181 Fremont San Francisco Skyscraper

181 Fremont San Francisco Skyscraper

Arup, the global design and engineering firm for the built environment, and Jay Paul Company, an award-winning real estate firm based in San Francisco, announce that 181 Fremont (the third tallest structure in San Francisco) has achieved a REDi™ Gold Rating, which will make it the most resilient tall building on the West Coast of the U.S. when completed.

200 George Street Facade in Sydney

200 George Street Facade

Architect: FJMT Studio. Employing a novel timber-and-glass façade system Mirvac and FJMT Studio’s recent tower at 200 George Street heralds a new era in high rise building design, particularly in Australia.

1/JBR Residential Tower Dubai, UAE

1/JBR Residential Tower Dubai

Design: Edge Design, architects. A high-rise, 46 storey luxurious tower building. The building canopy is designed as a metaphor for crashing waves on the beach, reflecting the rhythm of the Gulf and emphasises the height of the tower.

Breiavatnet Lanterna Stavanger Building

Breiavatnet Lanterna Stavanger Building

Design: schmidt hammer lassen architects with SJ Arkitekter. This dynamic winning design aims to create a new benchmark for a sustainable and creative work environment. It includes a new 101m-high tower containing 18,000 sqm of highly flexible space for offices, restaurants, exhibitions and conferences. Ground and top floors will open to the public.

Shanghai Centre Building, China

Shanghai Centre Building

Design: John Portman & Associates, architects. Shanghai Center, a project designed more than 30 years ago, has received the “China Tall Building Legacy” award of the inaugural China Tall Building Award. This award recognizes proven value and performance during the period of time from China’s economic opening in 1978.

Vertical Strip Hanging Tower, Casino Resort

Vertical Strip Hanging Tower design USA

Design: Stephan Sobl – dramatic interplay of opaque surfaces incorporating “poché and lightweight, fragile structure” in this American casino resort, a satellite alternative to Las Vegas. Distinct architectural languages are exploited to create extreme spatial sequences.

British Airways i360 in Brighton

British Airways i360 Pod in Brighton

Design: Marks Barfield architects

The world’s tallest moving observation tower, Brighton’s British Airways i360, has been closed after it broke down for a second time, trapping 200 passengers in the observation pod.

iLiv@Grange Road Condominium Singapore

iLiv@Grange Road Condominium Singapore Tower

Design: Mercurio Design Lab, Architects. The architects state, “marketing of the building…suggested that its characteristic form had been inspired by the Calla lily, a tropical flower native to southern Africa, the shape actually owed more to the female human form ─ think Matisse’s ‘Blue Nude’.”

Spire London, Docklands Skyscraper Building

Spire London Docklands skyscraper building

Design: HOK, Architects. Previously unseen images of London’s new £800+m resi-skyscraper, built by China, the tallest resi-tower in Western Europe, a 235m (771ft) high, 67-storey building.

R&F Yingkai Square Mixed-Use Tower Guangzhou

R&F Yingkai Square Mixed-Use Tower

Architects: Goettsch Partners. Developed by R&F Properties Co. and located in the new city center of Zujiang, the 296-meter tower totals 66 stories and is currently the 7th tallest completed building in Guangzhou, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.

Torre Reforma Mexico City Skyscraper

Torre Reforma Mexico City Skyscraper

Design: L. Benjamin Romano Arquitects (LBRA) + Arup. An instant architectural icon, a three-sided high-rise offers a new model for concrete construction in earthquake zones

k18B Building Complex in Vilnius by Libeskind

k18B Building Complex in Vilnius by Libeskind Downtown Tower

Design: Studio Libeskind, Architects. Downtown Tower-k18B is a “harmonious progression of glass volumes” – an 18-storey tower above a 6-storey podium, connected by a luminous glass-covered galeria, according to the architects.

30 Hudson Yards, New York City

30 Hudson Yards

Design: Bill Pedersen – Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) architects. 90-story, 1,296-ft-tall office tower now 15 floors above street level. The 2.6-m-sqft tower is be the second-tallest office building in New York, taller than the Empire State Building and home to the highest outdoor observation deck in the city.

The Pinnacle London Tower, 22 Bishopsgate

22 Bishopsgate City of London

Design: PLP Architecture. Construction of The Pinnacle replacement may be delayed following the referendum result. The office tower includes a restaurant and bar occupying the upper levels plus a free public viewing gallery.