Skyscrapers

The world's skinniest skyscraper, under construction on Manhattan "Billionaire's Row," is over budget with 60 stories left to build.

July 28, 2017 - The New York Post

Los Angeles' new Wilshire Grand tower is tall and impressive. But, in reality, it's about 100 feet shorter and perhaps less impressive than the arbiters of skyscrapers say it is. Whatever the definition, it might be time to quit venerating height.

June 28, 2017 - California Planning & Development Report

Friday was the first day the public could walk into Los Angeles' new iconic skyscraper. The Wilshire Grand is noteworthy for more than just its height.

June 24, 2017 - KPCC

With a new high-rise under construction and even taller high-rise working its way through planning approvals, the Washington, D.C. area's building envelope is reaching new heights.

May 23, 2017 - Greater Greater Washington

Slated for the site of the late Hudson's department store, Dan Gilbert's mixed-use mecca and its glassy 734-foot tower would symbolize Detroit's rebirth, in downtown at least.

March 11, 2017 - Detroit Free Press

In Los Angeles, Curbed has declared 2016 "the year of the skyscraper."

March 2, 2017 - Curbed LA

In a growing London, skyscrapers seem to be popping up everywhere, We Plan London catalogs the ten tallest.

February 8, 2017 - We Plan London

Dezeen presents a not-so-humble list of the ten best skyscrapers opened to the public in 2016.

December 20, 2016 - Dezeen

San Francisco's Transamerica Pyramid, designed by architect William Pereira, is no longer the tallest building in the city. The city's architecture critic expects it will still be the most iconic building in the city.

October 10, 2016 - The San Francisco Chronicle

CityLab reviews the "Skyscraper" mobile app game, from Tinybop, Inc.

July 30, 2016 - CityLab

The title of tallest building west of the Mississippi, property of the U.S. Bank Tower in Los Angeles since 1989, will soon go to another building. What does that say about the post-recession of West Coast cities?

June 22, 2016 - The Architect's Newspaper

The New York Times Magazine has published a big, interactive issue devoted to the skyscrapers of Manhattan.

June 7, 2016 - The New York Times Magazine

The high-water marks showing where the last boom broke under the pressure of the Great Recession are still visible in cities all over the country. The Chicago Tribune recently checked on a particularly poignant example in Chicago.

March 24, 2016 - Chicago Tribune

The Vista Tower is expected for completion in 2020, when it will become the world's tallest tower designed by a woman.

February 26, 2016 - The Wall Street Journal

Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the 1,066-foot building is what distinguishes it from other high rises of its size across the East River—it will be residential.

February 22, 2016 - The New York Times

A new book, "London Rising," collects photos taken in not-quite-legal fashion from the tops of London's tallest buildings and structures.

February 12, 2016 - The Guardian

Take a tour of the changes coming the to the Transbay District in San Francisco.

January 31, 2016 - San Francisco Chronicle

The new record for skyscrapers built in a year brakes the record set by the previous year. The record is expected to be set again next year.

January 24, 2016 - Dezeen

The Washington Post performs a sort of reverse archaeology: looking skyward to the heights of building for a record of the country's economic fortunes.

January 11, 2016 - The Washington Post - Wonkblog

Federal regulators might have killed a proposal that would have built the tallest skyscraper on the West Coast in the city of Seattle.

January 4, 2016 - Puget Sound Business Journal