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Danish architecture firm BIG recently unveiled the Qianhai Prisma Towers in Shenzhen, China, both composed of leaning volumes that taper toward the sky. The skyscrapers, which will rise on either side of Shenz...

Italian practice CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati has unveiled the design for Playscraper - a Tennis Tower which features multiple courts stacked on top of one another. Developed for RCS sport, the ambitious design us...

Featuring one of the world’s most densely-forested vertical gardens, Urban Forest designed by Koichi Takada Architects, is a 30-storey mixed-use residential high-rise located in the cultural precinct of South...

Prince Plaza, the mixed-use podium tower designed by OMA / David Gianotten and commissioned by CMSK (China Merchants Shekou Holdings), has opened in Shekou's Sea World District in Shenzhen, China.  An ensemb...

Mecanoo‘s Brink Tower has been awarded 1st prize in a competition to design a new multi-use complex in Amsterdam. The tower will be a real eye-catcher with 28 floors (approx. 90 meters high) and will, after c...

Swiss-based architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron and Canadian architects Quadrangle have unveiled plans for a super-skinny skyscraper at the northwest corner of Bay and Bloor in Toronto, that will rise 32...

Italian practice Luca Curci Architects presents The Link, a conscious oriented vertical city for 200,000 people. The project aims to rise above the challenge of population density by successfully combining ver...

A proposed Brancusi-shape-inspired tower in Manhattan is on the way to revolutionize the world of art and architecture. After the series of ultra-slender skyscrapers under construction on the billionaires’ ro...

An angular platform protruding from the 100th floor of Kohn Pedersen Fox's Hudson Yards skyscraper is the "highest outdoor observation deck" in the western hemisphere. The 345-meter-high Edge observation deck ...

Becoming an architect is a long and difficult journey. In many countries, getting a degree in architecture can take longer than qualifying to become a doctor. This may not be the case forever as some movements ...

Leeza SOHO tower, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, has opened in Beijing with the World’s tallest atrium. The building anchors the new Fengtai business district – a growing financial and transport hub be...

Designed to stand 670 ft tall within the vast forest of Quebec, MU Architecture has envisioned the Pekuliari tower to redefine the relationship between humans and their natural habitat. Evoking a totem or a s...

Standing at a total height of 528 meters (1,732 feet), CITIC tower has opened as Beijing’s tallest building, the fourth tallest in China, and the eighth tallest worldwide. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associ...

OMA has completed a 56-story glass tower in San Francisco’s Transbay district that contains a combination of condominium residences and apartment rentals. The opening of The Avery was announced by Related Ca...

The hottest high-rise skyscrapers to visit Over the years, architecture and our needs are more and more demanding. We want the best, the nicest and the tallest buildings to be located in our city, so we can ta...

MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, releases an alternative vision for New York City high-rises with ‘East 34th’. Unlike the pinnacles of conventional towers that typically express very distinct, imposing o...

MVRDV has unveiled its proposal for the Taipei Twin Towers, designed as part of a consortium lead by Nan Hai Development, to revitalise the Capital City's Central Station Area. The design of the Taipei Twin T...

Foster + Partners has unveiled 'The Tulip',  a 305.3-meter tall tower topped with a viewpoint and rotating gondolas which is planned to be built alongside the Gherkin in London. Deriving its name from its ...

OMA has completed the first of two towers the comprise ‘Norra Tornen’ - a residential complex designed by OMA / Reinier de Graaf and located in Hagastaden, a new district in the north of Stockholm. Titled �...

Istanbul-based studio Melike Altınışık Architects has released new photos which showcase the ongoing construction progress of the award-winning Istanbul Çamlıca TV and Radio Tower. The futuristic 369m met...

UNStudio’s design proposal for Southbank by Beulah aims to establish a new destination for the Southbank area and Melbourne. The project is integrally organized around a ‘Green Spine’ of vertically networ...