A lighthouse-style tower protrudes above the thick white walls enclosing this beachfront house, designed by architecture studio TAEP/APP for a coastal resort in southern Kuwait. More about TAEP/AAP raises lighthouse-like tower above White Fortress house in Kuwait
Next in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series we examine SOM's Burj Khalifa – the most significant building completed in 2010 and still the world's tallest skyscraper. More about SOM's Burj Khalifa was the most significant building of 2010
Swedish studio White Arkitekter has completed Observation Tower Kärven, which is constructed from a network of timber beams resembling "a bundle of twisted straws". More about White Arkitekter adds hyperboloid observation tower to Swedish nature reserve
Architecture studio Alison Brooks Architects has completed the One Ashley Road residential development in London, with a pair of angular terracotta towers framing a square. More about Alison Brooks Architects creates "carved and animated" Tottenham Hale residential towers
Slovenian studio Korpnik Produkcija has completed a concrete observation tower overlooking the spa town of Rogaška Slatina, topped by an angular glass cafe resembling a crystal. More about Crystalline cafe tops Kristal Observation Tower in Slovenia by Korpnik Produkcija
Architecture studio Büro Ole Scheeren has revealed Scenic City, its design for the headquarters of Chinese e-commerce company JD.com, which will feature facades designed to resemble waterfalls. More about Ole Scheeren reveals plans for Shenzhen skyscrapers with "waterfall" facades
Arkansas architecture studio Marlon Blackwell Architects has unveiled designs for an air traffic control tower for Columbus Municipal Airport in Indiana. More about Marlon Blackwell Architects unveils "sentinel" design for air traffic control tower in Columbus
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a report exploring the growing phenomenon of luxury car brands building skyscrapers. More about "If it's ludicrously expensive then it must be good" says commenter
The past 18 months has seen a flurry of skyscrapers unveiled by luxury car makers including Bentley, Mercedes-Benz and Aston Martin. Nat Barker reports on the growing phenomenon of car-branded architecture. More about Why are luxury car brands suddenly building skyscrapers?
Architects Michael Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenburger are creating a 30-metre-tall tower in the Swiss Alps, which is being 3D-printed with concrete by technology university ETH Zurich. More about Construction commences on world's "tallest 3D-printed structure" Tor Alva
A reinforced concrete frame defines the twisting form of a tower designed by local studio Hamonic + Masson & Associés for the port city of Le Havre in northern France. More about Hamonic + Masson gives Alta Tower in Le Havre an "expressive" twisting concrete shape
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features plans for two residential skyscrapers with skybridges in Dubai. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Foster + Partners' pair of skyscrapers in Dubai
Photographer Rasmus Hjortshøj has captured a pair of spiky high-rise buildings by Danish studio BIG as they near completion in Copenhagen. More about Spiky Kaktus Towers by BIG nearing completion in Copenhagen
Local architecture studio Provencher Roy has included the "lighthouse"-like Port of Montreal Tower with cantilevered platforms in the renovation of a disused industrial pier in Montreal. More about Provencher Roy designs tower with dramatic cantilever for Montreal quay restoration
US firm Morris Adjmi Architects has designed a 43-storey residential skyscraper in Chicago with a "deeply expressive" facade that takes cues from the city's industrial past and the work of architect Mies van der Rohe. More about The Row skyscraper by Morris Adjmi pays homage to Chicago's heritage
A quartet of twisting office towers that are joined at the base will form the global headquarters of tech company Tencent, which architecture studio Büro Ole Scheeren is creating in Shenzhen. More about Büro Ole Scheeren unveils twisting Tencent Helix complex for Shenzhen
Czech architecture studio Chybik + Kristof has designed a mixed-use tower with cascading floors clad in red concrete for the New Boulevard in Tirana, Albania. More about Chybik + Kristof designs cascading red-concrete tower for Tirana
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features designs for residential skyscrapers in Vancouver, Canada. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features skyscrapers planned for indigenous land
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the completion of Europe's tallest modular residential tower. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Europe's tallest modular residential tower
British architecture studio HTA Design has completed a 163-metre-tall apartment building in Croydon, UK, that it claims is "Europe's tallest residential tower to be completed using volumetric construction methods". More about HTA Design completes Europe's tallest modular residential tower in Croydon