Developer Pinnacle International has applied to the city to increase the heights of the two new towers being built in its Pinnacle One Yonge complex by 10 and 12 storeys, appearing to rival the residential building The One by Mizrahi Developments under construction close by.
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Vancouver House, a mixed-use residential and commercial tower at the centre of a new waterfront community in Vancouver, the Beach District, is among the five final projects contending to be the world’s most innovative tall building.
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Construction has remobilized on the Concord Sky condo in downtown Toronto, it will be the country’s second-tallest residential tower
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The Tulip tower by J. Safra Group and Foster + Partners has been given the go-ahead by the City of London, United Kingdom. When completed, this cultural attraction could become the tallest building in London and second tallest in Western Europe.
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Nine high-rise projects from around the world received awards from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) at the 2018 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference in Chicago.
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Wangjing Soho in Beijing was selected the winner of the 2014 Emporis Skyscraper award and is the first Chinese tower to earn this honour. An international panel of experts chose Wangjing out of more than 300 skyscrapers of at least 100 m (328 ft) in height completed in 2014.
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The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) selected Malmö, Sweden’s Turning Torso as the winner of its 10-year award. The award allows an opportunity to revisit projects that have been operational for a decade and recognize those that have performed successfully across any number of criteria, including environmental, engineering performance, vertical transport, and iconography.
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With its iconic crescent-shaped, inversely curved form, the Bow is a striking presence on Calgary’s skyline. Designed by Foster + Partners of London, this 59-storey tower features a vast atrium partitioned in four clear-height sectors with the façade integrating an architectural exposed diagonal grid structure in six-storey segments. The perimeter ‘diagrid’ frame helps make up the building’s hybrid lateral force-resisting system (LFRS).
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