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Dezeen Debate newsletter features the world's skinniest skyscraper
The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features a supertall skyscraper in New York City. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now! More
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World's skinniest skyscraper by SHoP Architects completes in Manhattan
The final exterior cladding elements have been added to SHoP Architects' 111 West 57th Street in New York City, a supertall skyscraper that is both the world's skinniest and the second tallest in the Western Hemisphere. More
SHoP Architects' supertall Brooklyn Tower tops out in New York
The Brooklyn Tower supertall skyscraper by SHoP Architects, which became the borough's tallest building last year, has reached its full height. More
Foster + Partners to renovate Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco
Foster + Partners is set to renovate and restore the iconic Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco. More
Falling ice from supertall skyscrapers on Billionaires' Row causes injuries and closures
Ice falling from supertall skyscrapers in New York, including 111 West 57th Street on Billionaires' Row, injured motorists and closed roads over the weekend. More
Chybik + Kristof unveils design for Czech Republic's tallest skyscraper
Czech studio Chybik + Kristof has designed a 56-storey skyscraper in Ostrava, Czech Republic, which will become the tallest building in the country. More
This week latest World Trade Center skyscraper designs were revealed
This week on Dezeen, leaked images showing the latest design by Foster + Partners for the Two World Trade Center skyscraper in New York City were uncovered. More
SOM unveils plans for 1950s Lever House renovation in New York
Architecture firm SOM is renovating the 1950s Lever House skyscraper that it designed in New York in an effort to preserve the modernist office building's "very important legacy". More
Studio Vural envisions Manhattan tower draped in colourful flowers
US firm Studio Vural has conceived a mixed-use skyscraper covered with Asian lilies as a "powerful image" to promote low-energy design. More
Horden Cherry Lee creates Canary Wharf skyscraper wrapped in diamond-shaped exoskeleton
Architecture studio Horden Cherry Lee has designed the Newfoundland residential skyscraper with a diamond-shaped exoskeleton in London's Canary Wharf district. More
52-storey Morris + Company tower delayed amid fire brigade concerns over single staircase
A planning application for a 52-storey tower in London's Canary Wharf designed by Morris + Company has been delayed just hours before it was due to be determined amid fire brigade concerns over safety. More
Heatherwick Studio updates vision for 1700 Alberni towers in Vancouver
British designer Thomas Heatherwick's studio has updated its design for a pair of residential skyscrapers in Vancouver, Canada, which will feature curved green balconies and a terraced podium. More
SOM unveils "breathing" Shenzhen bank tower enclosed in diagrid
Architecture firm SOM has completed its headquarters for Shenzhen's Rural Commercial Bank, a naturally ventilated steel-wrapped office building with an exterior that resembles an exoskeleton. More
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The world's second-tallest building features in latest Dezeen Weekly newsletter
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features the Merdeka 118 skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. More
World's second-tallest skyscraper Merdeka 118 tops out in Malaysia
The 678.9-metre-tall Merdeka 118 skyscraper designed by Australian studio Fender Katsalidis has topped out in Malaysia, becoming the world's second-tallest building. More
Kazuko Akamatsu outlines Shibuya skyscraper design in video by CCA
In the second Models Talk film published in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Japanese architect Kazuko Akamatsu explains how she used voids to create a feeling of openness at the Shibuya Stream skyscraper in Japan. More
"It's the perfect site for a glass Toblerone piece of Swissness" says commenter
In this week's comments update readers are debating Herzog & de Meuron's Tour Triangle, which is set to be built in Paris, and discussing other top stories. More
Herzog & de Meuron's Tour Triangle set to begin construction in Paris
The Tour Triangle skyscraper designed by Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron is finally set to begin construction in Paris after 15 years in the making, amid a last-ditch attempt to stop it by the building's critics. More
Government rejects Foster + Partners' "highly unsustainable" Tulip tower
Development of the proposed Tulip tourist attraction designed by Foster + Partners has been rejected by the UK government over concerns about embodied carbon and the quality of its design. More
BPAS Architects envisions rain-collecting skyscrapers to "reverse desertification"
BPAS Architects imagines building huge water-harvesting skyscrapers for humanity to survive in the desert, one of the 15 finalist projects for Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More