Architecture

Construction Underway for New Chicago Hotel

Construction is underway for a 28-story hotel at 150 East Ontario Street in Chicago neighborhood Streeterville, Chicago YIMBY reports. The project is one of the first major high rises in...

Mixed-Use Tower Construction Underway in Chicago

Podium construction is now giving way to tower construction for 160 North Morgan Street, a 30-story mixed-use tower in the Fulton Market District in Chicago, Chicago YIMBY reports. Planned by...

Vancouver Hotel Proposal Requests Expedited Process

Proponents of redeveloping 848 Seymour Street in downtown Vancouver into a major hotel are asking the City of Vancouver to allow the proposal to fall into an expedited application review...

Boston High Rise Features Include Touchless Elevator Access

Winthrop Center, a new, 691-foot tall mixed-use tower in Boston was recently honored with the Passive House Trailblazer award, and the structure’s 812,000 ft2 of office space will be the...

SILC Planned on September 28-30 in Santander, Spain

Santander International Lift City (SILC) 2022 is planned by IMEM Ascensores on September 28-30 at various noteworthy sites — including an art gallery, two palaces and a nature reserve —...

Schindler Modernization and New Installation at NYC Tower

A 1960s-era, 31-story commercial tower designed by Charles Luckman (architect of landmarks including Madison Square Garden) atop Pennsylvania Station at 2 Penn Plaza in Midtown Manhattan is getting an extreme...

Plans submitted for Melbourne CBD Skyscraper

London-based Wilkinson Eyre has submitted proposals for a 180-m tall skyscraper in Melbourne’s CBD that the design team says will transform a swathe of the area, Building Design reports. The...

Vantage Tapped for Modernization at Historic Chicago Tower

Urban Elevator Service chose Vantage Elevator Solutions for an eight-elevator modernization it recently completed at the historic Monadnock Building at 53 West Jackson Boulevard in Chicago’s South Loop. When it...

New Renderings Show Pair of Proposed Towers in Oakland

A slew of new renderings by Los Angeles-based Large Architecture reveals details about San Francisco-based developer Tidewater Capital’s plan for a 27-story office tower and a 39-story apartment building at...

Trio of Brick-Clad Towers Proposed on London’s Blackfriars Site

A trio of brick-clad towers designed by Foster + Partners has been proposed for 18 Blackfriars Road on London's South Bank, with the plan now set to go out for...