Architecture

Japan’s Tallest Building Now Complete

Pelli Clarke & Partners has completed the Mori JP Tower, now standing as Japan’s tallest building at 330 m, ArchDaily reports. Situated in the recently revitalized Azabudai Hills district, the...

Nippon Otis Digitally Connected Elevators for New Tokyo Landmark

Nippon Otis Elevator Co. provided 14 digitally connected, smart elevators to the new Azabudai Hills mixed-use complex in Tokyo, Nippon Otis announced on March 21. The order includes four Gen2®...

Clarkson + Varick Names Kirles Girgis Director of Engineering

National vertical-transportation consultancy Clarkson + Varick recently named Kirles Girgis director of engineering. With more than 10 years' experience in national leadership roles at Schindler and consulting firm Lerch Bates,...

Foster + Partners Behind Plans for World’s Tallest Building

Architects’ Journal has announced that Foster + Partners is working on a multibillion-dollar project to build the world’s tallest building — a 2-km-high skyscraper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, twice the...

Seven-Tower Scheme in the Works for London Development

Howells is working up plans to build seven mixed-use towers on a riverside plot in London opposite the O2 Arena, Building Design reports. The plot has been vacant for more...

Register for CTBUH 2024 Europe Conference in Istanbul

Organizers of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) 2024 Europe Conference in Istanbul, Türkiye, on April 18-19 invite interested parties to register now to secure their spots...

MVRDV Wins China Software Park Design Competition

Rotterdam, Netherland-based architecture and urban design practice MVRDV has won the competition to design two structures within the Tianfu Software Park in Chengdu, China, ArchDaily reports. One of the structures...

Entries Now Open for the AJ Architecture Awards

Architects’ Journal has announced the return of the AJ Architecture Awards for the seventh consecutive year. Open to all practices regardless of size or scale, these awards highlight the very...

Architect Proposes Alternative To Address NYC Housing Shortage

Vishaan Chakrabarti, founder of NYC-based Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) said in a New York Times opinion piece in December 2023 that PAU has prepared an analysis showing that...

Winning Design for Tencent’s New Global HQ in China

Büro Ole Scheeren has won an international competition for the design of Tencent’s new global headquarters (HQ) in Shenzhen, China, Arch Daily reports. The new structure, occupying a 14-ha site,...