Supertall

NYC Billionaires Row Condo Board Sues for US$125 Million

The condo board of the pencil-thin, Rafael Viñoly-designed NYC Billionaires Row supertall 432 Park Avenue sued the tower's developers on September 23 for US$125 million, citing a litany of issues...

NYC Supertall by Prolific Architect KPF Set to Rise

Demolition preparations at the 105-year-old, 15-story former Metropolitan Transportation Authority headquarters are ramping up at 343 Madison Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan, NYC, to make way for a 1,050-ft-tall commercial...

Demolition Complete to Make Way for Billionaires’ Row Supertall

Demolition of structures at 41-47 West 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan to make way for a 1,100-ft-tall, mixed-use supertall designed by OMA and developed by Sedesco is complete, New York YIMBY...

1,100-ft Supertall Proposed for West 57th Street in NYC

The NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) indicates that planning is underway for a mixed-use, 1,100-ft-tall tower at 41-47 West 57th Street, New York YIMBY reported. The development applicant, BOB 57, LLC, is...

Excavation Underway to Make Way for Brooklyn Supertall

Excavation is underway to make way for a 941-ft-tall, 79-story mixed-use supertall designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill at 625 Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn, NYC, New York YIMBY reports. Developed by Rabsky...

Kettle Collective Designs World’s Second-Tallest Tower

Scottish architecture practice Kettle Collective has unveiled designs for a 703-m-tall supertall skyscraper in St. Petersburg, Russia, which would be the second-tallest building in the world, Dezeen reported on May 26. Called Lakhta Centre...

Work Completes On Australia 108 In Melbourne

Australia 108, a 100-story supertall apartment tower adjacent to Melbourne’s CBD in Southbank, has achieved final completion with the conclusion of interior construction, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reported...

Observatory With Glass Elevator to Debut in Manhattan

Summit One Vanderbilt, an observatory in the crown of the new 1,401-ft-tall One Vanderbilt office supertall in Midtown Manhattan, is set to open on October 21, developer SL Green announced...

New York YIMBY: Supertalls among skyscrapers on the drawing boards or marking milestones.

Supertalls Part of Cuomo-Backed ESD Plan Around Penn Station Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the board of directors of Empire State Development (ESD) has adopted a general plan for high-density redevelopment...

Vertical Transportation: A Primer

New CTBUH e-book focuses on putting and keeping our industry in the minds of supertall designers. The book’s cover features escalators and elevators grouped complementarily in a mall configuration; rendering...