Tower 42 Building, London Skyscraper

Tower 42 Building London, City skyscraper architecture information – design by GMW Architects – 25 Old Broad Street skyscraper building development, photo

265 West 45th Street in New York tower

265 West 45th Street in New York

The super slender tower project, designed by RB Systems, explores a novel and captivating tower typology which emerged in New York in the last years. Located on a small, currently vacant site on West 45th St which footprint measures at approx. 30x30m.

Pier 2: Apartment of the Future, Manhattan

Pier 2 Apartment of the Future New York City

Futuristic Manhattan waterfront building design by Humphreys & Partners Architects – sustainable modular building with micro units, co-working spaces, activity and wellness centers, plus a range of innovative elements from artificial intelligence to drones, home automation and autonomous vehicles.

GARDEN CITY MEGA CITY by WOHA Architects

PARKROYAL on Pickering, Singapore

WOHA announce “Garden City Mega City” exhibition in Austin, Texas, USA: it highlights sixteen of the architectural studio’s built and unbuilt projects which embody their vision of how cities should evolve in the 21 st Century toward a more sustainable future.

Lakhta Centre, Gazprom Tower St Petersburg

Lakhta Center St Petersburg Russia tower building design

Europe’s tallest tower has topped out at 87 storeys in Lakhta, St Petersburg. The colossal Gazprom tower development is by British architects RMJM. The skyscraper building is located on a 17-hectare brownfield site. The complex includes commercial office space, retail, leisure and residential developments.

76 Eleventh Avenue New York Towers

76 Eleventh Avenue New York Towers

Construction of The Eleventh, designed by Danish architects BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, has started. The two High Line towers of 25 & 34 floors are located between 17th & 18th Streets and Tenth & Eleventh Avenues, and joined by glass skybridges.

Canaletto 257 City Road Tower, London

Canaletto 257 City Road London

Design: UNStudio, architects. “It all takes place within a singular building, triangular in plan and dominated by curving frames, each containing a portion of three or two storeys.

1 Leadenhall Tower: City of London Skyscraper

1 Leadenhall Building City of London Tower

Design: Make Architects. Canadian developers Brookfield receive a resolution to grant consent from the City of London for 1 Leadenhall, a 36- storey tower. The 183m high building will be sited next to the historic Leadenhall Market.

The Cheesegrater London: Leadenhall Building

The Cheesegrater London, 122 Leadenhall Street Building, Architects, Tower, Image, Design Cheesegrater London : The Leadenhall Building London Skyscraper, England – design by Richard Rogers, architect 11 Jan 2011 The Cheesegrater Tower Latest photo of The Cheesegrater tower site by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners: groundwork for The Cheesegrater is in the foreground, with The … Read more

Leadenhall Building London, City Offices

Leadenhall Building City of London

Design: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. The new public space at the base of The Leadenhall Building spans over half an acre, the largest area of publicly accessible space created in the City of London for a decade.

London Architecture News 2017: Developments

40 Leadenhall Street London Skyscraper

Grenfell Tower Fire – massive blaze engulfs 24-storey block of flats in west London, dating from 1974. Over 200 firefighters are tackling the blaze. The building was recently reclad and renewed internally.

Dollar Bay London Docklands Tower, Isle of Dogs

Dollar Bay London Docklands building

SimpsonHaugh has produced a building underpinned by a taut geometry. 31-storey Dollar Bay features an angular, glass façade with folds and creases which capture the light differently and evoke a waterfall gathering pace as they descend.