Central Place Sydney Development

Central Place Sydney towers SOM

SOM & Fender Katsalidis win an international design competition for Central Place Sydney buildings, a $2.5 billion commercial development in Sydney’s Central Business District.

The Independent, Austin, Texas building

The Independent, Austin, Texas

The Independent Building in Austin, Texas design by Rhode Partners: 363-unit, 1,002,000 square feet residential high-rise owes its character to a restricted site and varied program.

MIRA Tower San Francisco Condominiums

MIRA Tower San Francisco Condominiums

MIRA Tower San Francisco design by Studio Gang, Architects – new, 392-residence luxury condominium community developed by Tishman Speyer, distinctive, dynamic spiraling building.

SHUIBEI International Centre Building

SHUIBEI International Centre Building Luohu

SHUIBEI International Centre Luohu Building design by architects Aedas – 210-metre super high-rise landmark tower at China’s jewellery trade and processing hub in Luohu.

Kuwait Towers, Persian Gulf Landmark Building

Kuwait Towers balls

Landmark building design: 3 slender towers standing on a promontory into the Persian Gulf, the last group in the larger Kuwait Water Towers system of 34 towers, wins in Keeping it Modern Grants 2020

57 Coronation Drive Brisbane, Quay Street Precinct

57 Coronation Drive Brisbane apartments pool

57 Coronation Drive, Brisbane City building design by architects Rothelowman: development approval granted for contemporary ‘subtropical design’ – $200m mixed-use development, outdoor living in CBD’s Quay Street precinct.

New Pingshan Eye Shenzhen: RMJM

New Pingshan Eye Shenzhen design by RMJM

New Pingshan Eye Shenzhen buildings design by RMJM Architects: eye-shape ornaments, strikingly carved into the facades of the 250-m main tower form an unusual visual metaphor for the ‘openness’ theme.

Axis Condos Downtown Toronto, Church Street

Axis Condos Downtown Toronto

Axis Condos in Downtown Toronto design by IBI Group Inc. at 411 Church Street, described by Canadian architecture critic Christopher Hume as having “diagonals and undulations that could be the backdrop to an image by M.C.Escher”.

Park View Manor in Shenzhen, China Apartment

Park View Manor Shenzhen China

Interior design by Mason Studio Park View Manor is two 45-story towers catering to a burgeoning demographic in South China – a youthful and affluent generation with substantial exposure to international travel, culture and experiences.

NLA London Tall Buildings Survey 2020

NLA London Tall Buildings Survey 2020 towers increase

NLA London Tall Buildings Survey 2020 news – record number of towers added to capital’s skyline in 2019: 60 skyscrapers completed, up 140% from 2018, according to New London Architecture report.

Alcove Residential Tower in Nashville: Apartments

Alcove Residential Tower in Nashville Development by Goettsch Partners

Alcove Residential Tower in Nashville building design by Goettsch Partners: first residential building adjacent to Nashville Yards, Tennessee, developed by Giarratana LLC at 900 Church Street – 34-story, 416-foot high, with 356 units.

Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank: HSBC Building

Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank building Norman Foster

At 179m high the HSBC Bank seems tiny now relative to recent Hong Kong skyscrapers but at the time became world-famous for its strong concept and clean expression of technology and structure.

11 Hoyt Apartment Tower in New York, USA

11 Hoyt Apartment Tower NY USA

Designed by Studio Gang Architects, with interiors by Michaelis Boyd Associates, 11 Hoyt is a 57-story tower that rises 660 feet and spans almost an entire city block with frontage along Hoyt, Livingston and Elm Street.