UNStudio to design Yongjia World Trade Centre
News: Dutch office UNStudio has won a competition to design a world trade centre in the growing city of Wenzhou, China, with proposals for a family of segmented skyscrapers. More
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KPF to build on top of 1970s tower
News: architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox has submitted plans to add 11 floors on top of an existing 30-storey tower in London. The project engineer claims this would be the first time such an ambitious extension has been attempted. More
Pierre Cardin cancels Venice skyscraper
News: public and government opposition has forced fashion tycoon Pierre Cardin to cancel plans for his futuristic Venice skyscraper. More
Telus Sky by BIG with Dialog
Danish architecture firm BIG has designed a 58-storey skyscraper for telecommunications company Telus in downtown Calgary, Canada. More
New Pinterest board: skyscrapers
Our new curated Pinterest board contains a definitive selection of skyscrapers from across the globe, including the world's tallest wooden skyscraper, a twisted skyscraper in Dubai by SOM and a pollution-harvesting tower for Stockholm. More
Frank Gehry reveals latest design for trio of towers in Toronto
News: architect Frank Gehry has updated his design for a cluster of three towers in his home city of Toronto. More
Synth[e]tech[e]cology by Chang-Yeob Lee
Royal College of Art graduate Chang-Yeob Lee has developed a concept to transform the BT Tower in London into a pollution-harvesting high rise (+ movie). More
Google Street View captures inside the world's tallest skyscraper
News: Google Street View has captured the inside of its first skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, allowing users to virtually explore the tallest building in the world. More
Movie: The Leadenhall Building by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
This time-lapse movie by photographer Paul Raftery and filmmaker Dan Lowe documents the construction of "the Cheesegrater", a 225-metre skyscraper by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners that topped out today in the City of London. More
CF Møller designs world's tallest wooden skyscraper
News: Scandinavian firm CF Møller has revealed proposals that could see the world's tallest timber-framed building constructed in Stockholm. More
Twisted skyscrapers
Following our story on SOM's contorted Cayan Tower in Dubai, here's a roundup of twisted skyscrapers from the Dezeen archives. More
OMA wins competition for twin skyscrapers in Stockholm
News: Dutch firm OMA has won a competition to design a pair of skyscrapers in Stockholm, Sweden, with a proposal featuring staggered facades. More
SOM completes twisted skyscraper in Dubai
News: Burj Khalifa architect Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) has added another skyscraper to the Dubai skyline with the completion of the twisted Cayan Tower. More
The Bow by Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners has completed a 58-storey bowed tower in Calgary, Canada (+ slideshow). More
Herzog & de Meuron to design residential tower in Miami
News: developers have released images of a 57-storey residential tower designed by Herzog & de Meuron for Miami. More
Strawscraper by Belatchew Arkitekter
Swedish studio Belatchew Arkitekter wants to transform a Stockholm skyscraper into a wind farm by covering it in thousands of electricity-generating bristles. More
Wilkinson Eyre wins competition for Sydney harbour skyscraper
News: British firm Wilkinson Eyre Architects has won a competition to design a $1.5 billion hotel skyscraper on the harbourfront in Sydney, Australia. More
Foster + Partners reveals plans for two London skyscrapers
News: British firm Foster + Partners has unveiled plans for two residential skyscrapers as part of a mixed-use development in north London. More
One World Trade Center tops out
News: One World Trade Center in New York has become the world's third-tallest building after topping out at a height of 541 metres. More
Chinese newspaper headquarters compared to huge penis
News: after buildings that look like giant underpants and a stack of toilet rolls, here's a tower in Beijing that has been compared to a giant penis. More