Twelve dramatic skybridges that push the limits of engineering
After Foster + Partners completed a pair of skyscrapers connected by a suspension bridge, Dezeen rounds up a dozen buildings that feature various types of skybridges. More
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Skybridge with a swimming pool will link pair of Manhattan towers by SHoP
Construction is underway on two bent apartment towers in New York by SHoP Architects that will be joined by a skybridge offering a pool, hot tub and bar. More
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Moshe Safdie completes Singapore Sky Habitat featuring aerial "streets" and gardens
Moshe Safdie's firm has completed its Sky Habitat project in Singapore – a pair of balcony-covered housing towers linked by three aerial walkways (+ slideshow). More
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Anders Berensson Architects proposes colony of skinny skyscrapers for Stockholm
High-rise towers are connected by aerial walkways in Anders Berensson Architects' proposal to convert Stockholm's railway tracks into high-density housing (+ slideshow). More
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Vertiginous pool proposed by Tommaso Bernabò Silorata between two matching skyscrapers
A swimming pool with a glass bottom spans the void between two Parisian tower blocks in this proposal by architect Tommaso Bernabò Silorata, which aims to give swimmers a "vertiginous diving experience". More
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Today we like: linked towers
American architect Steven Holl has just been given the go-ahead to build a pair of skyscrapers linked by a cycle and pedestrian bridge 65 metres above Copenhagen's harbour. But he's not the only one with ambitious plans for linked towers.
Other recent examples include proposals for a trio of plant-covered buildings by Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia and a pair of residential buildings in London bridged by a transparent swimming pool. See more linked towers on Dezeen »
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Steven Holl to build Copenhagen skyscrapers linked by 65-metre-high cycle bridge
New York architect Steven Holl has finally received the go-ahead to build a pair of skyscrapers in Copenhagen harbour, linked by a pedestrian and cycle bridge 65 metres above the water's surface. More
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Vo Trong Nghia plans trio of towers covered in bamboo plants and linked by bridges
Vietnamese studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects has unveiled plans for a trio of housing towers in Ho Chi Minh City linked by aerial bridges and shielded from the harsh tropical sunlight by swathes of bamboo (+ slideshow). More
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MAD proposes conceptual "vertical village" for LA as alternative to sprawl
Chinese firm MAD Architects has proposed a futuristic housing scheme for LA that features sculptural towers wrapped in gardens and connected by sky bridges. More
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Transparent swimming pool to bridge Indian tower blocks 12 storeys up
Developers in London claim to be building the world's first sky pool, but an even more extreme suspended glass-bottomed swimming pool is already underway in India (+ movie). More
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Glass-bottomed swimming pool to be suspended 10 storeys above south London
A glass "sky pool" is planned to be suspended between apartment blocks in London's new Nine Elms quarter, close to Battersea Power Station. More
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UNStudio completes first buildings for new Singapore university campus
Dutch architecture office UNStudio has completed the first two buildings of a major new university campus in Singapore, designed as a seamless network of rooms, balconies and courtyards (+ slideshow). More
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Marina Bay Sands offers "a new kind of public realm" says Moshe Safdie
Movie: in the first in a series of exclusive video interviews, AIA Gold Medal-winner Moshe Safdie talks about his most famous project since Habitat 67 – the gigantic Marina Bay Sands development in Singapore. More
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Moshe Safdie on Marina Bay Sands: a single tower would have been "unbearable"
World Architecture Festival 2014: architect Moshe Safdie spoke to Dezeen about his two best-known projects: Singapore's Marina Bay Sands development, which hosted this year's WAF; and Montreal's Habitat 67 building which, he revealed, was modelled using pieces of Lego (+ interview + slideshow). More
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Graft unveils towers linked by bridges for Berlin's Holzmarkt
News: the second Berlin city centre proposal revealed today is a cluster of five towers by Graft and Kleihues + Kleihues Architekten, which will be connected on their upper levels by a chain of bridges. More
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Nanjing Sifang Art Museum by Steven Holl Architects
Art galleries are held inside an illuminated glass tunnel and balanced high above the ground at this museum by Steven Holl, the centrepiece of an architecture complex in a forest near Nanjing, China. More
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CCTV Headquarters by OMA
The China Central Television Headquarters in Beijing by architects OMA are now complete. More
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Linked Hybrid by Steven Holl Architects
Steven Holl Architects have completed Linked Hybrid, a mixed-use complex of eight linked towers in Beijing, China. More
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Shenzhen 4 Tower in 1 by Steven Holl Architects
Steven Holl Architects have won a competition to masterplan the Futian business district in Shenzhen, China. More
