Puerta Reforma Tower, Mexico
Puerta Reforma Tower, designed by Fernando Romero, is the tallest tower in Mexico City. Reflecting the site’s unique diamond-shaped geometry, the Reforma Tower is a 73-level, 3-volume skyscraper intended as a landmark next to the Puerta Reforma area of Mexico City. The tower is currently under construction. Each of the tower’s zones serves a specific programmatic and economic purpose. The lower volume at the base of the tower houses Mexico…
King Toronto Development, Canada
Bjarke Ingels Group has revealed new images for their King Street West condo community in Toronto. BIG proposed a mixed-use development with a public plaza that will create a new center for the community. The development was formed as sets of pixels extruded upwards to create space for housing, retail and boutique offices. Each pixel set at the size of a room; rotated 45 degrees from the street grid to increase exposure to light and…
World's Thinnest Skyscraper
'111 West 57th Street', also known as the Steinway Tower, is a residential tower by SHoP Architects. It sits on the southern edge of Central Park, in an area known as Billionaires’ Row, on the most expensive street in the world. With a total height of 435 meters, Steinway Tower is among the tallest buildings in New York City. On completion, Steinway Tower will hold the title of the world’s most slender skyscraper, with a…
Suzhou IFS (International Financial Square) Tower, China
The Suzhou IFS Tower, designed by Kohn Pederson Fox, is a modern, technological, and symbolic embodiment of Suzhou’s culture, history, and identity. The 452 meters tall tower is reminiscent of a glorious glassfish, symbolizing longevity and prosperity for the 2,500-year-old city. The building’s curved tail allows its form to transition from the nearby Jinji Lake and surrounding buildings up through the tower, which gently twists to gesture back toward the water. At night, the building…
Train Station in the Forest, China
MAD Architects unveils their design for “Train Station in the Forest” in Jiaxing, a key city for several major industries in southeast China. The project covers an area of 35.4 hectares, encompassing the plazas to the north and south, a renovation of the adjacent People’s Park and a full-scale reconstruction of the historical Jiaxing train station, which was originally constructed in 1907 but destroyed in the second Sino-Japanese war. The capacity of the train station…
