Skyscrapers

Ever Wonder Why There Are No Skyscrapers in the Middle of Manhattan?

If you never knew, or thought you knew, the reason why there are no skyscrapers in the middle of the Big Apple, Matt Chaban reports on the true cause, debunking a popular myth.

20 January 2012 - 11:00am

The New York Observer

The Tallest Skyscraper In Western Europe

Known as 'The Shard', the new skyscraper being built in London will have 72 floors, and stand 1,017 feet. Both opponents and critics agree: The building will "change London -- for centuries."

10 January 2012 - 12:00pm

Spiegel Online

Skyscraper District Faces Real Estate Board Opposition

The plan to historically designate downtown Brooklyn's skyscrapers, which has been approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, is facing backlash from the city's Real Estate Board.

17 December 2011 - 5:00am

The Wall Street Journal

Brooklyn Developers Embark On Race Into The Sky

Long the sole preserve of Manhattan developers, Brooklyn is now the setting for its own race to the sky. Two developers are planning to break ground next year on residential buildings that will loom nearly 100 ft over any of their predecessors.

13 December 2011 - 7:00am

The Wall Street Journal

No New Skyscrapers, Says Planning Chief

London's chief planning officer says that after the current sequence of skyscrapers is built, it is likely that "...we will not see new ones planned."

30 October 2011 - 11:00am

The Independent

A Skyscraper in the Arctic

Toronto architect Reza Aliabadi took a trip into the far northern reaches of Nunavut, Canada's Inuit territory. There, the flatness of the tundra and the stone stacks made by the Inuit inspired him to propose a stacked housing tower.

27 September 2011 - 7:00am

The Globe and Mail

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Skyscraper Historic District Rubber Stamped in Brooklyn

Yesterday, the Brooklyn's Landmark Preservation Commission unanimously approved the creation of an historic district in the downtown.

14 September 2011 - 8:00am

WYNC

Skyscrapers and the World of Tomorrow

Are skyscrapers the way to achieve great density, or a form of retro-urbanism that should be retired? With a debate simmering in the planning world over the energy efficiency and urban necessity of tall towers, Planetizen's staff decided to determine the answer once and for all.

1 September 2011 - 11:20am

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Inside Bangkok's "Ghost Tower"

Photojournalist and blogger Dr. Hank Snaffler, Jr. documents the Sathorn Unique, an abandoned skyscraper at the heart of Bangkok.

20 June 2011 - 10:00am

Abandoned Journey

Sideways Train Bridges as Precursors to Skyscrapers

The early skyscrapers were inspired by the idea of turning steel train bridges on their sides. This episode of 99% Invisible explains.

10 June 2011 - 11:00am

99% Invisible

London's Skyscraper Boom Trickles Off

A number of large skyscrapers in London, approved and financed before the recession, are being completed. But with no new ones planned, these skyscrapers are looked at as the end of an age of large-scale building.

21 April 2011 - 1:00pm

Bloomberg

Is China Headed For a Bust?

Analyst Vikram Mansharamani thinks China's construction bubble is going to burst, and he says the number of skyscrapers going up in the country is a clear indicator.

19 March 2011 - 11:00am

Tech Ticker

Squatters Dominate Caracas Tower Amid Housing Shortage

As housing costs rise and supplies dwindle in Caracas, more than 2500 squatters have occupied a downtown skyscraper.

2 March 2011 - 10:00am

The New York Times

NYC Gets a Slice of Scandinavian Urbanism

A residential development in the Upper West Side aims to bring a taste of Danish urban aesthetic to the Big Apple.

16 February 2011 - 8:00am

GOOD Magazine

Urban Amusement Parks

Harvard GSD graduate Ju-Hyun Kim thinks we should be building amusement parks as skyscrapers, cutting down on the costly commute to the outside of town.

5 January 2011 - 8:00am

Fast Company

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China Shoots Upward

Out of the 15 tallest buildings in the world, ten are in China.

3 January 2011 - 9:00am

PressTV

Signage Issues Resolved, Skyscrapers Get Approved in L.A.

Previous renderings of the building proposed for the two-tower, 42-story building on L.A.'s Wilshire Blvd. showed almost the entire structure wrapped in advertising. With a more modest space for signage, the project gets the thumbs-up.

18 December 2010 - 9:00am

Curbed LA

The Tension Between Density and Place

Looking at a battle earlier this year over a proposed 430-ft. high skyscraper in San Francisco, John Parman says the problem with dense buildings is that they need to work with the surrounding place types.

17 December 2010 - 7:00am

Living Urbanism

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