Best new skyscraper buildings in the world. Find towers and supertall structures across the globe for the construction industry and the architecture profession.
Discover skyscrapers photos + architects info. e-architect feature the most famous high-rise properties from the past. alongside innovative modern structures and supertall designs.
Form, Force, and Finance. Look at any modern skyline and you are looking at a battlefield where human imagination competes with the laws of nature and the volatility of global markets. Today’s skyscrapers are no longer just functional vertical boxes. They are dynamic architectural statements
Tallest observation decks in the World, tallest structures across the globe. Find skyscrapers info + photos. See the World’s highest accessible spaces, skyscraper designs + images. Many of New York City’s early towers had a ticketed observation level
Tallest skyscrapers buildings: European tower architecture designs: ten tallest buildings currently under construction in Europe, notably in Russia. Construction of the continent’s future tallest skyscraper, Lakhta Center in St. Petersburg, is under way. At a height of 463m, the tapering, pointed supertall will surpass the current record-holder, Moscow’s Mercury City, by 124m.
The history of the world’s tallest skyscrapers. Emporis, international provider of building data, looks back over more than 100 years of skyscraper history and presents towers that have been entitled to proudly bear the title of “World’s Tallest Building”. Two pioneering inventions from the second half of the 19th century, steel-frame construction and the elevator, set the path to construction of the world’s first skyscraper. The combination of the two was first used in 1908 in the Singer Building in New York City, USA.