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Paul de Vroom Architecten + Sputnik completes pair of Dutch towers in Moscow

March 27, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Dutch House by Paul de Vroom Architecten + Sputnik

Dutch House is a pair of brick apartment blocks in Moscow designed by Rotterdam studio Paul de Vroom Architecten + Sputnik to directly reference the architecture of the Amsterdam School. The 19- and 20-storey towers, which contain 360 apartments, were designed to stand out from the blocks that surround them in western Moscow’s District 75. To do this the

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Mjøstårnet in Norway becomes world’s tallest timber tower

March 19, 2019 India Block 0

Mjøstårnet by Voll Arkitekter in Brumunddal, Norway, has been verified as the world’s tallest timber building by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. The 85.4-metre-high tower was built using cross-laminated timber (CLT), a pioneering material that allows architects to build tall buildings from sustainable wood. It has taken the title of world’s tallest

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Brick archways topped by rounded glass tower at Arc by Koichi Takada Architects

March 18, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Koichi Takada Architects has designed a podium fronted with brick archways as the base of the glass and steel Arc tower in Sydney, Australia. The mixed-use scheme for developer Crown Group is in a historic area of Sydney’s central business district. Local firm Koichi Takada Architects combined old and new styles with a robust, arched brick

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Record-breaking 541 skyscrapers proposed for London as planning approvals soar

March 7, 2019 India Block 0

The number of new tall buildings planned for London has gone up to 541 thanks to a surge in planning approvals, according to research from New London Architecture. The New London Architecture (NLA) London Tall Buildings Survey 2018 reports that tall buildings are becoming the new normal for the UK capital. The annual survey, released this week, recorded a six

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Stefano Boeri designs Tirana Vertical Forest in Albanian capital

March 1, 2019 India Block 0

Tirana Veritical Forest Albania by Stefano Boeri

Italian architect Stefano Boeri has designed a vertical forest tower for Tirana, Albania, which will be planted with colourful and scented flowers and herbs. Named the Tirana Vertical Forest, the tower with a glass facade punctuated with fragrant planted balconies, will be one of Stefano Boeri Architetti’s signature vertical forest towers. Vertical forests are buildings that are

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Sky Trees tower proposed for Los Angeles takes cues from redwoods and Marilyn Monroe

February 14, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

Australian firm Koichi Takada Architects has unveiled a slatted timber tower for Los Angeles, featuring a splayed bottom that draws on Marilyn Monroe’s “flying skirt” moment. Koichi Takada Architects has proposed the mixed-use Sky Trees development for 1111 South Hill Street in Downtown LA. It comprises two towers – one planned to reach 70 storeys and

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Burj Jumeira supertall skyscraper will rise from fingerprint of Dubai’s ruler

February 11, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Visuals have been released of Burj Jumeira, a 550-metre-tall split-volume skyscraper in Dubai that will rise from a lake shaped like the fingerprint of the emirate’s ruler. Unveiled by state-owned Dubai Holding, the supertall skyscraper has been dubbed as the “new icon in Dubai’s skyline”, however its architect has not been disclosed. It will be located on the city’s waterfront

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Bureau Proberts wraps Brisbane tower in a slatted screen

January 29, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Walan by Bureau Proberts in Brisbane, Australia

This 14-storey riverside residential block in Brisbane, named Walan, is conceived as a stack of traditional Queenslander residences with characteristic 360-degree verandas. Bureau Proberts designed the block so that each apartment would have a similar connection with nature that a traditional Queenslander house provides. Each of the apartments occupy an entire floor, and are wrapped

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Metropolitan Workshop covers tower of modular homes with glazed ceramic tiles

January 15, 2019 India Block 0

Mapleton Crescent by Metropolitan Workshop

Metropolitan Workshop’s tower of small modular homes in London is covered in a “chameleon-style” facade of glazed terracotta that changes colour in the different light conditions. The London-based architecture studio designed Mapleton Crescent in Wandsworth, a 27-storey tower on a small plot of land, for specialist tiny home developer Pocket Living. A constrained triangular site of just 476-square-metres and

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Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill reveals design for China’s tallest skyscraper

January 14, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

China's tallest building: Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Center by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill has unveiled its design for the Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Center, a 700-metre tall glass tower in Shenzhen, China. The megatall skyscraper is set to become the tallest building in China, and the world’s third tallest building behind SOM’s 828-metre Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the 1,000 metre high Jeddah Tower, which is under construction in Saudi

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