Tag Skyscraper

16-04-2018

Asia and Australia’s best skyscrapers at the 2018 CTBUH Awards

Asia and Australia have the largest number of skyscrapers competing for the 2018 CTBUH Awards, with fully 9 tall buildings. China is the country with the most candidates for awards

02-05-2018

Zaha Hadid Architects Generali Tower Milano

The Generali Tower, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, is part of the CityLife Masterplan that has requalified the area of the former Milan Fair. The Generali Tower was presented during the Milan Design Week 2018.

04-05-2018

The façade of Steven Holl's horizontal skyscraper in Shenzhen, China

The façade of Steven Holl's Horizontal Skyscraper in Shenzhen, China, and its sunshading systems, that are declined differently depending on how the sun radiates on them

07-05-2018

MAD Architects - Chaoyang Park Plaza, Beijing

Photos by Iwan Baan and Hufton+Crow capture the relationship between the city of Beijing and the Chaoyang Park Plaza skyscraper, designed by MAD Architects, the studio headed by architect Ma Yansong. They offer an image of architecture in its urban setting.

17-05-2018

CTBUH Urban Habitat Award for skyscrapers and urban context

Architecture’s impact on its context, whether natural or urban, goes farther than the footprint of the building itself; a skyscraper, for example, becomes a landmark visible from a great distance away. The CTBUH presents annual awards for tall buildings that have a positive impact on their surroundings. We take a look at the candidates for the 2018 awards.

06-06-2018

Oasia Hotel Downtown named Best Tall Building Worldwide 2018

The Tall + Urban Innovation Conference is over, and the jury of the CTBUH 2018 Awards has announced the winners in each category. The overall winner is Woha’s Oasia Hotel Downtown in Singapore, named Best Tall Building Worldwide 2018.

10-08-2018

BIG Bjarke Ingels Group’s Courtscraper W57 in Manhattan

Courtscraper W57, built on Manhattan’s West 57th Street by BIG Bjarke Ingels Group, combines all the advantages of European-style courtyard buildings with those of American skyscrapers, employing interesting formal and technological solutions

17-08-2018

BIG completes the new Shenzhen Energy Mansion skyscraper

Shenzhen has a new urban landmark: recently, the new Shenzhen Energy Company skyscraper, designed by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group, has been completed. Its pleated façade is the result of a study aimed at maximising the contribution of architecture in terms of energy performance and users’ comfort.