Skyscrapers
Planned $2bn Melbourne skyscraper project to deliver Australia’s tallest building
Green-lit project will feature pair of towers, apartments, offices, luxury hotel and 6,000 sq metres of green space
Adeshola Ore
17, Apr, 2023 @8:34 AM
Nine million people in a city 170km long; will the world ever be ready for a linear metropolis?
Saudi Arabia has unveiled designs for a futuristic megastructure in the desert. But it is an idea that has preoccupied the imaginations of architects – and megalomaniacs – for generations
Oliver Wainwright
08, Sep, 2022 @9:00 AM
The Coffee Stirrer: New York’s super-thin skyscraper is ready for residents – just don’t mention the swaying
The Steinway Tower in Manhattan is so tall and skinny that luxury homes on the upper floors whip around by a few feet whenever the wind gets up
11, Apr, 2022 @2:34 PM
How to make London greener: stick up a tower block with a roof garden
The idea may not win the Garden Museum’s competition but, as a parody, it deserves a prize
Rowan Moore
14, Aug, 2021 @2:00 PM
New York deserves better than Andrew Cuomo’s towering folly Rowan Moore
The state governor seems determined to give the city’s famous skyline a lumpy revamp
Rowan Moore
18, Apr, 2021 @6:15 AM
Shard freeclimber faces court case over breach of injunction
George King to appear at Royal Courts of Justice after scaling the 72-storey skyscraper in July
Amy Walker
20, Oct, 2019 @3:02 PM
Weatherwatch: glass skyscrapers are worst energy offenders
Big windows and high air-conditioning needs mean radical new approaches are needed
Jeremy Plester
30, Sep, 2019 @8:30 PM
The New York high life has given me a new fear – of elevators | Emma Brockes
When I lived on the 36th floor, every single day I had to suppress a surge of dread, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
Emma Brockes
05, Sep, 2019 @3:00 PM
City of London tightens rules on skyscrapers over wind tunnel fears
Developers will have to modify designs deemed likely to affect cyclists and pedestrians
Gwyn Topham and Adelina Adjei
19, Aug, 2019 @11:01 PM
César Pelli obituary
Distinguished architect who designed the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and One Canada Square in London
Steve Rose
21, Jul, 2019 @3:54 PM
Sadiq Khan has rejected the Tulip. But that won’t save London’s skyline | Simon Jenkins
The mayor has been as bad as Boris Johnson in bowing down to speculators, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Simon Jenkins
18, Jul, 2019 @9:00 AM
Which is the world's most vertical city?
You might think of Hong Kong, given its famous skyscraper skyline, but by different measures of verticality other cities come out on top
Matthew Keegan
16, Jul, 2019 @11:00 AM
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