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China’s Next Tallest Building Breaks Ground in Shanghai – Shanghai Tower

January 11, 2009

Three months after mainland China’s tallest building opened to tenants, ground is being broken just next door in Shanghai for a $2.2 billion building more than one-fourth higher. Next up is a 632-meter, 128-floor building dubbed Shanghai Tower. China’s latest fantastical super-tall shopping, office and hotel skyscraper is designed to curl heavenward, incorporating “green” elements [...]

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Shanghai World Financial Center named “Best Tall Building Overall”

December 24, 2008

The Council on Tall Buildings and the Urban Habitat has named the Shanghai World Financial Center the “Best Tall Building Overall” for 2008. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) and completed last year, the building was chosen from among four “Regional Tall Building” winners, including The New York Times Building by Renzo Piano Building Workshop [...]

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Burj Dubai will probably be the tallest building for the next 10 years

December 22, 2008

The global financial crisis has assured that Emaar’s Burj Dubai would continue to remain the tallest skyscraper, atleast for a decade, and would keep up the region’s pride, say analysts. Although, several other projects were announced that claimed to surpass Burj Dubai’s height, analysts now agree that all such projects would require several billions for [...]

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Econimic downturn affects 124 Skyscrapers worldwide

December 22, 2008

Anybody involved in real estate is probably aware of how the current financial crisis is slashing construction starts worldwide. Yet another alarming indicator shows up in the database of Emporis GmbH, the world’s largest provider of global building data. Looking only at skyscrapers, which Emporis defines as buildings at least 100 meters tall, work has [...]

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The Atrium

November 4, 2008

Dubai’s iconic Burj Al Arab and Emirates Towers will be joined by another iconic building with the launch of Sunland Group’s The Atrium, a USD 2.2 Billion luxury mixed-use development with a highly sculptural glass façade, located in Madinat Al Arab, the premier beachfront community at the prestigious Waterfront precinct – one of the most [...]

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Nakheel Tower – Dubai aims to top its own world’s tallest tower

October 7, 2008

The Dubai developer Nakheel – the company that created man-made islands in the shapes of a palm tree and the world – said the structure would be the centre-piece of an inner-city harbour planned as the emirate’s unofficial capital. It would not comment on the exact height or cost of the Islamic design-inspired Nakheel Tower. [...]

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Herzog & de Meuron’s new Paris skyscraper – Delanoe Tower

September 30, 2008

This 180m-high Herzog & de Meuron-designed pyramid tower is a proposal for the first skyscraper in Paris for 30 years. The 50-storey building will be situated in the south-west of the city at the Porte de Versailles. It has been nicknamed the ‘Delanoë tower’ after the city’s socialist mayor Bertrand Delanoë, who won the fight [...]

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56 Leonard Street – First Skyscraper by Herzog de Meuron Rising in NYC

September 15, 2008

pToday New York developers Izak Senbahar and Simon Elias unveiled the design of 56 Leonard Street, a 57-story condominium tower that is now under construction in Manhattan’s Tribeca Historic District. It will be the first skyscraper realized by Switzerland–based Herzog amp; de Meuron./p

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Shanghai World Financial Center Opens becomes 2nd tallest building in the world

August 29, 2008

Shanghai will open the world’s third-tallest skyscraper to the public tomorrow (August 30th 2008) , 14 years after the project began. Total investment in the 101-story, 492-meter-high landmark project, located in Pudong’s Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone, amounts to over eight billion Yuan (1.16 billion U.S. dollars).

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