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Despite the challenges and delays caused by COVID-19, 2021 looks set to be an outstanding year for architecture, with many high-profile projects planned for completion. With this in mind, we’ve chosen five exciting projects we’re looking forward to thi… Continue reading Five exciting architecture projects to look forward to in 2021
Turkey’s Melike Altinisik Architects (MAA) recently completed work on a new supertall communications tower with a striking design. It reaches a height of 369 m (1,210 ft) over Istanbul and boasts a restaurant and viewing area offering choice views of t… Continue reading Supertall tower looks over point where Europe and Asia meet
Rising to a height of 1,005 ft (306 m) and defined by its spiraling green terraces, which twist around its glass form as it rises, The Spiral by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) is now nearing completion. The ambitious building recently topped out and is slat… Continue reading BIG’s stepped skyscraper creates green terraces in the sky
Taking up the physical footprint of an entire city block and rising to a height of 308 m (1,011 ft), Foster + Partners’ 50 Hudson Yards recently topped out in Manhattan, New York City, with the ceremonial placing of its final steel beam. The supertall … Continue reading City blocks go vertical as Manhattan supertall nears completion
The tall timber construction boom continues with a new mixed-use residential tower slated for Berlin, Germany. Designed by Oslo’s Mad arkitekter, the project will integrate greenery and feature a hybrid wood and concrete structure that will allow it to… Continue reading Seeds sown for hybrid timber tower in Berlin
Two eye-catching skyscrapers designed by Frank Gehry are slated for the high-profile architect’s hometown in Toronto, Canada. Resembling a collection of haphazardly stacked rectangular boxes, the project will, assuming it goes to plan, include Gehry’s … Continue reading Frank Gehry pays his respects to hometown with boxy tall towers
Thin is in when it comes to skyscraper design, with skinny luxury towers increasingly seen as viable by developers due to limited building space in crowded cities. However, the Pencil Tower Hotel makes other thin towers look positively chunky as it wil… Continue reading Ultra-thin “sky scratcher” makes other skinny skyscrapers look chunky
In recent years, the number of timber towers around the world, as well as their height, has grown remarkably quickly. The latest notable example in this fast-moving area of sustainable architecture comes from 3XN – working in collaboration with IttenBr… Continue reading Tilia Tower joins growing crop of tall timber buildings
Two prestigious architecture firms, Stefano Boeri Architetti and Diller Scofidio + Renfro, have joined forces to envision an ambitious reimagining of Milan’s existing Pirellino (aka Pirelli Tower) and the immediate area. The project will involve the re… Continue reading Pirelli building renovation project to be breath of fresh air for Milan
Some four years after it was originally due to be completed, and over a decade after first being commissioned, Vincent Callebaut’s twisting Tao Zhu Yin Yuan (aka Agora Garden Tower) in Taipei, Taiwan, is finally nearing completion – and it’s looking li… Continue reading Vincent Callebaut’s stunning twisting tower finally nears completion