The Tallest Buildings in the World

One day after resolving issues between a developer and landowners,
bulldozers rumbled into a giant pit on Thursday to begin construction of
the glittering Freedom Tower skyscraper meant to symbolize New York”s
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Manchester”s skyline entered a new era yesterday as work was
completed on a shimmering tower block which is the UK”s highest
residential building and second only to London”s Canary Wharf among
British skyscrapers. The Beetham Tower, which settles into a vista that
already includes Urbis, a blue glass building shaped like a ski slope, will
become the UK”s tallest residential building when the apartments which
fill its top 24 floors are occupied. It soars 157 metres (515ft), and an
additional glass blade adds an extra 14 metres. The five-star Hilton hotel
will occupy floors 1 to 23, with the penthouse reserved for the architect,
Ian Simpson, who gets five bedrooms,

Developer Peter Wang is planning a 63-story skyscraper in downtown Oakland that could become the tallest building in the Bay Area.
Originally proposed as the home of the University of California"s systemwide offices, the project has morphed into a more ambitious form, with extra floors, a hotel and enough leasable commercial space to make it [...]

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP has won an international competition in China to design one of the most environmentally-sustainable buildings in the world, the
Chicago-based architecture and engineering firm announced today. SOM — in cooperation with the Guangzhou Pearl River Engineering Construction Supervision
Corp., and Guangzhou Design Institute — will design Pearl River Tower, a 69-story corporate headquarters, for the CNTC Guangdong Company. The tower will be
located in Guangzhou China, a subtropical port city of 6.6 million located 182 kilometers from Hong Kong. “This project represents our commitment to sustainable
design,” SOM Managing Partner Thomas Kerwin said. “It also represents our commitment and spirit of mutual collaboration

Chicago-based Studio/Gang/Architects has released its initial designs for
Aqua, an 83-story residential and hotel tower just south of the Chicago
River. The building will be located in the city”s new 28-acre Lakeshore
East Development, south of the Chicago River and east of the Loop.Firm
principal Jeanne Gang created rippling edges in the concrete-framed
structure”s facade by using a unique floor plate for each of its concrete
slabs. The unit plans are conventional, comprising twelve variations
enclosed by a glass thermal envelope. Photo: David Seide/Defined
Space Advertisement But the undulating exterior spaces, which Gang
conceived as terraces rather than individual balconies, give each
apartment and hotel unit its own outdoor space. Gang”s

JULY 28, 2005 — There may be a new tall kid on the block: Plans for a
new Santiago Calatrava-designed tower for Chicago have been
announced, and that means competition for New York City”s planned
1,776-foot Freedom Tower before construction has even begun on either
project. The “Fordham Spire” (named for the development company)-
which will reportedly rise to 2,000 feet, making it the tallest in the United
States-is planned for the Windy City”s Near North Side, alongside Lake
Michigan, and will house condominium units and a hotel.While the stature
rivalry between Fordham and Freedom may make waves stateside, the
contest is beside the point on the global level: Skidmore, Owings