Reprieve for City developers as government clears path for tall buildings near the Tower of London

Ministerial direction halted approval of plan in June following concerns raised by Historic England

City Corporation fires back at Pennycook over 2040 plan intervention

The CoLC said the minister's call for further scrutiny of the plan’s assessment of tall buildings, and their impact on the Tower of London World Heritage Site, "beggars belief". The post City Corporation fires back at Pennycook over 2040 plan intervention appeared first on Property Week.

From no growth, to any growth, to good growth: How Manchester is developing

The Architects’ Journal From no growth, to any growth, to good growth: How Manchester is developing Manchester’s tall buildings boom made headlines, but now the city is spreading outwards with greener approaches to development The post From no growth, to any growth, to good growth: How Manchester is developing appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Gino Spocchia

Video | CGI maps out London’s changing skyline 

The City of London Corporation has revealed a new City Skyline CGI which offers a glimpse of what the Square Mile’s tall buildings cluster will look like in around six years’ time. The post Video | CGI maps out London’s changing skyline  appeared first on Construction Management.

Converted office tower named world’s Best Tall Building in 2025

The Council on Vertical Urbanism (CVU), formerly known as the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, has named a converted office tower in Brussels – called “ZIN in No(o)rd”… The post Converted office tower named world’s Best Tall Building in 2025 appeared first on Global Construction Review.

CTBUH - The State of Tall Timber: A Global Audit, February 2022

A PDF copy of CTBUH's study of Tall Timber buildings is attached below. It provides a complete list of mass timber buildings worldwide, that are eight stories and higher. These buildings are completed or 'under-construction' as of February 2022 The buildings are also shown under the following classifications: - All timber - Concrete-Steel-Timber Hybrid - Concrete-Timber Hybrid - Steel-Timber Hybrid

It's History - When Chicago built the Tallest Building in the World - The story of Sears Tower

An informative video about the history of the "Sears Tower" and its construction. The video also explains the name change of the building in 2009 when it was renamed the "Willis Tower"

City Architecture Forum - 2020 Digital Lecture Series - Engineering New Architecture - 100 Leadenhall 01092020

SOM Design Partner Kent Jackson, and Dmitri Jajich, Structural Engineering Director explore SOM’s history of inventive design, and SOM’s proposal for 100 Leadenhall Street, an elegant and intricate tower created by an integrated team of expert engineers and architects, slated to reshape the City’s Eastern Cluster in the years to come

ARTiculations - What Counts As A Skyscraper? 02072018

What is the minimum standard for a building to qualify as a Skyscraper? Betty (of ARTiculations) admits that the answer is a lot more complicated than initially thought

nla - Bricks are best, 27072022

The architectural practice of Maccreanor Lavington have been designing quality housing schemes across London for 30 years. To celebrate their anniversary, Peter Murray talks to associate director Prisca Thielmann about King's Cross, tall buildings, bricks and post-covid design.

Why NYC mixed-use conversions need as-built BIM models?

How much of an issue is creaking and swaying in tall tower blocks, are owners / residents really concerned?

What are your views on tall buildings? Is there a case to reverse think the last 10 years & has the Covid-19 pandemic now brought it into sharp focus?

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