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World-Architects got an exclusive peek at 520 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan ahead of its official topping out on Thursday, October 24. At 1,002 feet (305 m) tall, the mixed-use supertall designed by KPF for the development firm Rabina will be the tallest mixed-use tower on Fifth Avenue...
With construction wrapping up on 111 West 57th Street, the super-skinny supertall designed by SHoP Architects for JDS Development, we present some footage by The Dronalist that shows how it and its Billionaire's Row neighbors are reshaping the Manhattan skyline.
Maximum height skyscrapers in Chinese cities counting less than 3 million people can be built, to reduce energy consumption and as part of a broader
Renderings have been released for a proposed 1,500-foot tower designed by the firm of David Adjaye, as part of an "all Black team aiming to develop [the] first skyscraper built by African Americans in NYC history."
On September 14, developers SL Green and Hines, with architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox, cut the ribbon on One Vanderbilt, which at 1,401 feet (427m) is the tallest office building in Midtown Manhattan.
Year in which the Chinese government decided erecting skyscrapers over 500 meters are "not allowed" and buildings over 250 meters should be "strictly...
Developers Golub & Co. and CIM Group have unveiled plans for the transformation of Chicago's historic Tribune Tower into condominiums, plus a new condo and hotel tower on an adjacent lot that would be the city's second-tallest skyscraper.
The 80-story Oakwood Tower would become, at 300 meters, the world's tallest timber-framed building if built next to the Barbican Centre on London's South Bank.
According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH, the official international arbiter of skyscraper heights), the total number of "supertall" skyscrapers reaches 100 with the completion of Rafael Viñoly's 432 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.