Architecture firms Skidmore Owings and Merrill and P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S have designed three residential skyscrapers that will add to the growing Los Angeles skyline. More about Trio of towers unveiled for Downtown Los Angeles
Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang has released a teaser image of a high-rise for St Louis, Missouri, made up of four-storey tiers with faceted slanted sides. More about Studio Gang reveals tiered residential tower for St Louis
Architects Hollwich Kushner and Handel Architects have completed an apartment tower in New Jersey, with a rectangular form and gridded windows similar to the 432 Park Avenue skyscraper in nearby Manhattan. More about Hollwich Kushner and Handel Architects complete Jersey City skyscraper with gridded white facades
The next piece to be unveiled as part of the vast Hudson Yards development in New York is a glass office tower by architecture firm Foster + Partners. More about Foster + Partners skyscraper joins line-up at New York's Hudson Yards
Work has commenced on the development set to include San Francisco's second-tallest building, designed by UK firm Foster + Partners. More about Foster-designed Oceanwide Center breaks ground in San Francisco
As the art and design communities prepare to descend on Miami next week, here's a recap of residential skyscrapers designed by some of the world's most famous architects, all of which are either rising or recently completed in the city. More about Eight new starchitect-designed apartment towers in Miami
Tenants have begun moving into 461 Dean, a New York residential building by SHoP Architects described as the world's tallest modular tower and billed a solution to meet the high demand for urban housing. More about World's tallest modular high-rise by SHoP Architects opens in Brooklyn
American architect Richard Meier has followed up teasers of a black tower planned for New York's East River with a wider set of images showing the firm's interiors for the building. More about Richard Meier releases more images of black tower for New York
UK firm Foster + Partners has released plans for a pair of skyscrapers to be constructed in Brickell, Miami, which will take advantage of the city's new height limit. More about Foster + Partners unveils supertall twin towers for Miami
Dutch firm OMA's New York office, which is headed by Shohei Shigematsu, has proposed an apartment building with a "prismatic" corner for Manhattan. More about OMA reveals its first residential tower for New York
Another supertall tower for Manhattan is going ahead, now that legal proceedings stalling KPF's 1,501-foot skyscraper beside Grand Central station have been abandoned (+ slideshow). More about KPF's One Vanderbilt skyscraper for Manhattan moves forward after lawsuit dropped
Architecture firm Foster + Partners has released a fresh set of renderings showing its Oceanwide Center development for San Francisco's downtown area, which gained planning approval earlier this year (+ slideshow). More about Foster + Partners reveals new images of Oceanwide Center skyscrapers for San Francisco
Diller Scofidio + Renfro co-founder Elizabeth Diller has hit out at New York's spate of luxury skyscrapers, saying that the city is at risk of being "consumed by the dollar" (+ interview). More about New York's supertall towers "damage the city fabric" says Elizabeth Diller
New York firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro has completed a new medical centre for Columbia University that features a vivid orange "study cascade" occupying the whole south facade (+ slideshow). More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro completes Vagelos Education Center for Columbia University
The developers of Rafael Viñoly's 432 Park Avenue skyscraper in New York have released photographs that show the facilities shared by residents of the skinny tower (+ slideshow). More about Photos offer glimpse at interiors of Rafael Viñoly's 432 Park Avenue
Sales have officially launched for apartments inside this skyscraper in Boston by New York firm Arquitectonica, amid a "boom" in the city's luxury condo market created by its growing tech scene (+ slideshow). More about Arquitectonica's Pierce Boston tower to feature apartments aimed at young tech entrepreneurs
America may no longer be home to the world's tallest building, but the country that invented skyscrapers is still pioneering their design with skinner, greener and more unusually shaped structures.
We're celebrating this 4 July – US Independence Day – with a look back at some of the most recent examples, including Rafael Viñoly's already iconic 432 Park Avenue and Herzog & de Meuron's "Jenga tower" (pictured). See more US skyscrapers »
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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
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