Architecture
Two-Tower “Gateway to the Chicago River” Breaks Ground in Chicago
Local elected officials, project partners, labor leaders and community stakeholders gathered on June 17 for a groundbreaking ceremony for the first phase of a two-tower residential complex at 400 Lake...
VT Companies Exhibit at AIA2024 in Washington, D.C.
Vertical-transportation (VT) companies that exhibited at the 2024 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Conference on Architecture & Design (AIA24) on June 5-8 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in...
1000M, Final Skyscraper Designed by Jahn, Opens in Chicago
1000M, a 73-story, 738-unit residential skyscraper that was the last designed by legendary architect Helmet Jahn before his untimely death in 2021, opened in downtown Chicago on June 13, CBS...
Ground Broken on 190-M-Tall Mixed-Use Tower in Mexico
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), in collaboration with Mexico City-based Estudio AMA and interior designer Esrawe Studio, has revealed a new 190-m-tall mixed-use tower in Guadalajara, Mexico, which broke ground...
CTBUH Announces 2024 Award of Excellence Winners
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) recently announced its 2024 Award of Excellence winners, more than 100 of the most exemplary projects in the architecture, engineering and...
Architect’s Cheongdoam Tower Design Chosen in Competition
J. Mayer H. Architects has won the Seoul City Urban/Architecture Creation/Innovation Design Project contest for its “Cheongdoam Tower” design in Seoul, South Korea, Arch Daily reports. The design was chosen...
Construction Resumes on Future World’s Tallest Jeddah Tower
Outlets including Architectural Digest (AD) report that construction has resumed on Jeddah Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which, at 3,281 ft, promises to be the world's tallest tower once completed...
KONE Provides New Elevators for Repositioned Manhattan Office Building
KONE tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided 16 new elevators with destination dispatch for the former CBS headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, NYC, a 38-story office building originally designed by Eero Saarinen...
Blackfriars Tower Scheme Recommended for Approval
Planning officers have recommended approval of Foster + Partners’ plans for a mammoth mixed-use development at 18 Blackfriars Road in Southwark, London, featuring a 45-story skyscraper alongside 22- and 40-story...
Switzerland Event To Focus on Cities of the Future
neext, along with host Schindler Aufzüge AG, is presenting “City of the Future – Sustainable. Connected. Worth living.” on April 25 in Lucerne, Switzerland. The program will look at the...
