Central Park Tower becomes world's tallest residential skyscraper
The Central Park Tower designed by architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill has topped out at 1,550 feet in Manhattan, making it the tallest residential building ever. More
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Dorte Mandrup wins approval for tallest tower in western Europe
At 320 metres high, the Bestseller Tower, designed by Danish firm Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter for the small town of Brande in Denmark, will be the tallest in western Europe. More
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Burj Jumeira supertall skyscraper will rise from fingerprint of Dubai's ruler
Visuals have been released of the SOM-designed Burj Jumeira, a 550-metre-tall split-volume skyscraper in Dubai that will rise from a lake shaped like the fingerprint of the emirate's ruler. More
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Tower Fifth supertall skyscraper proposed for Midtown Manhattan
New York City developer Harry Macklowe and global architecture firm Gensler have proposed a 96-storey office tower in Midtown Manhattan, which could become the city's tallest skyscraper by roof height. More
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Record number of supertall skyscrapers completed in 2018
Eighteen new supertall skyscrapers were completed in 2018, the highest number ever in a single year, with China continuing to dominate the tall building charts. More
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Bullet-shaped China Resources Headquarters skyscraper completes in Shenzhen
Kohn Pedersen Fox has completed a 400-metre-high supertall skyscraper as the headquarters of the China Resources export company in Shenzhen, China. More
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KPF unveils scrolling supertall Tel Aviv skyscraper that will be Israel's tallest building
Kohn Pedersen Fox has designed the Azrieli Tower, a 340-metre-high supertall skyscraper for Tel Aviv that will be the tallest building in Israel. More
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SHoP Architects' skinny New York tower passes supertall height
Construction images reveal that the world's skinniest skyscraper, 111 West 57th by SHoP Architects, has gained supertall status. More
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Europe's tallest skyscraper revealed as it nears completion
The RMJM-designed Lakhta Centre in St Petersburg is Russia and Europe's tallest building – standing 462 metres high. More
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BIG, MAD, MVRDV and OMA on shortlist to design Australia's tallest building
Supertall skyscrapers with rainbow facades and shaped like a mountain piercing a light-up cloud are on the shortlist for Southbank – a new tower in Melbourne, which if built would be Australia's tallest building. More
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Jean Nouvel's 53W53 tower tops out over New York's MoMA
Newly released construction photographs show the progress of French architect Jean Nouvel's first New York skyscraper: a supertall tower rising above the city's Museum of Modern Art. More
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Chicago's second-tallest skyscraper planned beside Tribune Tower
A skyscraper by architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill is set to rise next to Chicago's historic Tribune Tower and become the second-tallest building in the city. More
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KPF's bullet-shaped skyscraper nears completion in Shenzhen
This supertall tapered skyscraper designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox for the China Resources export company in Shenzhen is nearing completion ahead of its opening later this year. More
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World's tallest timber tower proposed for Tokyo
Japanese timber company Sumitomo Forestry has revealed plans for the world's tallest wooden building in Tokyo, a 350-metre skyscraper that would also be the country's highest. More
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KPF's Shenzhen skyscraper is now fourth tallest in the world
This 599-metre skyscraper in Shenzhen by architecture firm Kohn Pederson Fox is punctuated by "sky lobbies" and crowned by an observation deck offering the loftiest views in the city. More
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Meganom gains permission for skinny supertall skyscraper in Manhattan
The tallest building designed by a Russian architecture firm for the US, which will hold apartments like "shelves in the air", has gained planning approval. More
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Richard Rogers' Three World Trade Center nears completion in New York
The next piece in the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan, a skyscraper by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, looks almost complete in photos shared on Instagram. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects' 666 Fifth Avenue skyscraper unlikely to go ahead
The supertall tower that Zaha Hadid Architects designed for a New York site owned by the Kushner family has been rejected by the project's partner Vornado. More
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Foster + Partners begins work on Canada's tallest skyscraper
Foster + Partners has begun construction on a supertall skyscraper in Toronto's business district, which is set to become the country's tallest building at 306 metres. More
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CetraRuddy's 45 Broad Street to become Lower Manhattan's tallest residential skyscraper
A filigree-patterned supertall tower under construction in Downtown Manhattan is set become the area's second tallest skyscraper behind One World Trade Center. More
