Swiss Re Building: The Gherkin London

The Gherkin London tower building

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.

Gubei Soho Shanghai Building Tower

Gubei Soho Shanghai tower

Gubei Soho Shanghai building design by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates – a distinctive zig-zag forms a dynamic landmark for central business district: 38-story office tower and a 12-story podium.

The Beacon in Hong Kong Tall Building

The Beacon in Hong Kong

Aedas-designed The Beacon in Hong Kong was crowned the Best Tall Building Project at LEAF Awards 2018 and highly commended for Best Sustainable Project at Blueprint Awards 2018 in Europe.

UK Government Ban on Combustible Cladding

UK Government ban on combustible cladding facade

Banning the use of combustible materials in the external walls of high-rise residential buildings: RIBA director of professional services criticises UK government ban on combustible cladding as “inadequate”, saying it should have covered products capable of producing toxic smoke.

Capitaland Office of the Future, Singapore CBD

Capitaland Office of the Future Singapore interior design

Capitaland Office of the Future, Singapore CBD ecosystem featuring core-flex model, strategy aimed at engendering a culture of innovation, promoting talent attraction and retention and optimising cost efficiency for tenants of its office properties.

Stadtwerke Heidelberg Tower Building

Stadtwerke Heidelberg Tower design by LAVA Architects

New energy storage tower for Stadtwerke Heidelberg (SWH), Germany. Solar and wind energy heats up water for an extensive regional heating network. LAVA’s design transforms new water tank into a dynamic sculpture, a city icon.

Dubai Creek Tower: Santiago Calatrava

Dubai Creek Tower by 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.

150 North Riverside Building, Office Tower

150 North Riverside building structure design

150 North Riverside building design by architects Goettsch Partners in Chicago, comprising 1,464,000 sqft (136,010 sqm), a 54-story Class A office tower with 45-ft column-free floor plates and a dramatic 90-ft-high lobby.

Blackpool Building: Architecture

Lancashire Constabulary - New HQ in Building Blackpool

Blackpool building news – Lancashire Constabulary divisional police headquarters, three-storey facility designed by property and construction consultancy McBains, a new HQ for the police force’s West Division.

Southbank by Beulah Tower Competition winner news

Southbank by Beulah Tower Competition Winner

Southbank by Beulah Melbourne Winner news – UNStudio proposal for Australia’s tallest tower from designs submitted by six of the best architecture offices in the world – ‘Green Spine’, $2 billion mixed-use tower, with Cox Architecture.