supertalls
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Here’s What The World’s Tallest Residential Building Will Look Like
The supertall race in Midtown Manhattan is marching skyward at an astonishing rate, with at least four towers on West 57th Street destined to be among the world’s tallest. Now we have some official-official images of the Nordstrom Tower, which, at 541m, will at some point be the tallest residential building on the planet.
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How New York City’s Skyline Will Look In 2018
The supertall boom in New York City is happening. Although we’ve seen a few different visualisations of how this might look, here’s a series of brand-new images that puts the changing skyline in perspective, with two dozen proposed or under-construction supertalls that will irrevocably change the New York City skyline by 2018.
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The Skyscraper Boom That’s Going To Make American Cities Way Taller
It seems like most of the architectural zeitgeist in the US is dominated by news of supertalls sprouting in Manhattan. But that has not been the case in many American cities. Even with widespread housing shortages and proof that density is better for residents, most American cities have had a fear of heights — until…
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China’s New Tallest Building Adds A Floor Every 96 Hours
At 660m, Shenzhen’s Ping An Finance Center is about to become the tallest building in China and the second-tallest in the world. And it’s getting there very quickly: According to a new report from DesignBoom, workers are finishing a new floor of the 115-story building every four days.