Skyscrapers
Plans Filed for Project Include Australia’s Tallest Tower
Amidst escalating construction costs and a crippling labor shortage, a Melbourne consortium has filed plans for Australia’s tallest tower on the Gold Coast, The Urban Developer reports. The AUD$400-million proposal...
Commercial Tower Envisioned Over Historic Melbourne Venue
Developer LaSalle Investment Management hopes to build a AUD200-million (US$138.6 million) cantilevered 35-story tower above Melbourne, Australia’s heritage-listed Comedy Theatre, which has been operating at 222-240 Exhibition Street since the...
Supertall Iconic Tower in Egypt’s NAC Makes Progress
Iconic Tower, at 393.8 m tall and 77 stories a supertall, is making progress in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital (NAC), with the concrete core complete and finishing touches underway, the...
Calgary Tower Development Threatens Historic Sites
A downtown development proposed for Calgary’s Stephen Avenue in Canada has major implications for several historic sites in the area, Calgary Herald reports. The proposal, from local firm Triovest, is for...
Gehry-Designed Toronto Skyscrapers Given Name Forma
Two towers planned in Toronto and designed by architect Frank Gehry are officially named Forma, STOREYS reports. A mixed-use development set to rise at 266-284 King Street West, the towers,...
Developers Call For Larger Tower Project In Sacramento
Developers of an apartment and office tower in Sacramento, California, are promoting an even larger building than originally mentioned, The Sacramento Bee reports. The proposed building, set for the empty...
Experts Invited To Present At CTBUH Annual Conference
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) offers its 2022 International Conference, set to be held November 9-12, and is inviting designers, developers, construction leaders, repair experts and...
Experts: COVID-19, Climate Change to Impact Tower Design
Just as the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center in NYC prompted significant changes in skyscraper design, the COVID-19 pandemic of the past couple of years and...
New Detailed Massing Renderings Revealed for Two Towers in Miami, Florida
A new set of detailed massing renderings have been revealed for two nearly-identical towers in Miami, Florida, Florida YIMBY reports. The two 848-ft-tall towers, referred to as One MiamiCentral, will be located...
City of London’s Skyscraper Appetite Remains “Fierce”
A growing amount of empty office space and a push toward carbon neutrality have thus far failed to quell the City of London's "fierce" appetite for tall-building construction, with six...
