Skyscraper Archives - Page 2 of 2

a Case for Building Middle-Heavy Cities

In the past century, a global proliferation of dense cities filled with high-rise towers has quickly become a dominate form

I went out to Singapore’s upscale housing district along Orchard Road this weekend to check out a few new starchitect-designed

After much public anticipation over the incredible design, the luciously verdant Parkroyal on Pickering hotel just opened to the public

I recently attended Anthony Wood‘s lecture in Crown Hall (IIT) on 28 March. He spoke about how tall buildings should

The Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center by Harry Weese is an intriguing typological study, a prison taking the form of a

Singapore’s mega public housing project -the Pinnacle@Duxton- is both the largest public housing development in the world and has the

Incredible views of Orchard Road and the Singapore Skyline from the Ion Sky Observatory at the top of Ion Orchard.

Taipei 101- The former tallest building in the world at 510m. The massive counterweight ball that reduces vibrations in

Santiago Calatrava’s Twisting Torso residential tower in Malmo, Sweden. Images by Jonathan Choe

In 2012, I spent a year living in the iconic Chicago skyscraper Marina City, by architect Bertrand Goldberg. Here’s some