Copenhagen architects BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, in collaboration with ARUP and Transsolar have won the first prize to design sustainable skyscraper – Shenzhen International Energy Mansion in Shenzhen, China. The façade is conceived as a folded skin that shades the office complex from direct sunlight and integrates solar thermal panels, reducing the overall energy [...]

C. F. Møller Architects and Norwegian firm Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter cooperate to design a new landmark for Oslo. A high-rise development, located at Norways most important traffic hub in central Oslo, and with fantastic views of the waterfront and fjord-landscape beyond. The project is expected to be completed within 3-5 years. + Project description courtesy of [...]

Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has designed a mixed-used development – De Rotterdam ‘Vertical City’ located in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with approximately 155.000 m2 floor area and 150 meters high, scheduled to be completed in 2011. + Project description courtesy of OMA Part of an effort to regenerate the Kop van Zuid area of Rotterdam, these three [...]

Mixed use tower in San Jose de Costa Rica, designed by Spanish firm Moho Architects which is currently in schematic design stage and is expected to be completed in 2012. + Project description courtesy of Moho Architects Rising above the skyline of San Jose in Costa Rica, this mixed use tower will be a new landmark, providing [...]

Italy-based architect firm Park Associati has designed a 145 m high Regnum residential and office tower located in Istanbul, Turchia. The sinuous form of the tower consists of three main elements united around a central transparent volume and its various façades change according to the position of the viewer. + Project description courtesy of Park Associati The [...]

Aqua Tower by Studio Gang Architects in Chicago has a beautiful vertical topographical pattern which is defined by outdoor terrace projections. These outdoor terraces gradually change from floor to floor over the height of the building that presents a sculptural appearance to the city. + Project description courtesy of Studio Gang Architects Aqua Tower is an 82-story [...]

A young Sweden based architecture firm Visiondivision believes in strong concepts and constantly re-investigating their role as architects by always pushing the limits of their field of work and the strategies of their design. Tornado, is an entry for an opera competition in Taiwan which was a collaboration with Markus Wagner, a member of Svensk [...]

3XN Architects has proposed a futuristic bridge tower that over-arch the Copenhagen Harbor, the CPH Arch. The idea is to create a city gateway and a tower bridge that links Marmormolen with Langeliniekaj. Due to the city development movement towards water, the tower and bridge is formed, reinforced and become part of the movement in the [...]

Ian Bryan Architects designed a 14 storey tower in Walter Jinonice Development that will act as a visual focal point and landmark for the whole development. The incredible tower ideally inclined towards highway is to expose the visual connection to the public [...]

Dutch architects MVRDV and Danish co-architects ADEPT have won a competition to design the Rødovre Skyscraper in Copenhagen, Denmark. By creating a tower that is basically a grid structure with a minimal pixel size, any configuration can be imagined and filled in. [...]

Another new iconic building for Abu Dhabi, UAE. The Capital Gate rises in 160 metres and 35 storeys tall, is the tallest structure in the Capital Centre development, that to house a 5 star hotel Hyatt International with various exclusive offices. The hotel will open in 2009 and will be the first Hyatt operated hotel [...]

Project: The Bella Center Architect: 3XN architects Location: Island of Amager, Denmark Area: 31,000 m2 (Phase 1 16,000 m2 + Phase 2 15,000 m2) Team: Kim Herforth Nielsen, Bo Boje Larsen, Jan Ammundsen, Marie Hesseldahl Larsen, Maiken Schmidt Nielsen, Børge Motland, Svend Roald Jensen, Jørgen Søndermark, Bodil Nordstrøm images © 3XN architects 3XN architects have created a new landmark building, the [...]

Type: 1st prize in the 2002 competition Project: FiftyTwoDegrees, Business Innovation Centre Architect: Mecanoo architecten Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands Total area: 70,000 square meters Completed: 2008 Structural Engineer: ARUP (competition) Client: Ballast Nedam Bouw, Arnhem ICE Ontwikkeling, Nijmegen Architectural Drawings courtesy Mecanoo architecten Photographed by Christian Richters FiftyTwoDegrees, a Business Innovation Centre with 86 meter tall tower stands on a slope and is fluidly yet [...]

Project: Le Projet Triangle, Porte de Versailles Architect: Herzog & de Meuron Location: Paris, France Completion: 2006 – 2014 (planned completion) image © Herzog & de Meuron Herzog & de Meuron’s new project raises up in Paris, by lifting of a ban on tall buildings in the city Paris reveals its first inner city tower since 1977. This is why [...]