Nine recently completed skyscrapers in Latin America
From a complex designed by RSHP in Bogotá to skyscrapers made of interlocking volumes in Quito by BIG, we've rounded up nine recently completed skyscrapers across Latin America.
While most of the attention given to skyscrapers in the Western Hemisphere usually goes to North American metropoles such as New York and Toronto, there are many tall and supertall skyscrapers across Central and South America.
Mexico's T.Op Torre 1 skyscraper is currently the tallest skyscraper in Latin America at 305 metres high, far off from the world's tallest, the 828-metre-tall Burj Khalifa.
Many of the recently completed towers in the region were designed by Europe and US-based studios such as RSHP, BIG and Pelli Clarke & Partners. Most of these skyscrapers are the first and only projects in Latin America by the international studios.
While all of the skyscrapers on the list are completed, there are many others in the works.
Earlier this year, Heatherwick Studio unveiled plans to build the firm's first building in South America, which features a brightly coloured, basketry-informed facade.
Read on for nine recently completed skyscrapers across Latin America.
Mitikah, Mexico, by Pelli Clarke & Partners
Opened in 2022, the Mitikah skyscraper is the tallest tower in Mexico City at 267 metres tall with 62 storeys. Located in the Benito Jaurez neighbourhood, it towers over the surrounding low-rises and single-family homes.
"Torre Mitikah is the 'ventana al infinito' [window to infinity], that meets the human need to reach for the heavens," said US-based architecture studio Pelli Clarke & Partners. "The tower is a landmark, an hito [milestone] that provides this connection."
Located in the heart of Bogotá, Atrio is a skyscraper development consisting of two mixed-use office towers and a cultural centre at its base.
Reaching 201 metres high, the North Tower is the first building to be completed within the project, while construction is underway on the second tower and cultural centre.
The 101-metre-tall Epiq skyscraper by BIG is composed of four interlocking, curved L-shape volumes that conclude in an entrance facing La Carolina Park in the centre of Quito.
According to developer Uribe Schwarzkopf, the building's multi-coloured, concrete facade is a reference to the "domed roofs of the city's cathedrals and old colonial buildings covered with local tiles".
Completed in 2022, the 32-story Iqon skyscraper marked BIG's first completed project in South America, located in Quito.
Bordering La Carolina Park, it is composed of interlocking, concrete boxes topped with balconies planted with native plants and trees that were designed to reflect the surrounding greenery.
Platina 220, Brazil, by Königsberger Vannucchi Arquitetos Associados
Platina 220 is the tallest building in São Paulo at 172 metres tall with 46 storeys, unseating Aron Kogan's Mirante do Vale tower, which reached 170 metres tall.
Featuring a central white block surrounded by three, smaller volumes cast in greys of different hues, the design is meant to enhance the building's verticality and to encourage economic development in eastern São Paulo.
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Bosco Corporate, Brazil, by Aflalo Gasperini Arquitetos
Completed in 2024, Bosco Corporate is a 16-storey office building located in São Paulo. It is composed of a tower atop an open plaza.
A series of deeply set terraces wrap around the building, which totals 1,760 square metres of "vertical forest" which "acts as a thermal insulator, acoustic barrier and generates a pleasant microclimate" according to local studio Aflalo Gasperini Arquitetos.
POD Pinheiros, Brazil, by FGMF Arquitetos
The 24-storey POD Pinheiros tower by FGMF Arquitetos is composed of a base of interlocking, rectangular volumes containing retail spaces and a residential tower wrapped around a central atrium.
Concrete walkways, pillars, and balconies fill the void, which is clad in a deep red and hues of grey throughout.
Torres Obispado, Mexico, by Pozas Design Group
Completed in 2020, Torres Obispado encompasses two towers, T.Op Torre 1 and T.Op Torre 2. At 305 metres and 64 floors high, T.Op Torre 1 is currently the tallest skyscraper in Mexico and Latin America.
Composed of segmented volumes with a sloping top, Torre 1 contains a Hilton Hotel and office spaces, while Torre 2, which mirrors the shape of its much taller partner, contains residences.
Yachthouse Residence Club, Brazil, by Pininfarina
Located in Brazil's Balneário Camboriú, a popular city for affluent tourists, the Yachthouse Residence Club is the country's tallest.
The project consists of two identical residential towers atop a podium that reach 294 metres tall and 81 storeys high. According to developer Pasualotto>, they are the tallest residential towers in Latin America.