Just recently I've learned that skyscrapers aren't actually an effective solution when it comes to usable surface. So why is the fuss then? They are like pieces of hyper-sized, ultra-expensive urban jewellery and while the harsh and rightful critiques concern their sensitivity of context and absolute anti-sustainability, there are still a lot of people who'd like to see themselves adorned. In the last decade the insanity moved to the Middle East and Asia and a lot of the starchitects were given carte blanche for excess. But there is a romantic side to skyscrapers too, even if it's left somewhere back in time, with the creepy Howard Roark ascending his first skyscraper opus somewhere back in the fourties. What did he know...
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buildings
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Under construction / United Kingdom, London London Bridge Tower -
Built / China, Shenzhen Four Towers in One Competition -
Built / United States of America, New York 56 Leonard Street -
Built / China, Beijing Chinese Central Television Headquartersby OMA -
Built / United States of America, New York Seagram Building -
Built / Qatar Burj Qatarby Jean Nouvel -
Built / United States of America, New York MoMA Tower at 53 West 53rdby Axis Mundi -
Built / China, Shanghai Shanghai World Financial Center -
Built / China, Shanghai Jin Mao Tower -
Under construction / United Kingdom, City of London 88 Wood Street -
Built / United States of America, New York 5 Franklin Place -
Built / Austria, Vienna Vienna Twin Tower -
Built / United States of America, New York World Trade Center -
Built / Denmark, Copenhagen Sky Villageby MVRDV and ADEPT Architects -
Built / Dubai Burj Khalifaby SOM -
Under construction / United Kingdom, London 20 Fenchurch Street -
Completed / Spain, Vigo Peirao XXIby Jean Nouvel -
Under construction / London The Leadenhall Building -
Competition entry / France, Rennes Flat Tower for Medium-Sized Metropolis -
Estimated completion / London Bishopsgate Tower
