British firms Squire and Partners and SOM have completed a slender skyscraper just north of the City of London, which at 117 metres is the tallest tower in the borough of Islington. More about SOM and Squire and Partners complete tallest tower in London's Islington
Another skyscraper is set for San Francisco's SoMa district, this time by Italian architect Renzo Piano. More about Renzo Piano joins roster of starchitects adding to San Francisco's skyline
Seven new skyscrapers by architects including French architect Jean Nouvel and British designer Norman Foster have been proposed for the La Défense district of Paris, as part of an attempt to woo businesses from post-Brexit London. More about Paris announces seven skyscrapers to boost post-Brexit business
London-based architecture firm Tonkin Liu has revealed its plans for a family of fritted-glass skyscrapers, which will be arranged around a central plaza in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou. More about Tonkin Liu reveals tapering tower complex for Zhengzhou
Italian architect Stefano Boeri has unveiled plans for a "vertical forest" in China, a pair of towers covered with trees and trailing plants in the centre of Nanjing. More about Stefano Boeri reveals plans for tree-covered towers in Nanjing
New photos reveal the glassy exterior and thin sculpted form of Madison Square Park Tower, a 65-storey apartment building by US firm Kohn Pedersen Fox that is slated to open this year. More about Skinny Manhattan residential skyscraper by KPF nears completion in Flatiron District
New York designer Kelly Behun has created a show residence near the top of Rafael Viñoly's 432 Park Avenue tower, using a palette aimed to complement the sweeping Manhattan views and make visitors "feel grounded" 92 storeys up. More about 432 Park Avenue penthouse receives makeover from Kelly Behun
Construction is well underway on a 207-metre skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Architects in Beijing, which will feature a huge twisting atrium that is expected to be the world's tallest. More about Zaha Hadid Architects' Beijing tower to feature world's largest atrium
Clusters of parasitic apartment units cling to the sides of the CN Tower in this conceptual proposal by Toronto studio Quadrangle. More about Toronto's CN Tower reimagined as residential high-rise covered in wooden pods
The stacked-blocked form of Herzog & de Meuron's residential tower in Tribeca, New York, is shown in these images by photographers Hufton + Crow. More about Herzog & de Meuron's Jenga-like 56 Leonard skyscraper photographed by Hufton + Crow
This mixed-use building by American firm FXFOWLE consists of a shard-like tower that juts out above Manhattan's low-rise Chelsea neighbourhood. More about Giant slanted glass wall defines New York apartment tower by FXFOWLE
British duo Hufton + Crow have become the latest photographers to shoot BIG's first contribution to the Manhattan skyline, capturing the building's dramatic silhouette from across the Hudson River. More about BIG's Via 57 West skyscraper captured at sunrise by Hufton + Crow
Jean Nouvel's Torre Agbar skyscraper has been sold for the second time in just three years, as it struggles to hold onto tenants in Barcelona's emerging technology district. More about Impracticality drives tenants out of Jean Nouvel's Barcelona skyscraper
A chart-busting 128 skyscrapers over 200 metres tall were completed last year, 84 of which were in China, according to the latest industry research. More about China's building boom makes 2016 a record-breaking year for skyscrapers
Work has started on a 310-metre-high Warsaw skyscraper by Foster + Partners, expected to become the tallest building in Poland. More about Construction begins on Poland's tallest tower by Foster + Partners
Powerhouse Company has revealed its plans to convert a brutalist bunker in Eindhoven into high-rise housing. More about Brutalist bunker to be converted into tower by Powerhouse Company
US firm Kohn Pedersen Fox has completed a 530-metre skyscraper in Guangzhou, the second tallest in all of China and the fifth tallest in the world. More about KPF unveils China's second-tallest skyscraper
Architecture firms Skidmore Owings and Merrill and P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S have designed three residential skyscrapers that will add to the growing Los Angeles skyline. More about Trio of towers unveiled for Downtown Los Angeles
Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang has released a teaser image of a high-rise for St Louis, Missouri, made up of four-storey tiers with faceted slanted sides. More about Studio Gang reveals tiered residential tower for St Louis
A 350-metre-high skyscraper by Morphosis has topped out in Shenzhen, and the US firm claims it will become the "tallest steel building in China". More about Supertall Shenzhen tower by Morphosis reaches full height