 Goettsch Partners has won a competition to design a new skyscraper to stand in the heart of San Francisco.
Read More The CTBUH has named what it considers to be the best tall buildings of 2015. The competition, although ultimately a bit of good fun, does also have the very serious purpose of highlighting the cutting edge of skyscraper design and development as decided by the Committee for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, with the latest trend indicated from two of the winners that are literally green thanks to the plants they incorporate.
Read More New designs for World Trade Centre 2, this time by Danish architects BIG, have been unveiled.
Read More Torre Insignia is a new supertall skyscraper proposal for the Mexican city of Monterrey that if built will rise to a height of 330 metres, a height which if realised will make it the tallest tower in Latin America.
Read More Kohn Pedersen Fox has been designing what if built will be one of the tallest towers in Manhattan, a 461 metre tall structure, that harks back to the glory days of New York towers thanks to its soaring spire.
Read More The loop is a powerful idea in modern architecture ever since Max Reinhardt Haus decided to reconceptualise the skyscraper as a Mobius strip in 1992. Beijing now has a similar design thanks to Rem Koolhaus, but New York could finally be getting in on this loopy act if designs by Oppenheim Architecture + Design ever get built.
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 It may sound like the victor of a Highlander movie, but The One is actually a new skyscraper proposal from Foster + Partners, with the help of local firm Core Architects, that if realised will be the tallest building in Canada.
Read More Remember the Chicago Spire? It was to be one of the tallest buildings in the world, but never got further than being a titanic hole in the ground. Well now a series of six competition entries have surfaced that offer various visions for the site.
Read More The Transamerica Pyramid, one of the most iconic skyscrapers in the world, has dominated the view of San Francisco for decades. All that could soon be about to change if proposals led by Foster+Partners for 50 First Street get the go ahead and rival it on the skyline.
Read More Construction work has begun on what will be the tallest condo tower in New York City.
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