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Office Tower in Shenzhen (China) – OMA

OMA has won the design competition for an office tower in Shenzhen (China). It will be the second skyscraper designed by Rem Koolhaas’ firm in that city after the Stock Exchange building, which is in the final stage of construction [dezeen]....

Opening of ‘The Shard’ by Renzo Piano (London)

London > Renzo Piano‘s new 310-meter high skyscraper, “The Shard“, has opened (07/05/2012), becoming the tallest tower in Europe, even if its supremacy will not last long: in Moscow, construction works for the Mercury City Tower, that will be 323-meter high, are going to be finished soon [Daily Mail / Telegraph / La Vanguardia]. Time-lapse […]...

The Burj Dubai Tower opening

Burj Dubai, designed by SOM, being the highest skyscraper in the world due to its 160 floors, will be officially inaugurated on January 4, with the presentation of offices, apartments and even Armani’s hotel. It took five years and a 4,100 million dollar endowment to build the 818-meters high tower… [Plataforma Arquitectura / ELPAIS.com / […]...