London's bread-shaped skyscrapers unveiled on first day of April
News: plans have been revealed this morning for a series of loaf-shaped skyscrapers to accompany the Cheesegrater, Can of Ham, Toast Rack and Gherkin buildings in central London. More
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Work starts on New Jersey's tallest building by HWKN and Handel Architects
News: construction is now underway on a 222-metre skyscraper by New York studios HWKN and Handel Architects that is set to become the tallest building in the state of New Jersey. More
OMA plans San Francisco skyscraper
News: architecture firm OMA is working on designs for a 167-metre skyscraper on Folsom Street in San Francisco. More
Tammo Prinz's conceptual skyscraper would be built from tessellating modules
German studio Tammo Prinz Architects has developed a concept for a residential skyscraper built from a stack of modular cubes and dodecahedrons (+ slideshow). More
Walls of foliage will surround towers at Gardens of Anfa by Maison Edouard François
Flowering vines will sprawl across the facades of these four tower blocks underway in Casablanca by French studio Maison Edouard François, creating a series of brightly coloured vertical gardens. More
Sou Fujimoto designs nature-inspired tower for Montpellier "modern follies" project
News: Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has unveiled plans for a tower block shaped like a pine cone with balconies sprouting outwards in all directions, as part of a series of "modern follies" underway in Montpellier, France (+ slideshow). More
New photographs show Rogers' Leadenhall Building nearing completion
These new shots by London photographer Rory Gardiner show the tapered form of The Leadenhall Building by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, which is nearing completion in the City of London (+ slideshow). More
Foster's skinny skyscraper underway beside Mies' Seagram Building
News: construction has finally begun on a 216-metre skinny skyscraper designed by Foster + Partners for a site next door to Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building in New York. More
Australian Institute of Architects moves into sculptural Melbourne tower by Lyons
The new Melbourne home of the Australian Institute of Architects is a 22-storey tower by architecture firm Lyons with a sculptural facade that breaks down into staircases and balconies (+ slideshow). More
Dominique Perrault's DC Tower 1 now Austria's tallest building
French firm Dominique Perrault Architecture has completed a 220-metre skyscraper with a folded glass facade in Vienna, which has now become Austria's tallest building. More
Farrells to masterplan two sites in Shenzhen's Qianhai financial district
News: architecture firm Farrells has won a competition to masterplan two major commercial sites in the growing Qianhai special economic zone in Shenzhen, China, with plans that include a 320-metre skyscraper. More
Frank Gehry designs Berlin's tallest skyscraper
News: architect Frank Gehry has won a competition to design a skyscraper for Berlin that is set to become the city's tallest building. More
London's future skyline captured in new visualisations
This series of images by architectural rendering studio Hayes Davidson envisages how London's skyline might look in 20 years time. More
Asia dominates skyscraper construction with three quarters of 2013's tallest buildings
News: a record-breaking 53 skyscrapers over 200 metres high were completed in Asia in 2013, accounting for three-quarters of the year's tallest new buildings, according to the latest industry report. More
Life on a New High: Mumbai skyscrapers photographed by Alicja Dobrucka
Photo essay: Polish photographer Alicja Dobrucka has produced a series of images documenting the rapid growth of skyscraper construction in Mumbai, India (+ slideshow). More
Shard architect Renzo Piano to design residential tower next door
News: Italian architect Renzo Piano has been commissioned to design a 27-storey residential tower beside his London skyscraper The Shard. More
Doughnut-shaped skyscraper completed in Guangzhou
News: a skyscraper shaped like a giant doughnut has been completed by Italian architect Joseph di Pasquale in Guangzhou, China (+ slideshow). More
Tilting glass attraction proposed for observation deck of Chicago's John Hancock Center
News: the owners of an observation deck on the 94th storey of Chicago's John Hancock Center are considering adding a glass box into which visitors would be strapped and tilted forward to experience a bird's eye view of the city below. More
SOM unveils Indonesian skyscraper that will harness wind power
News: American firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has revealed designs for a skyscraper in Jakarta that will be over 500 metres high and will harvest wind energy through an opening at its peak. More
MAD's Nanjing masterplan features buildings designed to look like mountains
Ma Yansong of Chinese studio MAD presents a masterplan for Nanjing, China, where buildings are designed to look like mountains and public spaces overlap with the natural landscape, as part of the Shenzhen and Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture. More