News: a Chinese company plans to build the world's tallest skyscraper in just seven months using pre-fabricated components slotted together like a Meccano toy. More »
Tag: skyscrapers
World's tallest skyscraper to be built
Foster + Partners to build Park Avenue skyscraper
for Lehman Brothers
News: Foster + Partners has won a competition to design a 200-metre skyscraper for collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings and partner L&L Holding Company on Park Avenue in New York. More »
Five six towers with unfortunate
likenesses
Following yesterday's story about a skyscraper that resembles a pair of trousers (above), here are some more looky-likey towers including one that readers have compared to a stack of toilet rolls and another that looks like a sex toy. More »
Iwan Baan on "architecture
without architects"
In a movie Dezeen filmed at his Golden Lion-winning installation in collaboration with Justin McGuirk and Urban-Think Tank at the Venice Architecture Biennale, architectural photographer Iwan Baan talks about how residents have built their own homes between the columns and floor plates of the unfinished Torre David skyscraper in Caracas. More »
RMJM skyscraper dubbed 'big pants'
by Chinese – Telegraph
Dezeen Wire: a new skyscraper in Suzhou designed by British architects RMJM has been likened to 'giant underpants' by Chinese commentators, reports the Telegraph.
Update 6 September 2012: RMJM have sent an official response to our story, saying "While some critics view the unfinished skeleton as a laughable pair of low-rise jeans, the gateway is a far cry from a joking matter." For the full statement, scroll down to the comments section or click here.
W. R. Berkley Corporation European
headquarters by Kohn Pedersen Fox
Dezeen Wire: here's the first image of a new 190-metre skyscraper for the City of London designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox to house the European headquarters for insurance company W. R. Berkley Corporation. More »
China dominates skyscraper
construction in 2012
Dezeen Wire: nine of the 20 tallest buildings under construction in the world are located in China, according to the latest research by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. More »
Sky Condos by
DCPP Arquitectos
Vertiginous swimming pools would cantilever like diving boards from every apartment in this tower proposed for Lima, Peru, by Mexican studio DCPP Arquitectos. More »
Israeli government approves plans for
12 new skyscrapers in Jerusalem
Dezeen Wire: Israel's interior ministry has approved a major construction plan for Jerusalem which includes 12 new skyscrapers, reports the Jerusalem Post. More »
V on Shenton
by UNStudio
FSMA Tower by
Dave Edwards
Algae would produce energy and clean water for a conceptual skyscraper proposed for London by British architect Dave Edwards. More »
Scrap Skyscraper
by Projeto Coletivo
This conceptual skyscraper by Brazilian architects Projeto Coletivo would be constructed using rubbish in the city of São Paulo. More »
Palais Lumière by Pierre Cardin
and Rodrigo Basilicati
Dezeen Wire: a skyscraper by fashion designer Pierre Cardin is set to be constructed in Venice, which at 245 metres high will be more than twice the height of the bell tower of St. Mark's Basilica. More »
London Thatch
by James Kirk
The stark concrete exterior of many of London's postwar housing blocks could be made more attractive with thatching, proposes architecture student James Kirk (+ movie). More »
Kingkey 100
by Farrells
