An outline planning application has finally been submitted to build a complex of ten new buildings topped by a 25 floor tall tower in Leeds called City One.
Continuing the sudden construction glut in London as developers look to cash in on the ups and downs of the property cycle is the Heron, a David Walker designed residential tower to stand next to the Barbican on the former Milton Court site.
Another unusual looking skyscraper is soon to start construction in the Chinese boomtown of Shenzhen situated near the border between the Peoples Republic and Hong Kong.
Groundwork is finally beginning on St George Tower, or the Vauxhall Tower as it is often known, a 181 metre tall residential skyscraper that has long been approved in London.
Plans to regenerate the centre of Lewisham in east London have taken a major hit following the revelation from local councillors that changing economic conditions have made the proposals currently unviable.
We don't really build cathedrals in Europe any more but the Kosovan city of Prishtina is planning on constructing a new national place of worship for the republic.