Pleated facades cover pair of Shenzhen skyscrapers by BIG
BIG has completed a pair of towers with rippling and folded facades to house the offices of a state-owned energy company in Shenzhen. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects reveals plans for Malta's tallest building
Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed visualisations of a 112 metre-high tower, planned for Paceville on the northern coast of Malta, which would be the country's tallest building. 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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Plans for "pioneering" Portland wooden high-rise put on hold
Construction of a timber-framed high-rise building for Portland's Pearl District, which would have become one of the USA's tallest wooden structures, has been postponed indefinitely. More
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Gensler designs pair of skyscrapers on Sri Lankan coast
The Gensler-designed Sapphire Residences in Colombo, Sri Lanka, will be connected by a sky bridge topped with a swimming pool, and have interiors by Philippe Starck. More
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Penda unveils designs for Tel Aviv tower wrapped in modular arcades
Penda has designed a residential tower in Tel Aviv, with facades made of modular archways and terraces, which aims to complement the city's legacy of Bauhaus architecture. More
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Sliding walls animate the facade of Fouad Samara Architects' Modulofts apartments
Fouad Samara Architects has completed a tower in Beirut, which features huge steel panels that can slide out from reconfigurable apartments and be stored outside the building. More
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XTU Architects proposes algae-covered towers for Hangzhou
French studio XTU Architects has developed a concept for four twisting glass towers in Hangzhou, China, featuring facades covered in panels impregnated with micro-algae. More
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Five "dancing" architecture projects that command an audience
Architect Bjarke Ingels is building a pair of towers in New York that he says are shaped to "dance" with each other. Here's a look at a few other buildings designed to look as if they are performing a rhythmic routine. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects completes twisted Generali Tower in Milan
Zaha Hadid Architects has completed a twisted tower that soars 170 metres above Milan, making it the third tallest building in the city. More
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"Vertical village" by Sou Fujimoto, Nicolas Laisné and Dimitri Roussel to be built in Paris
Sou Fujimoto, Nicolas Laisné and Dimitri Roussel have won the competition to build a new mixed-use development in Paris with their design called Vertical Village. More
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Pininfarina brings "dynamism" of car design to first residential tower
Italian design studio Pininfarina has completed its first residential project – a luxury tower in São Paulo that aims to bring the "sportiness and elegance" of its car design to architecture. More
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Conran and Partners unveils residential conversion of Richard Seifert's Centre Point
Richard Seifert's celebrated Centre Point tower in London has been restored and converted into apartments by architecture firm Conran and Partners. More
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Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners reveals visuals for new Toronto skyscraper
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has released the first visualisations of The HUB, a skyscraper that will "hover" above a historic building in Toronto, Canada. More
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SOM unveils office tower with luxury amenities for Chicago
Architecture firm Skidmore Owings and Merrill has revealed an 18-storey office block planned for Chicago, including a terrace that overlooks the city's trendy West Loop neighbourhood. More
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India's Trump Towers feature best interiors Donald Trump Jr "has ever seen"
President Donald Trump's son has praised the work of Matteo Nunziati, who used Italian marble to decorate the newly opened Trump Towers in Pune, India. More
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OMA adds white concrete gallery tower to Fondazione Prada art centre in Milan
OMA has added another building to its Fondazione Prada complex in Milan, a white concrete tower that will showcase a collection of contemporary art. More
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CF Møller and Reiulf Ramstad unveil plans for plant-covered tower in Oslo
CF Møller Architects and Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter have teamed up to design a tower at Oslo's central station, which will have a telescopic form to facilitate plant-covered terraces. More
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MVRDV designs constructivist-inspired tower block for Moscow
Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has won a competition to design a 78-metre tall mixed-use building with a red ceramic facade, to be a symbolic gateway to Moscow. More