Summit One Vanderbilt prepares to open as NYC's latest observation deck
An observation deck featuring glass elevators and "levitation" boxes is due to open next month at the top of KPF's One Vanderbilt supertall skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan. More
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Mass bird deaths in New York City caused by skyscraper collisions
Hundreds of migrating birds have died this week in New York City after crashing into glass skyscrapers, according to local organisation NYC Audubon. More
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Minoru Yamasaki designed World Trade Center as "beacon of democracy"
Author Justin Beal has written a book on World Trade Center architect Minoru Yamasaki. Continuing our series marking the anniversary of 9/11 he told us about Yamasaki's experience designing the building and his influence on architecture. More
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Climate change means "whole paradigm has to change" for skyscrapers
The attack on the World Trade Center 20 years ago had a significant impact on skyscraper design. Continuing our 9/11 anniversary series we look at how skyscrapers will change over the next two decades. More
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Eight trends that have defined the past 20 years of skyscraper design
From glass facades to vertical farms, we take a look at some of the trends that have influenced the past two decades of skyscraper design as part of our 9/11 anniversary series. More
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Eighty four percent of the world's skyscrapers have been built since 9/11
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has revealed that 84 per cent of the world's skyscrapers over 200 metres have been built in the past 20 years. More
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History of the world’s tallest skyscrapers
The World Trade Center was once the tallest building on the planet. Continuing our series marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11, we look at its place in the history of the world’s tallest skyscrapers. More
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9/11 led to "a renaissance of tall building design" say skyscraper designers
The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center threw the safety of skyscrapers into the spotlight, but since then they have become taller and more ambitious. As part of our 9/11 anniversary series, we look at how skyscraper design has changed over the past 20 years. More
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"Everything changed in architecture" after 9/11 attacks says Daniel Libeskind
The terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center helped the public understand the importance of architecture, says the architect who masterplanned the rebuilding at Ground Zero in the next part of our 9/11 anniversary series. More
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9/11 anniversary: how the World Trade Center site was rebuilt
Next Saturday marks 20 years since the world was traumatised by the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. In the first piece of our series marking the anniversary of the attack, we look at how the site was rebuilt. More
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Carlo Ratti Associati designs hydroponic "farmscraper" for Shenzhen
Carlo Ratti Associati has unveiled plans to build a 218-metre-tall skyscraper in China that would grow crops using hydroponics, as well as contain spaces for selling and consuming the produce. More
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Six new supertall skyscrapers changing New York's skyline
Here are six supertall skyscrapers – buildings over 300 metres – that have recently completed, topped out or broken records, changing the New York skyline forever. More
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SHoP's supertall skyscraper 9 DeKalb becomes tallest building in Brooklyn
A 93-storey supertall skyscraper designed by SHoP Architects that is currently under construction has become the tallest building in Brooklyn, New York. More
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Visual shows supertall skyscraper designed by OMA for Billionaire's Row in New York
A render produced by architecture firm OMA shows a proposed supertall skyscraper called 41-47 West 57th Street joining the cluster dubbed Billionaire's Row in New York. More
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Foster + Partners reveals plans for Greece's tallest skyscraper
UK studio Foster + Partners has unveiled designs for a skyscraper near Athens named Marina Tower, which will be covered in plants and become the tallest building in Greece. More
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Morphosis creates asymmetrical supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen
US architecture studio Morphosis has unveiled the 359-metre-tall Hanking Center supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen, China, which has a detached structural core. More
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Kohn Pedersen Fox adding glass elevator to supertall skyscraper in New York
Glass elevators and an observation deck are under construction at the top of Kohn Pedersen Fox's supertall skyscraper One Vanderbilt in New York. More
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Studio Gang designs One Hundred skyscraper with angled facades in St Louis
Architecture firm Studio Gang has completed a tiered residential skyscraper with angled glass elements that overlooks Forest Park in St Louis, Missouri. More
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Kohn Pedersen Fox plans supertall skyscraper 343 Madison Avenue in New York
American architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox has unveiled plans for 343 Madison Avenue, a supertall skyscraper that will be built near Grand Central Terminal in New York. More
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Kettle Collective plans to build world's second tallest tower in Russia
Scottish architecture practice Kettle Collective has unveiled designs for a 703-metre-high supertall skyscraper in St Petersburg, Russia, which would be the second tallest building in the world. More
