Tallest building in southern hemisphere given go-ahead
News: a 388-metre-high hotel and apartment building, which will be the tallest building in the southern hemisphere when completed, has been approved by planners in Melbourne, Australia. More
News: a 388-metre-high hotel and apartment building, which will be the tallest building in the southern hemisphere when completed, has been approved by planners in Melbourne, Australia. More
Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut has developed a concept to introduce natural ecosystems into cities with designs for "farmscrapers" made from piles of giant glass pebbles for a site in Shenzhen, China (+ slideshow). More
News: concrete made with unprocessed sea sand has been found in at least 15 buildings under construction in Shenzhen – including what will be China's tallest building when completed – putting them at risk of collapse. More
News: a conceptual proposal for huge buoyant umbrellas that rebuild polar ice caps has been awarded first prize in this year's eVolo Skyscraper Competition. More
Dutch firm UNStudio has unveiled images of its first UK project: a 30-storey residential tower on London's City Road. More
News: Mace, the British firm behind London's Shard skyscraper, has been selected to oversee the construction of the world’s tallest building in Saudi Arabia. More
The View from The Shard tourist attraction inside Renzo Piano's 310-metre London skyscraper opens to the public today and these new shots by photographer Nick Guttridge show just how tall the building is compared with the rest of London's skyline (+ slideshow). More
As 2013 gets underway, here's a look at the ten tallest skyscrapers set to complete around the globe this year (+ interactive image). More
News: in 2012 the total number of skyscrapers constructed around the world failed to increase for the first time in six years, says the annual report from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, revealing the continued impact of the global financial crisis that started in 2007. More
News: New York mayor Michael Bloomberg will today lead the groundbreaking ceremony for the world's tallest modular building, a 32-storey residential tower in Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards development by Manhattan-based firm SHoP Architects. More
Danish studio BIG has unveiled plans for two twisted apartment blocks in Coconut Grove, Miami (+ slideshow). More
Chinese firm MAD has completed a pair of curvaceous twisted skyscrapers in the growing city of Mississauga, Canada (+ slideshow). More
Californian firm amphibianArc was inspired by images of spacecrafts to come up with two different skyscraper proposals for the headquarters of a Chinese machinery company in Changsha (+ slideshow + movies). More
News: construction is set to begin next month on the world's tallest building in Changsha, China, which will be completed in just 90 days. More
Dutch studio MVRDV is proposing a 400-metre skyscraper for Jakarta that looks like a pile of at least ten separate buildings. More
We don't usually publish single photographs on Dezeen, but we really like this atmospheric shot by photographer Edmund Sumner showing London skyscraper The Shard framed by the towers of Canary Wharf in the east. More
Buro Ole Scheeren has unveiled a pair of skyscrapers with concave walls for Singapore's historic Kampong Glam district. More
News: Moscow skyscraper Mercury City topped out today and has overtaken Renzo Piano's The Shard as the tallest building in Europe. More
News: architect Maurice Shapero has released plans for a cross-shaped skyscraper on the waterfront in Liverpool, England. More
News: construction is set to recommence on 56 Leonard Street, a 250-metre-high residential tower in New York designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron and dubbed the "Jenga building". More