Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has been commissioned to design a residential tower for Vancouver that its developers claim will be the tallest hybrid timber structure in the world. More about Shigeru Ban unveils "tallest hybrid timber structure in the world" for Vancouver
German property developer Bewocon has unveiled plans for a 150-metre-high skyscraper in Berlin, which could become the city's tallest building. More about Designs submitted for Berlin's tallest skyscraper
Daredevils can enjoy sweeping views of Los Angeles while descending a transparent slide almost 1,000 feet above the city (+ movie). More about Glass Skyslide opens at the top of LA's tallest skyscraper
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has completed a 55-storey tower in Beijing with exterior glass panels that function as prisms, capturing and refracting daylight (+ slideshow). More about Trapezoidal glass panels create prismatic facades for SOM's Beijing skyscraper
These visualisations show the swathe of skyscrapers set to spring up across New York by 2020. More about New York's 2020 skyline shown in new visualisations
Global firm Gensler has proposed an alternative skyscraper concept for the waterfront site in Chicago where a spiralling, supertall condominium tower by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava was slated to rise. More about Gensler unveils skyscraper design for site of Calatrava's ill-fated Chicago Spire
The first completed tower in the massive Hudson Yards development in New York has opened its doors, giving fashion brand Coach a new global headquarters (+ slideshow). More about KPF's 10 Hudson Yards skyscraper in New York welcomes first tenant Coach
The Jenga-like form of Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron's residential skyscraper in Tribeca, New York, has been captured by Instagram users ahead of its imminent completion. More about Herzog & de Meuron's 56 Leonard "Jenga tower" nears completion in New York
New York's Skyscraper Museum has released an online tool that tracks the growing number of skinny skscrapers in the city. More about Skyscraper Museum chronicles explosion of "super-slender" towers in New York
American architect Richard Meier has unveiled the design for an apartment block on New York's East River, eschewing his signature white palette for black glass facades. More about Richard Meier unveils black tower for Manhattan at 685 First Avenue
Architect Rafael Viñoly has sent Dezeen a public letter apologising for comments he made about the interior design of his supertall New York skyscraper. More about Rafael Viñoly apologises for comments on 432 Park Avenue skyscraper "screw-ups"
These new images reveal more details and show the interior designs for late architect Zaha Hadid's residential skyscraper currently under construction in Miami (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid's interiors for One Thousand Museum tower in Miami revealed in new images
Foster + Partners has won planning approval for a pair of glass skyscrapers in San Francisco, which will be among the tallest buildings in the city. More about Foster + Partners gets go ahead for crystalline skyscraper in San Francisco
Architect Rafael Viñoly has spoken out about problems with his 432 Park Avenue skyscraper in Manhattan, currently the tallest residential tower in the western hemisphere. More about Viñoly admits "screw-ups" with 432 Park Avenue tower in New York
One of the world's biggest elevator manufacturers has unveiled plans to build a 270-metre-high skyscraper in Shanghai that will be dedicated to testing lifts. More about New Shanghai skyscraper set to become world's highest elevator test tower
Anders Berensson Architects has unveiled conceptual plans for Stockholm's tallest building – a 133-metre wooden skyscraper covered in numbers, which would be erected on top of a 1960s car park in the city centre. More about Anders Berensson proposes wooden skyscraper with decorative facade for Stockholm
Renderings of a sculptural Manhattan residential skyscraper by Kohn Pedersen Fox have been unveiled to entice buyers to purchase units costing up to $18.5 million (+ slideshow). More about New images released of luxury condo tower by KPF in New York
Brooklyn's first supertall skyscraper by New York studio SHoP Architects has received the go ahead for construction. More about SHoP's supertall Brooklyn tower gets green light
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 about Skybridge with a swimming pool will link pair of Manhattan towers by SHoP
Seven skyscrapers with flower-shaped plans are dotted across this residential complex in Singapore, which was completed by Zaha Hadid's firm before her untimely death last month (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid's D'Leedon complex in Singapore features towers with petal-shaped plans