Brazil has seen a skyscraper boom in recent years, with several in the major cities and the completion of the country's tallest in 2025 in the coastal town of Balneário Camboriú. Here, we round up eight across the country. More about Eight recently completed skyscrapers in Brazil
Global architecture studio SOM has designed a pair of stepped, wedge-shaped towers to be a landmark for the new city of Alatau in south-eastern Kazakhstan. More about SOM designs stepped glazed towers for Kazakhstan's new city
US architecture studio Grzywinski + Pons has completed a 31-storey residential building in downtown Seattle that features a light olive-coloured facade and glazed boxes that pop out from the tower's edges. More about Boxy "sky lounges" protrude from Seattle skyscraper by Grzywinski + Pons
Images have revealed progress on the Torre Rise supertall skyscraper in Monterrey designed by Ancore Group, which will be the tallest building in Mexico and the second tallest in the Western Hemisphere when completed. More about Photos reveal "new tallest building in Latin America" under construction in Mexico
The Pinnacle SkyTower supertall skyscraper in Toronto, designed by local studio Hariri Pontarini Architects, has topped out at 106 storeys, marking a significant milestone in the completion of Canada's tallest building. More about Canada's tallest skyscraper tops out at 106 storeys in Toronto
American architecture studio Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture has completed the 47-storey Una Residences skyscraper in Miami, USA, which features wraparound terraces and sleek facades. More about Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill adds "yacht-inspired" skyscraper to Miami waterfront
Boston architecture studio Safdie Architects has released images of the Mandarin Oriental Residences tower in West Palm Beach, with a sculptural shape that expands as it increases in height. More about Safdie Architects designs residential Florida skyscraper to be "expressive without excess"
Foster + Partners and developer Silverstein Properties have released renderings of the Two World Trade Center skyscraper in New York, which will complete the development and contain headquarters for finance company American Express. More about Foster + Partners updates images of ultimate World Trade Center site skyscraper
Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott and US studio Cube 3 have designed the Delano Residences in Miami, which is set to join a growing number of supertall skyscrapers in the city. More about Carlos Ott and Cube 3 design "vertical resort" supertall skyscraper for Miami
American architecture studio SOM has revealed construction images of a skyscraper at 400 Lake Shore, the site of the cancelled Chicago Spire skyscraper. More about Images show construction of SOM skyscraper on infamous Spire site in Chicago
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects and Taiwanese studio CY Lee & Partners have unveiled plans for a 47-storey-tall skyscraper beside a 1930s post office in Taipei. More about Zaha Hadid Architects draws on fluted orchid for Taipei skyscraper
British studio Foster + Partners' Central Crossing skyscrapers, which feature an "illuminated spire" that runs the full length of the taller tower, have topped out in Hong Kong. More about Foster + Partners' Central Crossing skyscrapers top out in Hong Kong
Mumbai firm Architect Hafeez Contractor reveals the 301-metre-tall Minerva Tower, the tallest completed skyscraper in India, in our latest Dezeen Exclusive. More about Minerva Tower becomes India's tallest completed building
It's 2026 – the year imagined in Fritz Lang's sci-fi epic Metropolis almost a century ago. Despite its laboured plot the film got a lot right about the future city, writes Catherine Slessor. More about "Metropolis's prophetic vision of chaotic skylines and unequal social conditions still resonates"
Italian design studio Pininfarina has completed the mixed-use Vitra skyscraper in Brazil's Balneário Camboriú that "was conceived as a single, coherent architectural gesture". More about Pininfarina gives Brazil skyscraper a "continuous aluminium frame"
London studio David Chipperfield Architects has designed a skyscraper in Miami clad in fluted ceramic columns that will be "the very first residential offering" in the city's Design District. More about David Chipperfield Architects designs ceramic-clad skyscraper for Miami
Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled its design for the Inaura skyscraper in Dubai, UAE, which incorporates a "jewel-like orb" on its upper floors. More about MVRDV tops Dubai skyscraper with giant orb to "steal the attention of onlookers"
Car company Mercedes-Benz and developer Binghatti have revealed Mercedes-Benz Places Binghatti City, a development in Dubai that will comprise 12 residential skyscrapers. More about Mercedes-Benz unveils skyscraper "city within a city" in Dubai
Architecture studio HKS has completed a 41-storey residential skyscraper in Salt Lake City, which is now the tallest building in Utah and contains an LED crown that displays current levels of air pollution. More about HKS tops Utah's tallest skyscraper with lights that indicate urban air quality
The tallest buildings in Albania, Canada and the Ivory Coast are among the upcoming skyscrapers scheduled to be completed in 2026. More about Ten skyscrapers set to complete in 2026