Taipei Twin Towers by MVRDV will be "a Times Square for Taiwan"
MVRDV has unveiled designs for a pair of towers in Taipei, Taiwan, which will be made from stacks of misaligned blocks wrapped in interactive screens. More
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Record number of supertall skyscrapers completed in 2018
Eighteen new supertall skyscrapers were completed in 2018, the highest number ever in a single year, with China continuing to dominate the tall building charts. More
Bullet-shaped China Resources Headquarters skyscraper completes in Shenzhen
Kohn Pedersen Fox has completed a 400-metre-high supertall skyscraper as the headquarters of the China Resources export company in Shenzhen, China. More
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Foster + Partners reveals Shenzhen skyscraper for China Merchants Bank
British architecture studio Foster + Partners is designing a 350-metre-tall skyscraper in Shenzhen as the headquarters for the China Merchants Bank. More
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MVRDV's Vanke 3D City in Shenzhen will be a "new type of skyscraper"
Eight interlinking blocks will form the 250-metre-tall Vanke 3D City in Shenzhen, demonstrating what MVRDV are calling the next generation of skyscraper design. More
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Plans for trio of Brisbane skyscrapers by Zaha Hadid Architects dropped
Australian developer Sunland Group has abandoned its long-running plans to build three towers designed by Zaha Hadid Architects on the Brisbane River. More
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Dezeen's top 10 skyscrapers of 2018
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 tower block in the world. More
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Foster's 425 Park Avenue skyscraper tops out in New York
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 design", as the building tops out in the city. More
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Our skyscrapers Pinterest board shows striking towers from around the world
We've updated our Pinterest board dedicated to skyscrapers, including Büro Ole Scheeren's 77-storey MahaNakhon tower with a glass-floored observation deck and the twisting Generali tower designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Foster + Partners' skinny New York skyscraper rises beside Seagram Building
Foster + Partners' super-skinny residential skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan features a ribbed glass exterior and plenty of luxury amenities. More
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London City Airport flags concerns about The Tulip designed by Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners' plans to build a 305-metre tall viewing tower in London may be blocked, as London City Airport says the structure could impact its radar system. More
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Ole Scheeren completes pixelated MahaNakhon tower in Bangkok
The opening of the glass-floored observation deck atop Büro Ole Scheeren's MahaNakhon skyscraper in Bangkok marks the completion of the second tallest building in Thailand. More
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Studio Gang reveals undulating Kō'ula luxury tower for Hawaii
The wavy bands that will stretch up this residential tower, which US firm Studio Gang has designed for Honolulu, are based on the shapes of sugarcane plants. More
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OMA's prefabricated concrete tower has "echoes of brutalist architecture"
Innovationen Tower, a 125-metre high tower formed of stacked precast concrete modules, has completed as part of an OMA-designed housing development in Stockholm. More
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SHoP refreshes design for Hudson's Detroit skyscraper
New York firm SHoP Architects' regeneration plans for a former department store in Downtown Detroit, which include building the city and state's tallest tower, have undergone dramatic revisions. More
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Otis' self-climbing lifts used in construction of Twentytwo skyscraper in London
Dezeen promotion: Otis' Sky Build lifts, which climb up a building as it is built, are enabling the efficient construction of the 278-metre-tall Twentytwo skyscraper in London's financial district. More
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SOM's "sister skyscrapers" for doomed Chicago Spire site halted
The controversy surrounding the site of Santiago Calatrava's ill-fated Chicago Spire continues, as the city stalls the pair of skyscrapers that SOM's David Childs has proposed for the vacant waterfront plot. More
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Jean Nouvel completes red, white and blue skyscraper La Marseillaise
French architect Jean Nouvel has completed an office skyscraper in Marseille, with a concrete facade painted in 27 shades of red, white and blue in celebration of the port city's landscape. More
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Residential skyscrapers on the rise in Manhattan's Financial District
Long associated with Wall Street and World Trade, the densely packed southern tip of Manhattan is now becoming a sought-after place to live. Here are eight towers under construction or recently completed in FiDi that offer high-rise living Downtown. More
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BIG releases plans for IQON skyscraper in Ecuador
Architecture firm BIG has released renderings of its first project in South America: a curved tower covered with planted balconies that would become the tallest building in Quito. More
