Architecture
Regenerative High-Rise Promotes Adaptability, Sustainability
A team consisting of architecture firm Haptic and engineering company Ramboll conceived the Regenerative High-Rise, a modular, timber-based structure that promotes adaptability and sustainability, dezeen reports. A specific height was...
Cladding Going Up on Unique Hotel on Caspian Sea in Baku
Despite windy conditions on the Caspian Sea in Baku, Azerbaijan, cladding is progressing nicely on the 36-story, 166-m-tall offshore Crescent Hotel, part of the mixed-use Crescent Bay complex, architect Pinar...
Work Begins for Multi-Construction Project in Netherlands
Workers in Rotterdam, Netherlands, have launched construction of a high-rise apartment and townhouse project known as De Zalmhaven, ArchDaily reports. The project, by developer A & Amvest, will include a...
Construction Underway at Site on NYC’s Upper East Side
Excavation works have begun preparing the site at East 83rd Street, Manhattan, NYC, for construction of a 23-story residential tower, New York YIMBY reports. The site at 250-252 East 83rd...
Photographer Showcases Third-Tallest Building in Chicago
A professional photographer has released photos of Chicago’s third-tallest structure, ArchDaily reports. St. Regis Chicago, formerly Wanda Vista Tower, is a multiple-story project capped by a 101-story supertall skyscraper. Despite...
Nearly 140-Year-Old Building Set to Open First Elevator
Before she died in 2015, Mary Faith Young longed to see the installation of an elevator within a courthouse built in 1883 in Jamestown, North Dakota, The Jamestown Sun reports....
Tower With Design Style Proposed for Brisbane, Australia
The designer Rothelowman, working with developer Aris, has come up with a 20-story tower in the Kangaroo Point area of Brisbane, Australia, ArchitectureAU reports. The designer promotes the project at...
NYC Developers Behind Jacksonville, Florida, Proposal
A partnership by a pair of development companies proposes to build a 44-story, mixed-use building on the waterfront in Jacksonville, Florida, Florida YIMBY reported in April. American Lions LLC, a...
Plans for Final Piece of Sydney Development Released
Plans for Central Barangaroo, which will be the final chapter of the 22-ha foreshore development Barangaroo, on Sydney Harbour have been released under a project development agreement between the New...
Amazon HQ2 Gets OK For Construction To Start In Virginia
One of Amazon’s HQ2 buildings, a spiral-shaped glass structure called The Helix in Arlington, Virginia, is ready for construction to begin, dezeen reports. The tower, designed by architecture studio NBBJ, will become Amazon's second headquarters...
