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Share of the 100 tallest buildings currently under construction worldwide that are in China: 61
During its annual international conference that took place in London and Paris last week, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) named Pan Pacific Orchard, a 23-story hotel in Singapore, as the 2024 Best Tall Building Worldwide. Designed by Singapore's WOHA, it is the second...
The latest video from Stewart Hicks takes a deep dive into 400 Lake Shore, a pair of skyscrapers that recently broke ground in Chicago, focusing on how the architects at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill developed the form of the skyscrapers to address wind forces.
Tall Timber: The Future of Cities in Wood opened at the Skyscraper Museum in Lower Manhattan in late February. World-Architects stopped by to see which projects are included in the exhibition, what they say about the current state of mass timber, and what they portend to the future of...
Number of skyscrapers in London’s “City Cluster” area that are either under...
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art speaks with architect Kim Herforth Nielsen of Copenhagen's 3XN about Quay Quarter Tower, the recipient of the International...
As announced by the City of Frankfurt am Main, the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), and DekaBank, 3XN's Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney, Australia, is the "world’s most innovative high-rise" for 2022/23.
The City of Frankfurt, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), and DekaBank have announced the five finalists for the 2022/23 Internationale Hochhaus Preis (International High-Rise Award). The winner will be announced in November.
"The year’s best new skyscraper," according to the jury of the Emporis Skyscraper Award 2021, is the Valley, a mixed-use tower in Amsterdam whose design was inspired by mountainous landscapes.
eVolo Magazine has announced the winners of its 2021 Skyscraper Competition. Three winners and 20 honorable mentions, as selected by the jury from 427 submissions, "challenge the way we understand vertical architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments."
eVolo Magazine has announced the winners of its 2021 Skyscraper Competition. Three winners and 20 honorable mentions, as selected by the jury from nearly 500 submissions, "challenge the way we understand vertical architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments."
The City of Frankfurt/Main, the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), and the DekaBank have announced the five finalists for the biennial International Highrise Award (IHA).
One year ago Vista Tower topped off at 363 meters (1,191 feet), making it the third tallest building in Chicago. Vista towers over the nearby Aqua Tower, which ten years ago brought fame to Studio Gang and its founder, Jeanne Gang. Ulf Meyer looks at Vista in the context of Gang's earlier work...
eVolo Magazine has announced the winners of the 2019 Skyscraper Competition, with 3 winners and 27 honorable mentions selected from 478 submitted projects. Here we highlight the three winners.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's (CTBUH) year in review reveals that the momentum to build tall continues unabated, particularly in China and in the realm of supertalls, those skyscrapers topping at least 300 meters.
eVolo Magazine has announced the winners of the 2017 Skyscraper Competition, which asked entrants to "challenge the way we understand vertical architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments."
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has published a study and report examining all of the buildings over 200 meters tall that were completed in 2016.
The City of London’s Planning and Transport Committee has approved a resolution to grant permission on 1 Undershaft, a 73-story, supertall tower designed by Eric Parry Architects.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has announced the regional winners of the CTBUH 2016 Tall Building Awards culled from 132 submissions, the most entries to date.
The 80-story Oakwood Tower would become, at 300 meters, the world's tallest timber-framed building if built next to the Barbican Centre on London's South Bank.
eVolo Magazine has announced the winners of the 2016 Skyscraper Competition, which asked entrants to "challenge the way we understand vertical architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments."
According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH, the official international arbiter of skyscraper heights), the total number of "supertall" skyscrapers reaches 100 with the completion of Rafael Viñoly's 432 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.
eVolo Magazine has announced the winners of the 2015 Skyscraper Competition, which asked entrants to "challenge the way we understand vertical architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments."