Towers
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...
Revised London Mixed-Use Redevelopment Plans Submitted
Simpson Haugh’s plans for a mixed-use redevelopment of a historic listed warehouse building in the center of Manchester were recently submitted to the city council — four years after an...
Ceremony Held For Transamerica Pyramid Renovation
SHVO, the new owner of San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid and two adjacent buildings, has started renovations of the iconic property with an official ceremony, SF Yimby reports. Though not a...
Three-Tower London Scheme Approved at Appeal
Tottenham Hotspur FC (Football Club) and F3 Architects have had their proposals for an 867-home development on land near the FC’s north London stadium approved at appeal after Haringey Council...
East London Council Expected to Greenlight Tower Plans
Councillors in east London are being advised to approve demolition of their current headquarters to make way for two SimpsonHaugh-designed residential towers, Building Design reports. Tower Hamlets Council’s strategic development...
Two-Tower, Mixed-Use Plan for Miami Suburb
If developer Ocean Dadeland, LLC, receives approval from Miami Dade County, an approximately 1 acre site on South Dixie Highway in Dadeland, a neighborhood in the Miami suburb of Kendall,...
Plans for Florida Twin Towers Announced
New York-based architecture and design studio ODA has revealed renderings of its newest residential towers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida: “Ombelle,” World Architecture News reports. Dependable Equities has tapped the studio...
