Latin America

Woman Dies In Mexico Elevator Shaft Fall

A mother in Mexico plunged to her death when an elevator door opened on an empty shaft, Latin Post reports. The woman reportedly attempted to take the elevator at a...

Sky-High Condo Tower, Sky- High Prices a First in Tijuana

The first residents are set to start moving in in June at the 34-story, 404-ft-tall Sayan Campestre tower, the tallest in Tijuana, Mexico, with prices rarely seen in the local...

Ritz-Carlton to Occupy Striking Buenos Aires Structure

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. plans to open a hotel and residences in a striking 43-story structure planned by developer NorthBaires on the Puerto Madero waterfront in Buenos Aires, Argentina, La...

Developments in Australia, Asia, South America warrant notice.

Big Plans in Australian Cities Developer Beulah International selected Green Spine, a “twisting garden” by UNStudio and Cox Architecture, as the winner of an international design competition that will include...

Tallest Hotel in Cuba Planned Despite Criticism

A real-estate subsidiary of GAESA, the military consortium in Cuba, could break ground in September on a 154-m-tall, 42-story hotel in Havana that would be Cuba’s tallest hotel, the Council...

Mexico City Looks to Get Another Tallest Building

Mexican development company Abilia plans to resume work on Reforma 432, an office building set to have 57 floors, the same as the city’s current tallest building, Torre Reforma (ELEVATOR...

Different views of the proposed tower; images courtesy of RSHP

54-Story City of London Tower Approved

FUJITEC DX CERTIFICATION RENEWED BY METI

Fujitec DX Certification Renewed by METI

EFESME PARIS ROUNDTABLE CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY

EFESME Paris Roundtable Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Images courtesy of Aparna Constructions

Otis India to Equip Five Projects With 178 Elevators

Elevator entrance; image courtesy of NYC Housing Connect via New York YIMBY

Skyline Elevator System For New Brooklyn Residential Building