Paddington Place Alternative Design Competition
JTP and AR Urbanism win design contest for the ‘Paddington Pole’ site. The low-level buildings contrast with the 72-storey skyscraper designed by Renzo Piano next door to Paddington rail station.
Towers building designs
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Exchange Court Greengate Building Salford
Design: OMI Architects. A scheme for 349 apartments approved, within the Greengate/Exchange quarter of Salford, close to Manchester City centre. The largest element is a 44 storey rectilinear point block.
Bund SOHO: China Best Tall Building Overall 2016
Bund SOHO: China Best Tall Building Overall, design by von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects (gmp) – the building “resolves a difficult site, historic surroundings, therequirements of the modern office building, and the responsibility of a high‐profile waterfront location.”
Vista Tower Chicago Skyscraper: Studio Gang
Design: Studio Gang Architects ; Architect of Record: bKL Architecture. Three connected supertall skyscraper buildings in a row, with heights of 46, 70 and 95 storeys. The residential & hotel complex will be 1,140 feet (348 metres) high at its pinnacle.
2 WTC New York by Bjarke Ingels architect
Developer Silverstein Properties uncertain whether it will retain Bjarke Ingels Group for the project or go with original architect Foster + Partners, but learning toward Danish architecture studio BIG.
Shanghai Tower Tallest Building in China
“Unequivocally, Shanghai Tower will be one of the most sustainably-advanced…skyscrapers in the world,” says architect Marshall Strabala. The second-tallest building in the world, and tallest building in China, pushed Chicago’s Willis Tower, once the world’s tallest, out of the Top 10 list.
Alberni by Kuma in Vancouver tower
Design: Kengo Kuma & Associates, architects. Alberni by Kuma is a 43-storey residential tower at Alberni and Cardero designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma for Westbank Projects Corp in Vancouver.
Millbank Tower Renewal by John McAslan
Design: John McAslan + Partners. Consent obtained for refurbishment of the Grade II listed Millbank Tower to form 207 flats as well as a 150 bedroom hotel, gardens and a new cultural facility.
People’s Daily HQ Office Beijing
Design: ZHOU Qi Studio, Architects
The form of the High-rise building comes from Chinese character “People”, corresponding to the title of the media People’s Daily. The triangular plan is transformed from the structure of the character “People”.
Merdeka Mall Kuala Lumpur shopping centre, KL
The Merdeka PNB 118 development in Malaysia design by The Buchan Group, architects, was launched by Malaysian Prime Minister, with a 118-storey tower and shopping mall by Permodalan Nasional Berhad.
Centre Point London, Oxford Street Tower
New photos of Crossrail building work around a renewed Tottenham Court Road Tube Station and this famous London tower, a substantial concrete and glass office building, one of the first skyscrapers in London,
New Wooden Skyscraper London: Barbican Tower
Design: team from Centre for Natural Material Innovation, University of Cambridge with PLP Architecture. No it isn’t April Fool’s Day, a 300-m high wooden skyscraper has been proposed for central London by a team of Cambridge architecture researchers.
Manchester Skyscrapers by Architect Ian Simpson
Design: Simpson Haugh & Partners, Architects. Plans submitted for four residential towers, from 38 to 64 storeys + a 42-storey glazed tower, 5 floors lower than the 554 ft tall Beetham Tower, the most famous building by this architecture studio
Hong Kong Polytechnic University Innovation Tower
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. The 76m-high building provides space for over 1500 university students: home for the PolyU School of Design and newly-established Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation.