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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.
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.
Design: spatial practice, architects. A simple building design: the horizontal band defines the uninterrupted view of the park, mountain, and sea; while also performing as a sustainable shading element to reduce heat gain.
Design: 51N4E architects. The Albania building complements the most important monuments of Tirana: the Skanderbeg statue, the oldest mosque, the clock tower and – at the foot of the tower – a memorial tomb for the city’s founder Suleiman Pasha.
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”.
Design: RTA-Office, architects
Six office towers: two tall buildings of 160 m, two of 100 m and two adjacent buildings of 70 m each. The architecture design was made under rigorous volumetric constraints that included a symmetrical configuration.
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.
27-story-tall mixed-use building design by CAZA (Carlos Arnaiz Architects) features three floors of commercial retail and dining space & also has corporate offices for prominent international companies
Design: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. Along with the shading utilise a wide spectrum of environmental features including harbour water heat rejection, solar panels, rainwater capture and recycling, blackwater treatment, there is a basement with parking for three times more bicycles than cars.
Architects: BIG. Twisting towers mark Danish architect’s first condominium completed in the U.S. More than half of the project’s 98 units are owned by domestic end-users.
Design: Richard Meier and Partners / Rafael Viñoly Architects / KPF. New renderings released of a trio of residential towers on the five-acre site between West 59th and 61st Streets that’s part of Riverside Center. The glassy buildings will contain a mix of condos and rentals.
Design: C.F. Møller Architects + Brut Architecture and Urban Design. Architectural competition win for new residential and mix-use tower in Nieuw Zuid area in Antwerp, with a proposal that redefines residential high-rise as a vertical social community
Design: DNA Barcelona Architects. The design and construction of these towers are influenced by the principles found in the studies of Islamic architecture. The orientation of the towers towards the Mecca is adapted to the urban fabric.
Architects: Lead 8. Located in the Huangpu district of Shanghai, the reorientation and renovation of Cross Tower adopts a sophisticated industrial character, complementing the original art-deco style architecture of the tower.
High-rise building in Frankfurt: North tower 185 meters: 45 floors including the ground floor and technical floors; South tower 165 meters: 43 floors. 220 meters high including the communication mast.
UNStudio in collaboration with Heerim win competition to design 32-tower masterplan for the Eunma Housing Development in Daechi-Dong, Seoul. The approach is to be a blueprint for resident-driven development projects.
Design: HOK / FXFOWLE / SPEECH, architects. The estate is made up of two buildings united by a common stylobate. The tower buildingss are 290 and 338 meters high (63 & 77 floors). The 350,000 sqm area is mostly occupied by apartments.