514 Eleventh Avenue New York Towers

514 Eleventh Avenue New York Towers

Instead of building a 1,000 foot-tall spire, Silverstein Properties is exploring a plan to build two towers in separate phases at 514 Eleventh Avenue, a former Mercedes-Benz car dealership purchased in 2015

Varso Tower in Warsaw Building

Varso Tower

The building of a development, Varso Towers, comprising three buildings including an office tower designed by Foster + Partners, has begun with completion expected for 2020

CTBUH Annual Review 2016, Tall Buildings

Gateway Towers Complex

CTBUH Awards annual review of tall building construction trends – with 128 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater completed around the world – setting a new record for annual tall building completions.

Gmond International Building Shenzhen, Guangdong

Gmond International Building Shenzhen

Architect: Aedas. This building reflects the traditional Chinese totem of bamboo, rejuvenating the old town of Shenzhen. This 200-m super high-rise will house the headquarters for Tellus-Gmond, lettable office spaces and a jewellery trading centre.

134 Spencer Street Melbourne

134 Spencer Street Melbourne

Architects Elenberg Fraser claim the building design is inspired by the music video of ‘Ghost’ by Beyoncé. The twisting architecture is created entirely by parametric modelling, its spiralling curves recall the “twists and turns of a woman dancing in black cloth”.

China Unicom IT Industrial Operation Center

China Unicom IT Industrial Operation Center

Design: gmp · von Gerkan, Marg and Partners. IT industrial operation center with adjacent high-rise office block in Guangzhou for one of the leading Chinese telecommunications companies: two high-rise buildings linked by a five-story plinth.

MahaNakhon Tower, Bangkok Skyscraper

MahaNakhon Tower Bangkok building

In the 125 years since William Le Baron Jenney’s ten-storey Home Insurance Building in Chicago became the world’s first skyscraper, the spectacle of soaring towers has become increasingly common wherever land is scarce, allowing cities to stack life ever taller, denser and more dynamic.

COR Tower: Miami Condominium Building

COR Tower Miami

Design: Oppenheim Architecture + Design. COR, the first sustainable, mixed-use condominium in Miami, Florida represents a dynamic synergy between architecture, structural engineering and ecology.

Hearst Tower New York City Building

Hearst Tower New York City

Architect: Foster + Partners. CTBUH Awards 2016: 10 Year Award winner. The “first building commissioned post September 11” and one of New York City’s most celebrated buildings, located at 300 West 57th Street, 959 8th Avenue

Shanghai Tower: Skyscraper China

Shanghai Tower skyscraper building

Design: Gensler ; 2DEFINE Architecture. World’s Second Tallest Building: Chief Architect Marshall Strabala updates on construction and design; how tower was built to withstand 114-mph winds and its ‘green’ building design

Emporis Skyscraper Award 2015

Citygate Tower Vienna building

Emporis Skyscraper Award 2015 – Shanghai Tower in China wins this tall buildings prize: architects, info + images – Emporis Skyscraper Awards 2015 winners, tall buildings: tower design prize

Jeddah Tower Saudi Arabia Skyscraper, KSA

Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia Skyscraper

Architect: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture with SWA, landscape architecture. Jeddah Tower is to be the world’s tallest building, due to hit 1,008 m / 3,307 ft, that is 180 m / 591 ft taller than the Burj Khalifa. This skyscraper will have 167 floors.