Chicago's new Tower Takes Inspiration From Crystals

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1 Undershaft, London, Britain

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East 44th Rendering, New York City

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The Skyscraper Vertical Forest Planned for Switzerland

Following an architectural competition, Italy's Stefano Boeri has been given the nod to design a "vertical forest" for Lausanne, Switzerland. The novel tower will be dominated by greenery and boast some sustainable technology, including solar power and rainwater collection.

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Those Crazy New Yorkers and Their Vertical Trailer Park, ahem, Modular Tower

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Trailer parks in NYC are vertical!

London's Proposed Skinny Shard

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1500 Mission Rendering

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The Tallest Building Planned for Europe is Going ino a Swiss Village?!

Californian firm Morphosis (headed by Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Thom Mayne) has revealed plans for a slim mirrored skyscraper that – if it goes ahead – will be the tallest building in Europe. The part where things get weird is that it's due to be located in Vals: a small Swiss village with a population in the region of just 1,000.

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I have to admit, something like this is what I'd expected when I was younger and thinking "Future!" I have a hard time seeing it as economically viable though.

Van Ness Corridor's Rising Changes

One Van Ness Rendering with the new architects:

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1200 Van Ness Rendering:

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Right next door on Market between Van Ness & Franklin:

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The corridor:

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San Francisco Transbay Block 9 Tower Revised Rendering

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The orange red highlighting reminds me of rust.  Not something I'd like on a highrise I'd buy into.  YMMV.

San Francisco's 5M Project Rendering

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The Towering Transformation of San Francisco...in context

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Saudi Arabia's One Kilometer Tall Kingdom Tower

Dubai, long champion of all things biggest, longest and most expensive, will soon have some competition from neighboring Saudi Arabia.

Dubai's iconic Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, could be stripped of its Guinness title if Saudi Arabia succeeds in its plans to construct the even larger Kingdom Tower in Jeddah -- a prospect looking more likely as work begins next week, according to Construction Weekly.

Consultants Advanced Construction Technology Services have recently announced testing materials to build the 3,280-feet (1 kilometer) skyscraper (the Burj Khalifa, by comparison, stands at a meeker 2,716 feet, or 827 meters).

The Kingdom Tower, estimated to cost $1.23 billion, would have 200 floors and overlook the Red Sea. Building it will require about 5.7 million square feet of concrete and 80,000 tons of steel, according to the Saudi Gazette.

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Transbay Block 5 Massing Render

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A Video of the New Transbay Tower and Transit Center with the Other New Towers

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