Lakhta Centre St Petersburg Skyscraper
Europe’s tallest tower – 87 storeys, 462 meters high – in Lakhta, St Petersburg, Russia – the colossal Gazprom skyscraper building by British architects RMJM awarded LEED® Platinum certification.
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Emporis Skyscraper Award 2018
Winners of Emporis Skyscraper Award 2018 news – Top Ten projects from all over the world including tower buildings in Seoul, Chicago, and London: won by Lotte World Tower in Seoul, South Korea.
ICI House Melbourne Office Building: Orica House
ICI House, now known as Orica House, considered Australia’s first skyscraper designed by architects Bates Smart celebrates its 60th anniversary and will welcome Hub Australia as a new tenant in 2019.
Aqua Tower Chicago Skyscraper Building
Aqua Tower, Chicago skyscraper building design by Studio Gang Architects – a series of contours defined by outdoor terraces that inflect based on view, solar shading and size & type of dwelling.
De Rotterdam Building, Wilhelminapier Towers
De Rotterdam, The Netherlands Design: OMA. This mixed-use, 160,000sqm slab-tower conceived as a ‘vertical city’ on the River Maas, is complete. The building is named after one of the original ships on the Holland America Line, which until the late 1970s transported thousands of emigrating for New York from the adjacent Wilhelmina Pier.
Tour Montparnasse Paris by Studio Gang
Tour Montparnasse Paris by Studio Gang Architects, Chicago – WAF Glass Future Prize Winner: for this new skyscraper building design in the capital city of France
53W53 Residential Condominium in Manhattan
Designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel 53W53 is a gracefully tapered, 1,050-foot-high residential condominium tower rising above MoMA at 53 West 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan.
130 William Skyscraper Manhattan
Adjaye was inspired to craft a building that pushes away from the typical commercial feel of glass and that instead embraces New York’s history of masonry architecture.
Scotts Tower Singapore by UNStudio
Scotts Tower residential building by Dutch architects UNStudio at 38 Scotts Road is a 18,500sqm, 31-storey, 231-unit tower with sky terraces, penthouse roof gardens and recreational facilities.
1 Undershaft Tower London, Eric Parry Skyscraper
Design: Eric Parry Architects. Planning approval for this 73-storey skyscraper. Nicknamed ‘The Trellis’ it could become London’s second tallest building, dwarfing the Gherkin and almost matching The Shard.
Ping An Financial Center Shenzhen Building
Ping An Financial Center building design by KPF Architects, the fourth tallest in the world upon completion and the second tallest skyscraper in China at a height of 599 m.
Swiss Re Building: The Gherkin London
Commissioned by Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading reinsurance companies, it rises 41 storeys and provides 76,400 sqm of accommodation, including offices and a shopping arcade accessed from a new public plaza.
Catalog at Willis Tower Chicago, Wacker Drive
Catalog at Willis Tower Chicago, facade design by SkB Architects, retail and entertainment building design by Gensler at the tallest tower in north America, built in 1973.
Central Park Tower Building New York City
Central Park Tower building, West 57th Street, NYC – design by architects Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, on its way to a 1,550-ft pinnacle in Midtown on Billionaire’s Row: sales launch for 179 units, with a 17,000 sqft triplex penthouse.
Tianshan Gate of the World, Shijiazhuang
Tianshan Gate of the World, Shijiazhuang skyscraper building design by Aedas Architects – the tower reflects the curvy form of Chinese zither and Chinese sleeves dance, expressing rhythmic beauty.
Wasl Tower in Dubai: UNStudio
Wasl Tower in Dubai, one of the world’s tallest ceramic facades at over 300 metres, under construction, design by UNStudio with Werner Sobek: a new kind of high-rise forming a benchmark for the city of Dubai.
Dubai Creek Tower: Santiago Calatrava
A vast slender structure which will comprise a central concrete column supported by a network of steel cable stays, design b Santiago Calatrava architect / engineer: an observation tower for the Dubai Creek Harbor development in the city.
Heron Tower, London Skyscraper Building
Heron Tower London Skyscraper Building, Photo, Design, Architect, Office Property, Height Heron Tower London : Skyscraper Building City of London Development design by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) Heron Tower Building Location: City of London – financial district Photos © Keepclicking – added 10 Sep 2012: New photo, from 1 Apr 2012: photo © Nick … Read more
