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DC Towers I / Dominique Perrault Architecture

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AD Classics: Pirelli Tower / Gio Ponti, Pier Luigi Nervi

In contrast with its traditional Milanese surroundings, the Pirelli Tower is one of the earliest examples of Modern skyscrapers in Italy. Affectionately called "Il Pirellone” (The Big Pirelli), the 127 meter tower stood as Italy’s tallest building from 1958 to 1995. The design of the structure, led by architect/designer Gio Ponti and engineer Pier Luigi Nervi, featured a tapered plan—as opposed to the conventional rectilinear volume which was prevalent in America—encouraging greater creative freedom during a time when skyscrapers typically lacked experimentation.

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BIG, SHoP, Snøhetta Among Shortlist for Melbourne Office Complex

Australian developer CBUS Property has invited four pairs of Australian and internationally-renowned architectural practices to compete to design an office complex at a 6,000 square meter site in downtown Melbourne, Australia where the National Mutual Plaza currently stands.

Tamedia Office Building / Shigeru Ban Architects

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Solid Technology Headquarters / WeeAssociates

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LoMa Chapalita / Elías Rizo Architects

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Guadalajara, Mexico

Im Zollhafen 22 / Gatermann + Schossig

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  7200
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2011

Harry Gugger Studio's 'The Exchange' to Rise in Vancouver

Construction broke ground last month for ‘The Exchange’ tower in Vancouver, Canada's first LEED Platinum heritage conversion and Harry Gugger Studio’s first North American building. The 31-floor office building resolves the strict urban regulations imposed on high-rise construction downtown and addresses the historical context by preserving and integrating the façade of the city's historic Stock Exchange building.

AD Classics: Woolworth Building / Cass Gilbert

The Woolworth Building, an innovative and elegant early skyscraper completed in 1913, endures today as an iconic form on the New York City skyline. A historicist exterior sheaths a modern steel tower, embodying both the era’s modern spirit of progress and its hesitation to fully break from the past. Cass Gilbert, selected as the architect, believed the designer should “weave into the pattern of our own civilization the beauty that is our inheritance.”[1] An ornate monument to the growing economic dominance of New York City, the building was dubbed the “Cathedral of Commerce.”

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PRD Office Building / Fassio-Viaud Architectes

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Gudou Plaza / Andrey Ukolov + Ekaterina Osipova

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The Lantern / zigzag architecture

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2100
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

Maison de la Batellerie / Jean-Baptiste Lacoudre Architecture

Maison de la Batellerie / Jean-Baptiste Lacoudre Architecture - Restoration, Facade
Courtesy of Jean-Baptiste Lacoudre Architecture

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Mitsulift HQ / Raed Abillama Architects

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Urbanprem Minami Aoyama / Yuko Nagayama & Associates

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NBBJ Designs Towering Shenzhen Campus for Internet Giant

  • Architects

  • Design Collaboration

    CCDI
  • Area

    270000.0 sqm
  • Project Year

    2016
  • Photographs

    NBBJ
  • Project Year

    2016
  • Photographs

    Courtesy of NBBJ
  • Area

    270000.0 m2

NBBJ has unveiled a 250-meter-high, two-tower campus that will become Tencent’s main headquarters at the Shenzhen High-Tech Industrial Park upon completion in 2016. As the world’s third-largest internet corporation, and 2013’s most innovative Chinese company according to FastCo, Tencent hopes the new campus will serve as a vibrant workplace for an expanding workforce of 12,000 employees.

'Hacked' Offices: The Future of Workplace Design?

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What does the workplace of the future look like? Shawn Gehle, of Gensler, explains in this TEDx Talk that with over 10 billion square feet of existing office space in North America, we may not even need to envision new buildings. Rather, by "hacking" existing buildings, architects can transform them into something completely new. For more on Gensler's "hacker" philosophy, read our article here.

Foster + Partners Unveil 1,121-Foot Comcast Tower for Philadelphia

Comcast Corporation and Liberty Property Trust has commissioned Foster + Partners to design a 59-story, $1.2 billion mixed-use tower planned to neighbor Comcast’s existing global headquarter in Philadelphia. The 1,121-foot glass and stainless steel building is expected to be the tallest in the United States, outside of New York and Chicago, and the largest private development project in the history of Pennsylvania.