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Mass-timber structure in Chicago to be “tallest timber-made building” in the city since Great Fire

August 10, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Chicago architecture studio Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture has announced plans for 2100 N Southport Avenue, a mass-timber residential tower in the Lincoln Park neighbourhood of Chicago. 2100 N Southport Avenue will be a nine-storey residential tower project led by developers Sterling Bay. If completed, it will mark the city’s “tallest timber-made building to be constructed since

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Ascent skyscraper in Milwaukee becomes world’s tallest timber building

August 3, 2022 Cajsa Carlson 0

Ascent, an 86.6-metre-tall mass-timber tower in Wisconsin designed by Korb + Associates Architects, has been certified as the world’s tallest timber building. The 25-storey tower, which opened in July, has a concrete base, elevator and stair shafts, with the rest of the structure made from cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glulam. At 86.6 metres (284 feet), it

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Kennon designs office tower with “solar facade” for Melbourne

August 2, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

Front facade of 550 Spencer offices by Kennon

Australian studio Kennon is designing a commercial office tower in Melbourne called 550 Spencer that will feature more than 1,000 glass-like solar panels across its facade. Set to complete in 2024, the eight-storey tower’s facade will harness sunlight to produce “50 times more electricity than a standard rooftop solar panel system” used in residential projects.

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Icon Architects unveils design for tallest mass-timber building in North America

July 22, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Canadian studio Icon Architects has released its design for a 31-storey tower in Toronto that, if completed, will be the tallest mass-timber structure in North America. The structure has been proposed for downtown Toronto, near the University of Toronto. If approved by the city, the structure will be 90 metres tall, making it the tallest mass-timber

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Icon Architects unveils design for tallest mass-timber building in North America

July 22, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Canadian studio Icon Architects has released its design for a 31-storey tower in Toronto that, if completed, will be the tallest mass-timber structure in North America. The structure has been proposed for downtown Toronto, near the University of Toronto. If approved by the city, the structure will be 90 metres tall, making it the tallest mass-timber

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AGi Architects designs Tamdeen Square towers as a “vertical neighbourhood” overlooking the Persian Gulf

July 1, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

International firm AGi Architects has completed a trio of residential towers in Kuwait City featuring varied facade openings and layouts that provide each apartment with unique sea views. The Tamdeen Square development is part of a new urban district located in the south of the city, next to the Fahaheel highway that extends south along

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Foster + Partners designs Manila skyscraper with wraparound verandas

May 23, 2022 Cajsa Carlson 0

Exterior of Foster + Partners' BWDC tower in Manila

British architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled the BWDC Residential Tower in Manila, Philippines, which will feature wraparound verandas with large roof overhangs that help keep the apartments cool. Designed to have expansive views of a golf club in central Manila, the 45-storey skyscraper aims to mitigate the city’s high temperature and humidity by

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Powerhouse Company and IND design looping Corten-steel broadcasting tower

February 4, 2022 Cajsa Carlson 0

Dutch studios Powerhouse Company and IND have revealed the design for the Çanakkale Antenna Tower, a broadcasting and observation tower made from Corten steel to contrast a surrounding forest. Powerhouse Company and IND designed the looping building, which will be located in Çanakkale, Turkey, to form a continuation of an existing forest path. As well

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CetraRuddy completes art deco skyscraper topped with “sculpted crown” in New York

November 8, 2021 Jane Englefield 0

Architecture studio CetraRuddy has created a skyscraper in New York’s Rockefeller Center with a chevron-patterned facade that pays homage to the surrounding art deco buildings. Called Rose Hill Tower, the 45-storey residential skyscraper climbs to a height of over 600 feet (183 metres) in Manhattan’s NoMad neighbourhood. It is located in the city’s Rockefeller Center, a complex

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Ten top-heavy buildings that are bigger at the top than the bottom

November 5, 2021 Jane Englefield 0

David Adjaye’s upside-down supertall skyscraper proposal for New York has raised eyebrows, but it’s not the only tall building that increases in size as it rises. Here is a roundup of 10 built and proposed examples of top-heavy buildings. Vancouver skyscrapers by Heatherwick Studio UK-based Heatherwick Studio designed two irregularly-shaped towers that, when built, will

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