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Following its Little Island and The Cove parks in NYC, British firm Heatherwick Studio’s North American invasion continues with a pair of towers slated for Vancouver, Canada. Defined by an eye-catching tapering design that narrows just above their base… Continue reading Heatherwick Studio plans pair of curvaceous Canadian towers
The COVID-19 pandemic is largely to blame for a second consecutive year of decline in the number of new tall buildings built worldwide, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s (CTBUH) annual Year in Review. But it wasn’t without … Continue reading A bad year for big buildings: CTBUH’s Year in Review
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has never been content to put out safe, boring designs, but its latest project has to be one of the most eye-catching the firm has revealed in some time. Named Tower C, it’s conceived as two joined towers with lots of greene… Continue reading ZHA wants to enliven the Shenzhen skyline with striking joined towers
As one of the most densely populated cities in the world, Hong Kong, could always do with a little more greenery. With this in mind, Snøhetta’s Airside skyscraper will mitigate its glass and steel form with a series of plant and tree-covered terraces a… Continue reading Sustainable skyscraper adds a little greenery to Hong Kong
Though many COVID-19-related delays have hit the construction industry this year, 2020 has still produced more than its fair share of superb architecture. From a hotel with a hole in the middle, to a village community building made from mud. Read on fo… Continue reading The best buildings of 2020
With a name like Unique, you’d hope that designers Carlos Zapata Studio and Uribe Schwarzkopf’s recently completed tower would offer something a little different from the norm. Thankfully it delivers with a curving facade that’s planted with trees and … Continue reading Unique tower makes space for meeting in the middle
Italian firm Carlo Ratti Associati serves a slice of bonkers blue sky architecture with its “Playscraper.” Also referred to as the Tennis Tower, the sporty skyscraper would stack eight tennis courts on top of each other to reach a height of 90 m (rough… Continue reading Sporty skyscraper concept stacks 8 tennis courts on top of each other
Each of Foster + Partners’ recent projects has incorporated significant greenery, and this is also the case with its newly revealed Guangming Hub. Slated for the bustling Chinese megacity of Shenzhen, it will include a series of greenery filled towers … Continue reading Greenery covered towers to grow over Shenzhen transport hub
Following the popularity of Stefano Boeri Architetti’s greenery-covered Bosco Verticale, similar “Vertical Forest” buildings are now taking root around the world, helping to add more plants and trees to inner-city areas. Two of these are now rising in … Continue reading Stefano Boeri’s greenery-covered buildings blossom in China
Information specialist Emporis has revealed the winner of its annual Skyscraper Award. From over 700 skyscrapers officially completed in 2019, the number one spot has gone to Russia’s massive Lakhta Center, which rises to a maximum height of 462 m (1,5… Continue reading Russia’s massive Lakhta Center named skyscraper of the year