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Foster + Partners' super-skinny residential skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan features a ribbed glass exterior and plenty of luxury amenities. More about Foster + Partners' skinny New York skyscraper rises beside Seagram Building
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 about London City Airport flags concerns about The Tulip designed by Foster + Partners
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 about Ole Scheeren completes pixelated MahaNakhon tower in Bangkok
The Tulip – a 305.3-metre tall tower topped with a viewpoint and rotating gondolas designed by Foster + Partners – is planned to be built alongside the Gherkin in London. More about Foster + Partners proposes 305-metre-tall tourist viewing tower for London
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 about Studio Gang reveals undulating Kō'ula luxury tower for Hawaii
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 about SHoP refreshes design for Hudson's Detroit skyscraper
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 about SOM's "sister skyscrapers" for doomed Chicago Spire site halted
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 about Jean Nouvel completes red, white and blue skyscraper La Marseillaise
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 about Residential skyscrapers on the rise in Manhattan's Financial District
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 about BIG releases plans for IQON skyscraper in Ecuador
Triangle-shaped towers fitted with smart technology form the centre of Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects competition-winning masterplan for Helsinki. More about Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects plans cluster of triangular smart skyscrapers for Helsinki
Watch towers by Rafael Viñoly, Richard Meier and KPF rise in this time-lapse video, which shows that the Waterline Square development on Manhattan's Upper West Side is almost complete. More about New York's Waterline Square skyscrapers climb in time-lapse movie
The tallest building in western Canada is now a 56-storey glazed skyscraper with rounded corners, designed by global firm Arney Fender Katsalidis. More about Arney Fender Katsalidis completes Calgary's tallest skyscraper
Work has begun on a 200-metre-high office tower designed by Foster + Partners in Shanghai, as part of a regeneration programme in the east of the city. More about Foster + Partners breaks ground on Shanghai skyscraper
Construction images reveal that the world's skinniest skyscraper, 111 West 57th by SHoP Architects, has gained supertall status. More about SHoP Architects' skinny New York tower passes supertall height
Volumes stagger in and out to create planted balconies and overhangs at the edges of this residential tower that Moshe Safdie's architecture firm has revealed for Quito, Ecuador. More about Safdie Architects' Qorner tower for Quito to feature "hillside of terraces"
British architect David Adjaye has designed a show residence to offer a taste of interiors at his first Manhattan skyscraper, which is currently under construction. More about David Adjaye unveils model apartment for his 130 William skyscraper in New York
A 20-storey-high tower designed by the late Will Alsop, at his studio All Design, is set to be constructed beside the River Thames in London and is likely to become the architect's last major project in the city. More about Will Alsop's Heliport Heights skyscraper set to be built in London
US architecture firm Studio Gang has revealed new renderings of a 40-storey apartment building in San Francisco, which will feature reinterpretations of the city's "classic bay windows" spiralled around its exterior. More about Studio Gang's Mira tower in San Francisco to feature twisting bay windows