Towers
“Landmark” Toronto Strip Club To Be Replaced With Condo Tower
Development plans that would level half of a Toronto block, including a circa-1950 strip club, to build a 514-unit condominium tower were recently filed, blogTo reports. The proposal from developer...
Birmingham, U.K. Tower Approved, Will Become City’s Tallest
Associated Architects has secured permission for a mixed-use development on behalf of Birmingham, U.K.-based developer Woodbourne Group that would be Birmingham’s tallest building at 53 stories, Building Design reports. The...
Seven New Towers Up to 55 Stories Envisioned in Toronto
A development team that consists of CentreCourt and Canadian Apartment Properties REIT envisions seven new towers ranging from 25 to 55 stories tall along Tangreen Court in the Newtonbrook community...
London Tower Design Approved with Second Staircase Added
An east London council has approved a Rio Architects-designed high-rise co-living development that will deliver 795 studio units in a 46-story block, Building Design reports. The original proposals for the...
Chicago Announces Three Winning Proposals for Re-Use Initiative in the Loop
Three initial proposals have been chosen by the City of Chicago to move forward as part of the LaSalle Reimagined project, Chicago YIMBY reports. The initiative seeks to introduce more...
Dubai Landmark One Za’Abeel with Otis VT Closes in on Completion
One Za’abeel, a striking, asymmetrical mixed-use development featuring two 75-story towers connected by The Link, expected to “break the Guinness World Record for the longest cantilevered building the world,” is...
Italian Firm Wins Design Competition for Two Vienna Towers
Italy’s Mario Cucinella Architects has won an invitation-only competition to add two multifunctional towers to Vienna, Austria’s skyline, Arch Daily reports. The project consists of two high-rise towers — 120...
Plans for London Towers Originally Refused Now Revised
Squire & Partners is facing a backlash from Westminster Council after substantially increasing the height of a three-tower housing scheme in west London, which was previously refused for being too...
BIG Unveils Skyscrapers to Join Shenzhen “Green Belt” Development
Danish architecture studio Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has revealed the Qianhai Prisma Towers in Shenzhen, China, Dezeen reports. The two towers will be comprised of leaning volumes built on either...
GP Part of Team Realizing Major TOD in Taiwan
Chicago-headquartered architecture firm Goettsch Partners (GP) announced on January 12 it is part of a team selected to design and develop a major, mixed-use transit-oriented development (TOD) in Hsinchu, considered...
