A single rendering has been released of the third overseas five-star hotel for Chinese developement firm The Wanda Group. Construction will begin on the Chicago high-rise later this year with an official opening date set for 2018. If realised, the tower will become the third tallest in Chicago at 350m in height, passing the Aon Center (Edward Durell Stone) by only 4m. The next tallest tower in the city is the Trump International Hotel and Tower (SOM) at 423m.
RK (Reza Kabul Architects Pvt Ltd) has released the concept for a new residential tower in Mumbai, working closely with the client’s eco-friendly ethos. As such, the Transcon Flora tower covers a relatively small ground area, leaving a significant area of this 366,000 sq ft plot open to landscaping.
A temperature-controlled urban development covering an area of 48 million sq ft has been revealed by UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Dubbed ‘Mall of the World’, the scheme is due to be located on Sheikh Zayed Road and will comprise a largescale shopping mall, Wellness Zone and Dubai Cultural District.
Global architecture, urbanism and design practice Broadway Malyan has unveiled designs for a major mixeduse tower development in central Jakarta, Indonesia. 7Point8 will launch in phases from mid-2014.
Atkins has unveiled a bold new commercial complex in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, described by the design firm as ‘unusual’. The threevolume development comprises two buildings resembling ‘floating’ windows followed by a third 208m-high tower so that those viewing the series from a distance will read the forms as ‘001’.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) with Copenhagen architects Entasis, and COWI Denmark and COWI Sweden have been announced as winners of an international design competition to conceptualise the tallest building in the Nordic region. The winning design for the Polestar Tower reaches 230m in height.
MAA Enterprises selected Vernekar Associates to create a distinct 90m-tall mixed use development in Bangalore, blending 300 luxury apartments, 12 penthouses and a sky terrace garden, infinity edge pool and club house with 100,000 sq ft of retail and office space.
Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group unveil latest addi- tion to Hudson Yards 5,000 residential units, 14 acres of public space, 100 shops, 20 restaurants, 5 office towers, a 75-seat public school and a ‘world class’ cultural centre. This is the promise of Hudson Yards, a 28-acre private real estate development in New York by Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group.
PLP Architecture’s latest mixed-use development is currently under construction in the Chinese city of Foshan. The project sits on a 65,000 sq m site and incorporates offices, shopping outlets, residential units and a 5-star hotel.
The latest sky-high attraction in Chicago has opened at the SOMdesigned John Hancock Center. Completed in 1969, the 1,127ft-high skyscraper recently welcomed a modern tourist attraction at its 94thfloor John Hancock Observatory, now renamed 360 CHICAGO.
