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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The XI towers in New York will "dance" with each other, says Bjarke Ingels
BIG has released new renderings of the pair of towers it is building beside New York's High Line, which architect Bjarke Ingels says are shaped out of "mutual courtesy" for one another's views. More
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Studio Gang designs curvaceous tower for LA's Chinatown
American firm Studio Gang has unveiled plans for a tower in Los Angeles with a curvy exterior evocative of a rolling wave. More
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Studio Gang unveils scalloped concrete condo tower for Brooklyn
US firm Studio Gang has revealed a 51-storey residential tower in Brooklyn, featuring scooped concrete windows and a curved elevated park. More
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Herzog & de Meuron completes Jade Signature skyscraper in Miami
Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron has completed a residential tower north of Miami Beach, featuring terraces formed by extended concrete floor slabs. More
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BIG releases new image of twisted residential towers in New York
Danish firm BIG has unveiled a new rendering of its pair of rotated towers that are currently under construction in New York's Chelsea neighbourhood. More
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RB Systems envisions super-slender cylindrical skyscraper for New York
Design studio RB Systems is following the trend for super-slender towers in New York with a speculative proposal for a 400-metre skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, which would be supported by spiralling steel cables rather than columns. More
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SOM's modernist Park Avenue skyscraper faces demolition
A 1960s Midtown Manhattan skyscraper by architecture firm SOM will become the largest building ever to be deliberately destroyed, when it is knocked down in favour of a new tower that will soar 150 metres taller. More
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Glass-bottomed pool extends from Honolulu tower by SCB
A skyscraper in Hawaii has become the latest to feature a vertigo-inducing swimming pool, allowing brave swimmers to look down through its transparent base. More
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Zaha Hadid's One Thousand Museum tower tops out in Miami
More images have been released to show the luxury amenities that will available to residents of Zaha Hadid's One Thousand Museum tower in Miami, which has reached its full height. More
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Foster unveils homes for art collectors inside skinny New York skyscraper
Foster + Partners has designed 15 loft-style apartments suited to displaying expansive art collections inside its luxury residential tower, which is nearing completion in Midtown Manhattan. More
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DFA proposes "floating" affordable housing for dilapidated Manhattan pier
New York architecture studio DFA has imagined a series of latticed apartment towers for Manhattan's Pier 40, which would be able to remain above water in the event of rising sea levels. More
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GRT Architects restores facade and overhauls lobby of New York's Fashion Tower
New York studio GRT Architects has uncovered and repaired the decorative facade of a tower in the city's Garment District, during the renovation of its entrance inside and out. More
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KPF's Brooklyn skyscraper to feature record-breaking rooftop pool
Kohn Pedersen Fox's 68-storey skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn will include the "highest residential infinity pool in the western hemisphere" on its roof. More
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Salesforce Tower by Pelli Clarke Pelli completes in San Francisco
San Francisco's tallest skyscraper, designed by US firm Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, has completed as part of a major development in the city's Downtown area. More
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"550 Madison is worthy of the greatest respect and most careful preservation"
As demolition work begins on the lobby of Philip Johnson's AT&T Building, now known as 550 Madison, Municipal Art Society of New York chair Christy MacLear emphasises the building's architectural significance and warns of the limitations of the city's current preservation process. More
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Trump Tower catches fire in New York City, injuring three
An electrical fire has caused smoke to billow from the roof of Donald Trump's skyscraper on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue and has injured three people. More
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Transparent buildings are safer, says Renzo Piano
In this video interview, architect Renzo Piano discusses designing his glass skyscraper for The New York Times in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. More
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David Adjaye updates design for his first New York skyscraper
British architect David Adjaye has released a revised version of his firm's first New York high-rise: a 66-storey concrete skyscraper in Downtown Manhattan. More
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New York commences plans to landmark Philip Johnson's AT&T building
The process to bestow landmark status on Philip Johnson's postmodern Midtown Manhattan skyscraper is now underway, a move that could stop Snøhetta's planned renovation of the building from going ahead. More
