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February 5, 2010 • Lumiere Planning Consent Withdrawn
The planned Ian Simpson designed towers for Leeds, the Lumiere, have hit a major speed bump in the form of the refusal by the local council to approve the latest revisions the developer wishes to make to the scheme.
» full article • Leeds • SkyscraperNews
February 2, 2010 • London Bridge And Bankside Conference
One of the development hotspots of London, driven by numerous ambitious projects is the area of Bankside and London Bridge in Southwark.
» full article • London • SkyscraperNews
February 2, 2010 • KPF Design Their Third Chongqing Supertall
These two designs by KPF are two proposals for a new supertall tower in the Chinese city of Chongqing, the third supertall project in town by the architecture firm.
» full article • Chongqing • SkyscraperNews
January 30, 2010 • UN Embalms Faded Hopes in $1.9 Billion Restoration of Buildings
The thin, glassy slab of the United Nations Secretariat and the draping stone form of the General Assembly have been a serene presence along Manhattan’s East River for almost 60 years.
» full article • New York City • Bloomberg
January 29, 2010 • New NASA Launch Facilities To Top Out
Human exploration of the stars is set to further expand with the construction of a massive new launch pad being built at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral.
» full article • Cocoa • SkyscraperNews
January 29, 2010 • Construction of 1st Bulgarian Skyscraper Kicks off in Sofia
The construction of a new business center described as the first Bulgarian skyscraper started in Sofia Friday with a ground-breaking ceremony attended by Regional Development Minister Rosen Plevneliev.
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January 29, 2010 • Robots to replace window cleaners on skyscrapers
Swiss-made machines to work faster and on all kinds of surfaces
» full article • Gulf News
January 29, 2010 • Two Also-Rans of the Great Skyscraper Race
The new Burj Khalifa in Dubai, at 160 stories and 2,717 feet high, makes the 102-story Empire State Building into a pipsqueak, and indeed the urge to build the tallest structure in the world is an infectious one.
» full article • New York City • New York Times
January 28, 2010 • How Sandridge Natural Gas Could Turn Oklahoma City Into an Urban Hot Spot
A one-time cow town, oil town, and even a tent city (when it was founded during the 1889 land rush), Oklahoma City is urgently trying to reinvent itself as the next big city in America.
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January 28, 2010 • Jorge Ramos returns to build a high-rise
Architect Jorge Ramos, 73, and his son, architectural designer John Nicholas or Nick, 43, are out to make bigger projects, among them, the tallest luxury condominium in Makati, the 68-floor Discovery Primea.
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January 26, 2010 • City stunts tower plan
The developer hoping to replace the Boston Harbor Garage with a $1 billion signature skyscraper along the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway says the city is making it impossible to build anything, despite the need for more jobs during a down economy.
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January 25, 2010 • Hines Huge Milan Project Takes Shape
One of the key developments currently under construction in the Italian city of Milan is Porta Nuova Garibaldi, a new commercial complex that's been designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects.
» full article • Milan • SkyscraperNews
January 22, 2010 • Tallest building of the Netherlands cancelled
Plans for a 262-metre-high skyscraper proposed for the Utrecht neighbourhood Leidsche Rijn have been scrapped, Volkskrant reports.
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January 22, 2010 • City council ponders extra tall buildings downtown
City council is considering whether four new towers should be allowed in the city's protected downtown view corridors.
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January 22, 2010 • SOM Pen Glitzy Ningbo Hotel
The foundation stone has been laid for an unusual looking new building designed by Skidmore Owings and Merrill.
» full article • Ningbo • SkyscraperNews
January 22, 2010 • SOMs High-Rise Pagoda
Pagodas have long been a staple of Chinese architecture over the millennia, and now Skidmore Owings and Merrill look like adding further to this tradition with their winning entry to design a skyscraper in Zhengzhou.
» full article • Zhengzhou • SkyscraperNews
January 19, 2010 • Checker Board Tower Planned In Birmingham
Planned in Birmingham near the two sentinel towers and Holloway Circus on Holloway Head is this development designed by the Archial Group for Panther Securities.
» full article • Birmingham • SkyscraperNews
January 19, 2010 • Capping off Beijing
KCAP wins masterplan competition for southern edge of Olympic Park
» full article • Beijing • World Architecture News
January 19, 2010 • Miami dreaming
975 metre high tower planned for Miami could steal Dubai's crown
» full article • Miami • World Architecture News
January 19, 2010 • Tall trend continues as CTBUH announces tallest buildings of 2009
With the release of the ten tallest buildings completed in 2009 by the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), it is evident that the trend for tall continues onwards and upwards.
» full article • World Architecture News
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