Interview: Renzo Piano on The Shard
As The Shard nears completion in London, here is the transcript of an interview conducted with architect Renzo Piano before work started on the 300 metre-high tower. More
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Slideshow feature: Yongsan International Business District
Skyscrapers in Seoul: this week we've run a series of stories on the Yongsan International Business District, a new commercial hub in Seoul, South Korea, that's due for completion in 2024. Commissioned by South Korean developer DreamHub, the new district has been masterplanned by architect Daniel Libeskind and will include skyscrapers by a host of international architects including Renzo Piano, BIG, MVRDV, REX, Dominique Perrault and Libeskind. Here’s a slideshow to bring them all together. More
Project R6 by REX
Skyscrapers in Seoul: New York firm REX was another of the seventeen architects commissioned to design skyscrapers for the fast-growing Yongsan International Business District of Seoul, South Korea. They've proposed a tower that looks like like a filing cabinet with its drawers open. More
The Blade by Dominique Perrault
Skyscrapers in Seoul: the next building in our series from the new Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea, is a skyscraper designed by French architect Dominique Perrault, with faceted glass that will ripple across the surface. More
Dancing Dragons by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Skyscrapers in Seoul: a pair of 450 metre-high towers with glass scales by Chicago firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture are the latest of fifteen skyscrapers commissioned for the Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea, following recently released designs by BIG and MVRDV. More
CCTV Headquarters by OMA
The China Central Television Headquarters in Beijing by architects OMA are now complete. More
Movie: The Shard by Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Movie: this timelapse movie by architectural photographer Paul Raftery and director Dan Lowe shows the final stages of construction for London skyscraper The Shard, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. More
Shelf Hotel by 3Gatti Architecture Studio
Rather than design a run-of-the-mill skyscraper for a new hotel in Xi'an, China, architects 3Gatti decided to put lots of smaller buildings on a gigantic set of shelves. More
Cross # Towers by BIG
Skyscrapers in Seoul: Danish architects BIG have designed a towering apartment block for Seoul that will be shaped like a hashtag. More
Beach and Howe St. by BIG
Danish architects BIG have unveiled proposals for a 150-metre-high skyscraper in downtown Vancouver. More
Hermitage Plaza by Foster + Partners
Slidehow: architects Foster + Partners have been granted permission to build two 320-metre-high towers beside the Seine, just outside Paris. More
Reflections at Keppel Bay by Daniel Libeskind
Architect Daniel Libeskind has completed a family of curved towers beside a bay in Singapore. More
Jameson House by Foster + Partners
Architects Foster + Partners have attached a 35-storey tower onto the side of two renovated 1920s buildings in Vancouver’s financial district. More
Greenland Group Suzhou Center by SOM
American architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have won a competition to design a skyscraper for China with proposals that incorporate a 30-storey-high opening window. More
Record-breaking number of skyscrapers completed in 2011
Dezeen Wire: an annual report released by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in Chicago reveals that the number of buildings over 200 metres tall completed in the last year has increased for the fifth consecutive time. More
Competition: five copies of eVolo Skyscrapers to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with the organisers of the eVolo Skyscraper Competition to give away five copies of their book, which collates 300 of the best entries from the past six years. More
Mitikah Office Tower by Richard Meier & Partners
American architects Richard Meier & Partners have unveiled designs for a 34-storey tower in Mexico City. More
"Exploding" twin towers by MVRDV cause outrage
Dezeen Wire: Dutch architects MVRDV have received threatening emails and angry phone calls after revealing proposals for skyscrapers that resemble the exploding World Trade Centre on 9/11.
We published the project first on Dezeen, prompting outrage from many of our readers. One declared the images “insensitive and offensive” while another claimed “this is like 9/11 freeze framed”. More
"Entering the era of the megatall" - the 20 tallest buildings by 2020
Dezeen Wire: the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in Chicago have published a report predicting the 20 tallest buildings in the world by the year 2020, including eight over 600 metres high. Read the full online report here. More-
The Cloud by MVRDV
Skyscrapers in Seoul: Dutch architects MVRDV have designed two skyscrapers for Seoul, Korea, that will be joined at the hip by a pixelated cluster. More