One Za'abeel voted best skyscraper of the past year by Dezeen readers
Japanese studio Nikken Sekkei's skyscraper in Dubai with a 230-metre-long skybridge has pipped BIG's first supertall to be named Dezeen readers' favourite new skyscraper. More
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Dezeen video shows unseen footage of world's longest cantilever
This Dezeen video takes viewers on a tour of One Za'abeel, a mixed-use development by Japanese studio Nikken Sekkei in Dubai that incorporates the world's largest cantilever. More
This week we revealed the world's longest cantilever
This week on Dezeen, Japanese studio Nikken Sekkei unveiled a skyscraper in Dubai that includes the world's longest cantilever. More
World's longest cantilever opens over six-lane highway in Dubai
The world's longest cantilever has reached completion in Dubai, projecting out from between two skyscrapers at the mixed-use One Za'abeel development by Japanese studio Nikken Sekkei. More
Photos reveal world's longest cantilever ahead of completion in Dubai
These construction photos capture One Za'abeel, a pair of skyscrapers with a 67.5-metre-long cantilever, on which Japanese studio Nikken Sekkei is nearing completion in Dubai. More
"Promote demand for wood in low-rise buildings" says architect of timber supertall concept
Ambitious concepts like Nikken Sekkei's proposal for the world's tallest timber skyscraper can accelerate the use of engineered wood but should not be the focus, argues Hajime Aoyagi in this Timber Revolution interview. More
Nikken Sekkei shelters Japanese sweet company HQ with oversized table and chairs
A set of giant wooden tables and chairs shelter the glass buildings of Sweets Bank, the headquarters of sweet company Shunkado in Hamamatsu City, Japan, designed by Nikken Sekkei. More
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Japanese architecture
Nikken Sekkei's Ariake Gymnastics Centre celebrates timber construction
One of the largest timber-framed roofs in the world spans 90 metres over the arena of the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo, designed by Japanese practice Nikken Sekkei for the delayed 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. More
Olympic Village Plaza built using 40,000 pieces of donated Japanese timber
Tokyo studio Nikken Sekkei has designed a timber communal building at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games' athletes village, which was built using 40,000 pieces of Japanese wood. More
World's tallest timber tower proposed for Tokyo
Japanese timber company Sumitomo Forestry has revealed plans for the world's tallest wooden building in Tokyo, a 350-metre skyscraper that would also be the country's highest. More
FC Barcelona selects Nikken Sekkei team to overhaul Camp Nou stadium
Huge Japanese architecture firm Nikken Sekkei and Barcelona studio Pascual i Ausió Arquitectes have been selected to renovate the Camp Nou stadium, home of FC Barcelona. More
Singapore's answer to the High Line could stretch across the entire island
Japanese firm Nikken Sekkei has been chosen to transform a 24-kilometre-long stretch of disused Singapore railway into a High Line-esque park that extends across the entire island (+ slideshow). More