All High-rise Articles
Throughout the construction of the world's largest observation wheel an Alimak hoist carried engineers to the hub of the wheel where essential cables and wiring were being installed.
Modern high rise buildings are often viewed as iconic statements of a city's wealth and status. The rivalry between nations to have the tallest building is ongoing but a new trend is emerging – the challenge to build the greenest skyscraper. Claire Symes reports.
Silverstein Properties Inc has unveiled images of the three towers that will complete the redevelopment of the World Trade Centre (WTC) site in, New York, US.
UK-based Richard Rogers Partnership has unveiled the first images of its US$ 1.7 billion expansion of the Jacob K Javits Convention Centre in New York, US.
The highest building in the world, the Burj Dubai, is currently under construction in the United Arab Emirates. Murray Pollok reports on the complicated arrangement of PEGA construction hoists being used to transport the project's 4000 workers.
Dubai-based developer Emaar Properties' Burj Dubai has reached 629 m, making it the world's tallest man-made structure, the developer announced on Monday.
The Burj Dubai's reinforced-concrete core has now reached the 123rd storey, making the iconic structure just over 430 m high.
The Shanghai World Financial Centre (SWFC), Shanghai, China is now the tallest structure in the country.
Netherlands-based Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has unveiled images for its masterplan of Waterfront City, Dubai for developer Nakheel.
UK-based architect Foster – Partners has revealed its designs for an “ecological tower” in Siberia.
A fire at the Shanghai World Financial Center stops work on what will be the world's second-tallest skyscraper.
High-rise towers continue to climb across the globe as potent symbols of emerging nations growing economic power. But how high can they go, and how green are they? Richard High reports.
Construction has started on India Tower, a new 301 m high hotel, shopping and residential development designed by Fox and Fowle (FXFOWLE) Architects.
International architect Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) has unveiled designs for what it claims will be the world’s greenest office building, Energy +.
Emaar Properties' Burj Dubai tower is four months behind schedule and may now not be finished by the end of this year as originally planned, the company said in a statement this week.
UK-based Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its winning design for the Lilium Tower in Warsaw, Poland.
HOK has unveiled its designs for a 60 storey mixed–use tower in Ajman, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for Saudi–based developer Tanmiyat.