Skyscrapers

Record-breaking number of skyscrapers
completed in 2011


Dezeen Wire:
an annual report released by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in Chicago reveals that the number of buildings over 200 metres tall completed in the last year has increased for the fifth consecutive time. More »

Competition: five copies of eVolo
Skyscrapers to be won

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Competition: we’ve teamed up with the organisers of the eVolo Skyscraper Competition to give away five copies of their book, which collates 300 of the best entries from the past six years. More »

“Exploding” twin towers by MVRDV
cause outrage


Dezeen Wire:
Dutch architects MVRDV have received threatening emails and angry phone calls after revealing proposals for skyscrapers that resemble the exploding World Trade Centre on 9/11.

We published the project first on Dezeen, prompting outrage from many of our readers. One declared the images “insensitive and offensive” while another claimed “this is like 9/11 freeze framed”. More »

“Entering the era of the megatall”
- the 20 tallest buildings by 2020


Dezeen Wire:
the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in Chicago have published a report predicting the 20 tallest buildings in the world by the year 2020, including eight over 600 metres high. Read the full online report here. More »

The Kingdom Tower by Adrian Smith
+ Gordon Gill Architecture

Kingdom Tower

Here’s the first set of images of the Kingdom Tower, about to begin construction in Jeddah and set to be the world’s tallest building at over 1000 metres. More »