International News
Tall building news from Qatar and Israel
Qatar South Korean Builder Snags Big Contract in Lusail South Korean builder Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. (HECC) announced in January it had won an order worth US$530 million to...
Plans for high rises in London and Toronto
Tower to Address London’s Affordable- Housing Shortage Centro, a 40-story, 129-m-tall tower and a shorter tower, aims to address the affordable-housing shortage in London, a city just north of Lake...
An important completion, work underway and hotly debated plans for more tall construction
Final Tower of Principal Place Completed Construction of the 50-story Principal Tower, the final piece of the Principal Place project that borders the City of London, has completed, the Council...
Milestones achieved, deals made, expansions take hold and more.
Hitachi China Guangzhou Test Tower Completed Hitachi Elevator (China) Co. Ltd. has completed construction of the H1 Tower, one of the tallest elevator test towers in the world, Yahoo Finance...
Developments planned, rising across the city.
Mixed-Use High Rise Opens in Shibuya Shibuya Scramble Square, a 230-m, 46-story tower in Tokyo’s Shibuya Station District Redevelopment, has officially opened, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat...
Large projects are on the horizon for Niagara Falls, Montreal, Toronto, Barrie and Surrey.
One of Country’s Tallest Approved in Niagara Falls A 72-story tower containing a hotel and condominiums was approved in late 2019 in Niagara Falls, sparking optimism among city leaders that...
69-Story Hyatt Hotel Tower Planned in Ho Chi Minh City
Global hotel brand Hyatt has partnered with Xuan Mai Sai Gon Construction Investment Joint Stock Co. to build a 69-story hotel tower in the center of the 34-acre Eco Green...
Developments in codes, VT contracts and tall building news across the continent
Slovakia’s First Skyscraper on Drawing Boards A 168-m-tall tower with 46 above-ground stories is planned by J&T Real Estate on the Danube River in Bratislava, Slovakia, The Slovak Spectator reported....
Spanish towers see new life, while developers look to build tall in Greece and Italy.
Stalled Residential Towers on Spanish Coast Resurrected Intempo, a pair of 47-story, 187-m-tall towers containing 256 homes, has restarted construction in Benidorm on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, thanks to new...
Manchester and London are targeted for new high rises and tall redevelopments.
Tower Trio With 1,500 Homes Envisioned in Manchester Developer Renaker envisions a trio of towers up to 50 stories tall that could deliver more than 1,500 homes to the Greater...
