Kickstarter, a site based on the seductive idea of “crowdfunding” – in which consumers collectively invest in a product in order for it to become reality – has taken on…
Dominique Perrault has been selected to build a tower within the future Yongsan International Business Center in Seoul, whose master plan was designed by Daniel Libeskind. The tower, called The Blade, will…
Ground will be broken today, Tuesday, May 15, 2012, for Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)’s newest supertall building. The 96-story-tall CTF Tianjin Tower uses undulating curves to subtly express its…
The proposal for the Ajoodaniyeh Tower by Kamvari Architects seeks to use traditional design within Iran as a means of addressing performance criteria within a high-rise. With the intention of analyzing unique aspects of…
On schedule to be China’s tallest and the world’s second tallest skyscraper, theGensler-designed Shanghai Tower has topped out at 632 meters (2,074 feet). Upon completion in 2014, the spiraling megastructure will…
Phoenix and Las Vegas are the two biggest metropolitans in the United States not connected by an interstate corridor. The interstate corridor not only facilitates personal travel between metropolitans; it…
The Far Rockaways in New York is home to a thriving community of long-time residents and seasonal beach-goers who are strongly connected to the area and who wish to grow…
Problems and Goals: With sixty inches of rain each year and the growing risk of climate change, Greater New Orleans’ 20th century paradigm toward water is sorely inadequate. The current…
This project concerns cities like Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, which have come to occupy a central place in the global economy. For reasons of resource scarcity and the…
The mouth of the Yangtze River is one of the most fragile and threatened ecosystems in the world. The point at which the third longest river on the planet meets…