Architecture reporter India Block picks 10 of the year's best skyscrapers for our review of 2018, from one sporting a 100-metre-high waterfall to the northernmost ...

China built more skyscrapers in 2018 than anywhere else in the world -- or at any other time in history, according to data released by the Council of Tall ...

In 2008, developers around the world built a grand total of four “supertall” skyscrapers, a term that refers to buildings that shoot 1,000 feet or more into the air.

Either as singular outcroppings or as part of a bustling center, skyscrapers are neck-craning icons across major city centers in the world. A modern...

With another skyscraper planned for London, what are the rules on putting up high-rise buildings?

Seoul's Lotte World Tower won the Emporis Skyscraper Award, which honors the top skyscrapers of the year.

The 123-story Lotte World Tower in Seoul has received one of the world's top prizes for very tall buildings. On Thursday, the Emporis Skyscraper Award, which ...

Foster-designed 305m viewing platform would grow next to Gherkin, if approved.

We've updated our Pinterest board dedicated to skyscrapers, including Büro Ole Scheeren's 77-storey MahaNakhon tower and the twisting Generali tower.

The list of skyscrapers presented with an Award of Excellence the first step in the CTBUH 2019 Awards presented to the world?s best tall buildings by the ...

After years of uncertainty, Sunland has abandoned its controversial “champagne flute” skyscrapers, confirming it will no longer pursue the 555-apartment ...

Jade Signature, a new ultra-luxury condo tower in Sunny Isles Beach, has been named one of the 10 best skyscrapers of 2018 by Dezeen, an influential ...

designboom continues its annual TOP 10 round up of the year's most talked about projects with a look at ten towers and skyscrapers from 2018.

Five months after beginning a public review process, the developers of a trio of skyscrapers on the Lower East Side have cleared a major hurdle. The Real Deal ...

The best part of visiting a skyscraper is to go to the top; but the best way to view a skyscraper is from the top. This drone footage shows the incredible view of a ...

Beijing's China Zun is the tallest building completed in 2018.

The company behind ambitious plans to build two huge blocks of luxury flats on Plymouth's waterfront has raised the £3million it needs kick-start the projects.

2018 was another strong year for skyscraper construction with 143 buildings 200 meters (660 feet) tall or higher built around the world. The sum of heights of all ...

A road maintenance worker got an eyeful when he visited the park to snap photos. The wanton one-ton duo got it on in front of him and the Kenyan capital's ...

510 buildings over 20 stories high are being planned in the UK capital city, including a 300m-high skyscraper nicknamed “the Tulip”.

As ice and snow melted off Chicago's skyscrapers days after Winter Storm Bruce hindered travel in the city, large chunks of ice crashed down to the ground from ...

Shorter skyscrapers and more park space are key aspects of a revised plan for Sterling Bay's proposed $5 billion-plus Lincoln Yards development along the ...

Sidewalks around skyscrapers in downtown Chicago and on the Near North Side have been closed to pedestrians Wednesday to protect them from falling ice.

People rescued from a trapped elevator in one of Chicago's tallest skyscrapers later learned they had dropped 84 floors. The Chicago Tribune reported Monday ...

Local elected officials have filed a lawsuit to prevent a trio of skyscrapers from rising in the Lower East Side, after the mayor's city planning agency voted to ...

Despite appearances, there is no city anywhere near this oil and gas facility in the Arctic.

Michael McDonough wants to see more office blocks on old station site.

The lusty rhinos were photographed in Nairobi National Park in Kenya by a highway worker.

TWO iconic apartment towers located in the area of ​​Punta Llisera, in Benidorm on the Costa Blanca are set to be demolished. The skyscrapers each have 22.

Beneath blue skies on the Greenwich waterfront, the designer Tom Dixon is paying a rare return visit to the place he knew as a child.

We in a way design and build houses for trees,” said architect Stefano Boeri.

Have you ever wondered why skyscrapers don't sway in the wind or worse during earthquakes? How do such high buildings maintain their stability?

The dystopian future in which glass towers wall off the Lower East Side waterfront is now much closer to happening. City Planning Commission yesterday.

Dozens of new skyscrapers will populate Tokyo's skyline, just in time for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Of course, some of the best views of those ...

Foster + Partners' super-skinny residential skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan features a ribbed glass exterior and plenty of luxury amenities.

The Ramsey County Board pushed forward a proposal Tuesday that could reshape the downtown St. Paul skyline and create a walkable slope down the bluffs ...

Nairobi, the country's capital and largest city, epitomises the contrast between the haves and the have-nots. It is one of the many cities in Africa experiencing ...

DAMASCUS (Sputnik) - The landscape of the Syrian capital will greatly change in the coming years due to the construction of two residential estates, with three ...

Always edgy, always mysterious: Following the debut of their first Middle Eastern shop in Dubai Mall's Fashion Avenue, the trendiest brand on the map is ...

Humans helped make recent devastating U.S. hurricanes wetter but in different ways, two new studies find. Hurricane Harvey snagged on the skyscrapers of.

Crown Resort still struggles to secure financing for a multi-billion hotel and residential tower that will be Australia's tallest skyscraper. Australian casino operator ...

The Houston Matters panel of non-experts breaks down stories from the week's news and decides if they're good, bad, or ugly.

The world tuned in to watch the plight of the creature as she climbed 25 stories. Where did she go and what is she up to now?

Dubai is home to some of the world's most incredible towers – including 22 "supertall" skyscrapers over 300 metres in height. And while the city revels in its ...

A consortium of real estate developers have started promoting a $700-million pair of residential towers that promise to dominate Montreal's skyline well before ...

People rescued from a trapped elevator in one of Chicago's tallest skyscrapers later learned they had dropped 84 floors. The Chicago Tribune reported Monday ...

The leader of Dundee City Council has said proposals to create Scotland's tallest building on the waterfront appear to be “fantasy”. Developers InverTay Homes ...

The opening of the observation deck atop Ole Scheeren's MahaNakhon skyscraper in Bangkok marks the completion of Thailand's second tallest building.

A £1.5 billion scheme has been unveiled to transform the area outside Waterloo station with a 30-storey skyscraper. *Fresh* plans to replace brutalist Sixties block ...

The president's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that Donald Trump pursued discussions about building a skyscraper in Moscow until November of ...

London City Airport has expressed concerns over plans for a new skyscraper known as the Tulip, which would become the city's second tallest building.

Software firm Salesforce confirmed its plans to anchor an upcoming riverfront skyscraper and add at least 1000 jobs to its Chicago workforce in the next five ...

The maker of a window-washing drone for tall buildings claims it can do the job 20 times faster than humans and is much safer than using workers in cradles.

The tower, part of the Eurovea extension, is designed to be 168 metres high.

Ambitious plans for the construction of the Tulip, a new skyscraper in the British capitals, have worried air traffic control.

The White House has been decorated for Christmas with care and first lady Melania Trump has unveiled its patriotic theme, which contain nods to the first ...

A major Times Square development has secured more than $780 million in new equity, including about $400 million from UBS Group AG's ultra-high-net-worth ...

Norman Foster has declared that the stepped 41-storey office tower his firm has designed for New York's Park Avenue will "set new standards for workplace ...

The skyline in the East Bay could drastically change if the City of Emeryville approves a proposed skyscraper.

YIMBY has the latest construction update on the Court Square City View Tower in Long Island City, Queens, at 23-15 44th Drive, with 802 expected units.

EMERYVILLE, Calif. (KTVU) - A skyscraper proposed for Emeryville came before the public Thursday night, in a study session before the Planning Commission.

By Samantha Vadas and Thomas Peter SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - When Japanese recruiters plucked Liu Xueqin from her provincial hometown 33 years ...

Chin Han is a film and TV actor who has appeared in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Night, Contagion, and – most recently – the pacy action caper, Skyscraper, ...

A 41-story skyscraper approved Tuesday by Orlando's planning board is set to become the City Beautiful's tallest building. The Zoi House will be located at the ...

Does it look like a tulip, sperm or a sex toy? A tower set to dominate the City of London is splitting opinion on its form and whether it should be built at all.Historic ...

Santa Claus surprises children in Berlin by climbing down a 25-storey tower to deliver presents. Rough cut (no reporter narration). Most Viewed.

Proposals to bring a skyscraper to Dundee Waterfront have been given a warm reception from the public – but the council has warned that the project ...

A martial-arts league stages a glitzy fight on the hundred-and-second floor of One World Trade Center.

First published in The Age on October 15, 1958. View of City in Miniature from Our Tallest Office Block. Melbourne is of your feet at the top of Australia's tallest ...

Heritage experts have objected to Norman Foster's plans for a new 1000ft London skyscraper - because it would diminish the Tower of London's 'royal power'.

Dezeen, a foremost global architect and design publication, announced its list of the year's top 10 international skyscrapers, with Jade Signature amo.

Two hundred extra hours of life per month, and only a few would have to be dedicated to the Company. Who would say no to not sleeping, to the bonus?

EMERYVILLE (KPIX 5) — A 54-story residential tower is being proposed for Emeryville, which would make it the tallest residential building in the Bay Area.

The Emeryville Planning Commission on Thursday will host a study session focusing on a proposed mixed commercial/residential project anchored by a ...

The Emeryville Planning Commission on Thursday will host a study session focusing on a proposed mixed commercial/residential project anchored by a ...

Visible from the Brooklyn Bridge and starting to pop up over its surrounding context, 130 William Street, designed by Sir David Adjaye of Adjaye Associates, ...

Police in North Carolina's largest city are warning pedestrians of ice falling from a downtown skyscraper.

The concrete structure and external envelope is complete.

A £27.2m funding deal to support the delivery of a 33-storey residential tower in Birmingham has been sealed. Aprirose secured the three-year loan from Lloyds ...

Five teenage "urban explorers" have been spared jail for climbing a Canary Wharf skyscraper, even though they scaled to the top of the tower to mock a court ...

Five urban explorers who climbed a Canary Wharf skyscraper have avoided jail for defying a court order banning them from trespassing on the site.

Former TOWIE legend Lydia Bright has scaled one of London's tallest buildings to raise cash for charity close to her heart.

Did you ever want to see an action movie where it's relentlessly stupid all the way through and doesn't have that much originality in its body? Then, Skyscraper is ...

The city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is known for extravagant, newly built landmarks like the Burj Khalifa, the Palm Jumeirah, and the Dubai Mall.

The Manhattan skyscraper designed by FXCollaborative recalls a sparkling sequined dress.

Earlier this week it was announced that planning permission would be sought for a “Tulip” skyscraper viewing platform in the City of London. The planning ...

Croydon Council's head of housing has slammed the government for its 'shameful' intervention into plans to build a skyscraper in Purley.

For many travelers, Hong Kong means shopping, dining, entertainment, and amusement. What many visitors may not be aware of, however, is that Hong Kong is ...

Hyundai Motor Group may be finally able to erect its new headquarters in what would be the tallest skyscraper in South Korea on the expansive lot of land it had ...

The Gherkin's flower-inspired sibling will stand at nearly 300 metres and could be built as soon as 2025.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Orlando's planning board recommended approval for a proposal to build Orlando's tallest skyscraper in the downtown area on Tuesday.

Stark Office Suites of New York rebrands century-old skyscraper in downtown Hartford for a more hip future.

Six people trapped in an elevator at Chicago's John Hancock building said Monday they learned the elevator dropped 84 floors before they were rescued.

In just over two decades, Dubai has transformed from a desert backwater port to a thriving metropolis with the third-most skyscrapers in the world.

Chilean-born, Montreal-based painter Rafael Sottolichio makes paintings about power, ideology and his own position as an immigrant to Canada.

YIMBY has the latest on the Durst Organization's 67-story residential skyscraper "Queens Plaza Park," rising as part of the Amazon boom in Long Island City.

CHICAGO (CBS) — A new skyscraper is on the horizon for the Chicago River, as a software company plans to bring 1,000 new jobs to Chicago.

In a year packed with headlines, you'd be forgiven for occasionally letting them pass you by. But even within the mass of project proposals, awards,...

The head of the Providence City Council isn't planning to try to override a mayoral veto that jeopardizes a plan for a 46-story skyscraper. Democratic Mayor ...

PROVIDENCE — The head of the Providence City Council isn't planning to try to override a mayoral veto that jeopardizes a plan for a 46-story skyscraper, ...