Tag Skyscraper

30-11-2018

Air China Tower with aluminium cladding by AREP and IPPR

The Air China Tower is a simple building with a double skin of glass and micro-perforated aluminium, with a wing shape like the fuselage of a plane

05-09-2018

West 57th Street: a new courtscraper by BIG Bjarke Ingels Group

West 57th Street is the building that stands for the new Manhattan, where buildings are giving way to greenery and architecture is ecologically efficient. Designed by BIG Bjarke Ingels Group, West 57th Street is now known as the courtscraper.

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.

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

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.

25-05-2018

Glass walls and photovoltaic panels for RPBW’s Palais de Justice in Paris

The new Palais de Justice in Paris designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop is a composition of steel and glass volumes rising upwards, with photovoltaic panels winding over the glass surface like punctuation marks, adding interest to the whole and creating an unusual building.

23-05-2018

South West Architecture con FMG: Mondrian Doha in Qatar

The Mondrian Doha, a 24-storey skyscraper containing apartments and a luxury hotel with 270 rooms and suites, has opened its doors. Six years of work by SWA, South West Architecture, went into this complex structure with its design inspired by the falcon, a great tradition in the Persian Gulf, featuring amazing ceramic decorations by FMG Fabbrica Marmi e Graniti.

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.