 2019 | Toronto

New Toronto Tower Project to Incorporate Heritage Buildings

Last week, developer Davpart officially announced The United BLDG, a towering 55-story condominium development in Downtown Toronto at St. Patrick subway station. Designed by B+H Architects, it will incorporate the...

3 April 2019 | Victoria

Victoria Developer Reaches for Sky with Mass Timber Tower

A condo project in Victoria could become one of the largest residential buildings in British Columbia made from wood. The proposed development on Speed Avenue, will have a 12-story tower...

3 April 2019 | Yokohama

Yokohama Builds a Vertical City Hall

Yokohama’s new City Hall will be approximately 155 meters tall and will have a heliport on its roof. The building’s low-rise section, which is three stories, will consist of public...

3 April 2019 | Houston

Houston Medical Tower Gets New Life

Houston’s newest high-profile hotel project is a win for preservationists, and an unlikely but fortuitous outcome for a once-acclaimed modernist building, which until recently was used solely as a parking...

2 April 2019 | London

London’s Tulip Tower is Approved

The City of London’s planning committee has approved Foster + Partners’ controversial Tulip Tower next to the Gherkin despite significant opposition from heritage campaigners. Following officers’ recommendations, councilors voted 18...

2 April 2019 | Ningbo

Police Called on Ningbo Couple for Keeping Thousands of Bees in High-Rise

Police were called to a high-rise residential building in eastern China after a couple ignored repeated complaints from neighbors about their thousands of pet bees. The unnamed couple from the...

2 April 2019 | Austin

New Skyscraper Leased to Tech Company in Austin

Topped by what’s labeled a “pyramidal crown,” Austin’s 33-story Frost Bank Tower debuted in 2004 at East Fourth Street and Congress Avenue. It soon earned the nickname of the “Owl...

1 April 2019 | Birmingham

Birmingham to Host New Residential Skyscraper

Apartment developer Moda has agreed on a deal with John Sisk & Son to start work on a 42-story skyscraper in Birmingham. The 481-apartment tower has been designed exclusively for...

1 April 2019 | Sydney

Sydney Wrestles with Plans for High-Rise Casino

The City of Sydney has expressed dissent towards casino operators, with a counselor describing The Star and the James Packer’s new Crown casino as “insulting” to Sydney. Philip Thalis, an...

1 April 2019 | Itapema

Itapema Skyline Will Be Anchored by New Tower

The municipality of Itapema, on the coast of Santa Catarina, will soon be home to a 60-story, 237- meter high building. The VR Tower, developed by Nova Empreendimentos, will begin...

29 March 2019 | Dhaka

Deadly Blaze Engulfs High-Rise Building in Dhaka

The death toll from a horrific blaze that ripped through a Dhaka high-rise building on Thursday, March 28, 2019, has climbed to 25, Bangladeshi police said, as government officials vowed...