Planning permission has been granted for what will become the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia 108 was approved for the city of Melbourne last week by Planning Minister Matthew Guy, who said: “Towers such as Australia 108 are consistent with the Coalition Government’s drive to concentrate high-density development in defined areas and out of existing, quiet neighbourhoods
Atkins has produced a landscape masterplan for the development of 30km of prime waterfront in Nanjing, one of China’s four great ancient capitals and the second largest commercial centre in the East China region, in preparation for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games
An Italian-based architectural firm has unveiled a design proposal for a needle- like tower project located close to Shanghai in China. The Needle Towers project by Gianluca Milesi Architecture consists of a 470m-high tubular tower together with a shorter building covering a total area of 35,000 sq m.
The London and New York offices of HOK have released renderings of a 4.2million sq.m mixed-use facility for the Turkish Government. The New Istanbul International Finance Center (IFFC) is under construction on a 70-hectare site on the city’s Asian side
The Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) – designed Zhengzhou Greenland Plaza has opened its doors to its office users. The circular 60-storey tower takes its place as the tallest building in the central Chinese city
The official opening of Renzo Piano’s latest contribution to London’s skyline, The Shard, is rapidly approaching. The 309.6m-high tower is being sold as a ‘vertical town’ in the heart of England’s capital, rising sharply above London Bridge Station into a series of raw points which don’t quite meet
Experienced designers of tall buildings John Portman & Associates (JPA) have been selected by Chinese developers Greenland Group to conceptualise a pair of super-tall towers for Yinchuan Yuehai Bay Central Business District
BDP has been commissioned by the Shanxi Broadcast & TV Channel to design its new Broadcast & TV Centre. This highly significant, provincial level, public sector project is located in Taiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi Province in north China
