A 12-storey building proposed for Portland's Pearl District has received the go-ahead from planners, paving the way for it to become the USA's first high-rise wooden structure. More
Staggered floor plates and set-back glazing create large planted terraces around this 119-metre tower by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, which overlooks Beirut's marina. More
UK secretary of state Sajid Javid has halted the planning application for Renzo Piano's contentious Paddington Cube in London, as he considers whether to call for a public inquiry. More
Irregular holes dotting the concrete walls of this tower at a university campus in the Argentinian city of Cordoba frame views of the surrounding landscape from the workshops within. More
Plants grow up the exterior of this green apartment tower in Paris, France, which was designed by local firm Maison Edouard François to spread seeds across the city. More
Architecture firm ODA New York has conceived three glass towers for Brooklyn that feature setbacks and protrusions to ensure tenants are afforded expansive views. More
Rafael Moneo, the 1996 Pritzker Prize winner, has been tapped to design his first Miami project: a pair of upscale residential towers intended to revitalise the once-famous Jockey Club. More
These two metal-clad towers featuring stepped forms and angular balconies were designed to prove that, after years of skyscraper restrictions in Paris, height is no longer taboo (+ slideshow). More
News: Rotterdam firm MVRDV has won a contest to design a new addition to the Vienna skyline by proposing a 110-metre tower with an "elegant, hourglass figure" that will reduce the impact of its shadow (+ slideshow). More
This 16 storey tower in Barcelona completed by Spanish studio R+B Arqts contains 75 social housing units and has a facade of vertical panels and aluminium brise-soleil. More
Zaha Hadid Architects have unveiled plans for an office and retail development called The Stone Towers in Cairo, Egypt. More
Architect Zaha Hadid was appointed last month to design a new building on the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. More