Tag Skyscraper

03-09-2020

InterContinental Chongqing Raffles City designed by Moshe Safdie with interiors by CL3

The metropolis of Chongqing in southwest China has a new landmark, Chongqing Raffles City, an urban complex that sits on the Yangtze River in Chaotianmen Square. The architecture was designed by Moshe Safdie, and the Chinese studio CL3 Architects were responsible for the interior design. The recently opened InterContinental Chongqing Raffles City hotel is a standout tenant of the complex.

01-04-2020

H Code, building for urban renewal, CL3

The founder of CL3 Architects Limited, William Lim and the studio’s head of design, Clinton Tsoi completed the H Code project in Hong Kong. The multipurpose architecture is formed of a low-rise volume and a high-rise volume and aims to be a symbol of pondered, harmonious urban renewal.

18-03-2020

Farewell to Henry Cobb, architect who designed the John Hancock Tower in Boston

American architect Henry Cobb died on March 2 at the age of 93, just under one year after the death of his longtime partner, I.M. Pei. Cobb was considered as one of the great architects of our time, with the John Hancock Tower in Boston being one of the most famous works he designed in his long career. In Italy, with his firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, he designed Palazzo Lombardia, seat of Lombardy’s regional government.

13-03-2020

Zaha Hadid Architects One Thousand Museum: a skyscraper with an exoskeleton in Miami

Hufton+Crow recently produced a beautiful photo feature illustrating Miami’s One Thousand Museum, one of the last projects Zaha Hadid designed before her death. The 62-storey skyscraper measures 216 m in height, with a concrete exoskeleton that frees the surfaces inside of structural elements.

06-01-2020

Welcome 2020. The top architectures of the last ten years

On the threshold of a new decade, what better occasion is there for looking around and rediscovering the most significant architectures of the last ten years, taking stock of the past and looking towards the future.

04-01-2019

A year of skyscrapers: the CTBUH annual report

China and Shenzhen in particular are the country and the city with the largest number of supertall buildings, defined as taller than 300 m. Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates’ 528 m tall CITIC Tower in Beijing is the tallest building of 2018 and the sixth tallest skyscraper in the world.

19-12-2018

UNStudio completes The Scotts Tower in Singapore

The Scotts Tower was recently completed in one of Singapore’s most important neighbourhoods, near Orchard Road. UNStudio’s skyscraper combines a vertical city containing a variety of residential solutions with businesses and green areas, all in a single building.

12-12-2018

CTBUH’s list of outstanding skyscrapers

The list of skyscrapers presented with an Award of Excellence, the first step in the CTBUH 2019 Awards presented to the world’s best tall buildings by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, have been announced.