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Skyscraper Developments
Tall Towers across the Globe : Images + Links for Tallest Buildings in the World
post updated 16 Feb 2020
Developments of Skyscrapers
We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Skyscraper Developments. We include only the major tall buildings globally.
e-architect feature completed tower buildings and new Skyscraper building designs across the world. The focus is on contemporary Skyscraper buildings.
We have 6 pages of Skyscraper Development selections.
World Skyscrapers : news + major towers
Skyscraper Images : A-B
Skyscraper Developments : C-H (this page)
Skyscraper Designs : I-N
Tower Designs : O-R
Tower Images : S-Z
Skyscraper Building Developments – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:
30 Sep 2013
Dumankaya IKON, Istanbul, Turkey
Design: TAGO Architects
photo : Andrei Nedelcu
This skyscraper building is formed of three elliptical towersup to 41 storeys high. The towers are linked on 3 levels.
14 Nov 2012
DUO Towers Singapore – building news
Design: Buro Ole Scheeren
image © Buro-OS
DUO Towers Singapore
The design for this Malaysian-Singaporean joint venture actively engages the space of the surrounding city to form a new civic nucleus in Singapore’s modern metropolis. The two towers are not conceived as autonomous objects, but defined by the spaces they create around them.
10 May 2012
Dancing Dragons, Yongsan International Business District in Seoul
Design: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG)
image © AS+GG
Dancing Dragons Towers
This is a design for a pair of landmark supertall mixed-use towers for the new Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea. The buildings, which include residential, “officetel” and retail elements, consist of slender, sharply angled mini-towers cantilevered around a central core. The design aesthetic is highly contemporary yet informed by aspects of traditional Korean culture.
9 Feb 2012
Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Architects: DBI Design
image from architects
Etihad Towers
These new Abu Dhabi buildings – five towers – include a tower of 76 storeys and over 300m (984 feet) in height, which places these skyscrapers in the building category of ‘Super-talls’.
Cherry Orchard Road, London, UK
Design: make architects
image : Miller Hare
Cherry Orchard Road – 55 storeys This skyscraper development includes two residential buildings, one of which is a 55-storey tower, providing 496 homes, a 165-bed hotel with 22 serviced apartments, 6,600 sqm of new office accommodation, a new 530 sqm community centre, shops, cafes, bars and restaurants and public realm improvements.
World Skyscraper Developments
Major Skyscraper Architecture Developments, alphabetical:
Chelsea Tower, UAE
Design: Atkins
image from architects
China World Trade Tower, Beijing, China
SOM
photo : SOM, architects
City Palace Tower, Russia
RMJM Architects
image from architects
COR tower Miami, USA
Oppenheim Architecture + Design
image from architects
Crystal Island Moscow, Russia
Foster + Partners
image : Foster + Partners
Dawangjing District Masterplan, China
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
image : SOM and Crystal
DIFC Lighthouse skyscraper, Dubai
Atkins
photo from architects
Dorobanti Tower, Bucharest
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
picture from architects
DSEC Tower, UAE
Atkins
picture from architect
Dubai hotel tower, UAE
Atkins
picture from architect
Gazprom tower, Russia
RMJM Architects
picture courtesy of RMJM © www.glocg.com
Guangzhou Park Hyatt skyscraper, China
Goettsch Partners
picture from architect
Headquarter of China Insurance Group
Coop Himmelb(l)au
image © SILKROAD Digital Technology
Hearst Tower, New York
Foster + Partners
photograph © Andrew McRae
Hermitage Plaza Skyscrapers, France
Foster + Partners
image from architects
Hudson Yards New York skyscrapers
Design: Steven Holl Architects
image courtesy Steven Holl Architects
More Skyscraper Developments online soon
Tall Buildings in Key Countries
Burj al Arab tower : World’s tallest hotel building
image from architect
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
photo © Adrian Welch
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