Anadolu Plaza in Istanbul is the latest in a series of proposed office towers to stand overlooking the major D100 motorway. Read More Playing on hexagonal shapes and hexagons is a new residential tower in Istanbul with the excitable name, Hype 2. Read More Skyscrapers can be a sign of reconstruction, rising out of the ruins of war. With Iraq now in something approaching a state of stability Pritzker Prize winning Iraqi born British architect, Zaha Hadid, has been working on her first high-rise commission for the country. Read More Plans are afoot for the Trump empire to extend its reach to the Black Sea resort of Batumi, Georgia with a newly proposed 180 metre tall Trump Tower. Read More Signs of the damage done by the global credit crunch are to be seen with the resumption of work on one of Dubai's large-scale projects, The Jewel of the Creek. Read More Daniel Liebskind has secured planning permission for what could be the second tallest building built in the city of Jerusalem. Read More |
It seems almost unbelievable, but the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah could actually happen. The thousand metre plus building will however take a serious amount of high-tech engineering to get it to stand up and beat the current title holder, the Burj Khalifa by at least 173 metres. Read More The Turkish city of Istanbul could soon find itself with a new high-rise project in its Umraniye area of the town if proposals are decided on and approved. Currently two designs have been floated for the project named Akasya Silics which will cover the 150,000 square metre site. Read More International architecture and design practise, Atkins, has designed a new concept skyscraper for the seaside resort of Batumi in Georgia, that is perhaps something straight out of a James Bond movie. Read More Number 1 Commercial Centre is a particularly interesting attempt by architect Emre Arolat to retain the slab office block, but update it for the 21st century. Read More |