International News
Tokyo, Chiba are targets of new tall developments.
Tokyo Plan With 200-m-Tall Mixed-Use Tower Approved A plan to demolish older offices, apartments, houses and temples to make way for a 200-m-tall mixed-use tower on a 1.6-ha site close...
thyssenkrupp lands metro contract; big changes on the horizon for Paris skyline.
Escalator Modernization Order for thyssenkrupp thyssenkrupp won a contract to modernize 53 escalators on Line 2 of the Lille Metro in northern France, the “successful result of a longstanding customer...
Elevator showroom opens; Mumbai residential tower to get a twin.
Elite, thyssenkrupp Welcome First-of-Its- Kind Showroom Chennai-based Elite Elevators, in partnership with thyssenkrupp, inaugurated its first Home Elevator Experience Center showroom in the Prestige Meridian tower in Bengaluru, India, on...
Announcement, update on the two tallest towers for the country
Hyundai Motor Group to Build South Korea’s Tallest A 105-story, 569-m-tall skyscraper that would serve as headquarters for Hyundai Motor Group in the Gangnam District of Seoul could start construction...
Tall-building completion and other important skyline-changing updates
Twentytwo Office Tower Tops Out PLP Architecture’s Twentytwo, the latest high rise in the city, became the district’s tallest building when it recently topped out, the Council on Tall Buildings...
Towers in record-breaking numbers and heights are on tap.
Report: 80 New Skyscrapers Planned in Toronto Demand for housing and limited space have positioned Toronto for a spike in skyscraper construction, with 80 projects on the drawing boards, the...
Big contracts and plans in Chengdu, Jinan, Shenzhen and Shanghai
KONE to Equip New International Airport KONE announced in April it has won an order to deliver 216 elevators to the Tianfu International Airport in Chengdu. The airport, in the...
IoT in B.C. and a striking tower for downtown Toronto
A Closer Look at IoT Improving VT Safety Although already used in vertical-transportation (VT) systems, internet of things (IoT) sensor technology has the potential to take public safety to the...
Shanghai, Shenzhen see big plans, completions.
Otis Completes One-Of-A-Kind Modernization in Shanghai Otis Elevator (China) Co. Ltd. recently completed the modernization of the elevator system at the 468-m-tall sightseeing attraction Shanghai Oriental Pearl TV and Radio...
London, Birmingham see tall construction and more.
“World’s Tallest” Vertical Lift Bridge for London The Architects’ Journal reported on details of a proposal to construct the world’s tallest vertical lift bridge in southeast London. It mentions Transport...
