World-renowned Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly dies aged 78
Gravity-defying skyscrapers, ship-inspired glass halls, and lagoon circular bridges. Seven stunning and controversial projects by the late Rafael Viñoly.
Powerhouse Company adds a ‘friendly giant’ tower to an iconic Brutalist building
Rather than building around monuments, Powerhouse Company completed a ‘friendly giant’ skyscraper tuning with the Brutalist architecture of a 1970’s bunker building in Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
3XN stacks shifted volumes to compose the Quay Quarter Tower in Sidney
Conceived as a vertical village, the Quay Quarter Tower won the World Building of the Year Award 2022 at the 15th World Architecture Festival.
Welcome to Doha: 8 contemporary architectures in Qatar’s capital city
From futuristic skyscrapers to stunning libraries and magnificent museums. Architecturally speaking, Doha is future-driven. Discover the Gulf metropolis’ best contemporary buildings by Jean Nouvel, OMA, I.M. Pei, and more.
The Qatar World Cup Memorial tower reflects the migrants workers’ humanitarian disaster
Over 6,700 migrant workers died in the construction sites of the stadiums and infrastructures built for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Such a gigantic figure inspired 1week1project to propose the conceptual evolving “Qatar World Cup Memorial” tower.
Flamboyant postmodernist architect Helmut Jahn dies in a bycycle accident aged 81
Helmut Jahn, the Flash Gordon of architecture, brought a ‘glitzy’ and bombastic attitude to postmodernism, from Chicago to Berlin, Philadelphia, Bangkok and beyond.
Trumpitecture: US elections engage with architecture
From archi-bullying to flamboyant ego-towers. We look into US elections with a Trumpitecture architectural perspective.
Zaha Hadid Architects’ One Thousand Museum tower in Miami photographed by Hufton+Crow
The One Thousand Museum skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Architects features a hurricane-proof structural concrete exoskeleton with a fluid design. The 62-storey residential tower opposite Museum Park in Miami offers views across Biscayne Bay which includes the city’s new art and science museums.
Zaha Hadid Achitects’ OPPO headquarters will tower over Shenzhen’s bay with panoramic sky plazas
Developed as a new civic space as well, OPPO headquarters by Zaha Hadid Achitects comprise four interconnected skyscrapers filled with natural lights.
Zaha Hadid Architects’ Leeza SOHO skyscraper opens with the world’s tallest atrium
Zaha Hadid Architects has completed the Leeza Soho Tower in Beijing. The skyscraper contains a mix of shops and offices surrounding a 194.15m-high spiraling atrium.
Post-Apocalyptic ‘shipwreck-tower’ set to rise in Prague with a sustainable message
What if Apocalyptic storms and rising sea levels could cause the collision of a ship with a skyscraper? Black n’Arch’s winning proposal for a ‘shipwreck-tower’ in Prague could become Czech Republic’s tallest building.
Skyline Chess’ London Brutalist Edition turns architecture icons into kings, queens and knights
The new London Brutalist Edition by Skyline Chess transforms the Barbican Towers, the Alexandra Road Estate and One Kemble Street into architectural chess pieces.
Contemporary St Petersburg: exploring the city’s most cutting-edge architecture [1991-today]
Europe’s highest skyscraper twisting like a flame, a high-tech spaceship-looking stadium. a ‘prismatic’ airport inspired by snowflakes’ crystalline patterns, street art sanctuaries and a post-modern sleeping districts. Exploring the architecture of contemporary St Petersburg.
The Oasia Hotel tropical skyscraper merges architecture with nature in Singapore
WOHA and Patricia Urquiola complete the Singapore’s Oasia Hotel, a sustainable and naturally ventilated tower featuring panoramic sky gardens and topped by an open-air intimate oasis.
5 verdant skyscrapers aiming to turn our cities’ skylines into forests
Suspended green oases, energy-consumption extensions and wooden high-rises. Sou Fujimoto, Stefano Boeri, Stephan Malka, Big and Carlo Ratti designed verdant skyscrapers for a greener urban future.
Chaoyang Park Plaza by MAD Architects merges nature with Beijing’s urbanscape
MAD Architects’ Chaoyang Park in Beijing features asymmetrical twin towers which were inspired by Chinese traditional mountain paintings.
Lost in architecture? Archipanic explores Tokyo contemporary urbanscape
Welcome to Tokyo! From the mother of all capsule hotels in Ginza to the Manga district, from Omotesandō flamboyant retail to Blade Runner panoramas and the famous Shibuya Crossing. Our guide features masterpieces by Le Corbusier, Kenzo Tange, Kengo Kuma, Herzog de Meuron and more, but also vertigo views, design museums and rollercoasters piercing skyscrapers.
China twin towers? No, LAVA’s Zheijang Gate Towers in Hangzhou
German-Australian firm LAVA designs Hangzhou Zheijang Gate Towers, a masterplan featuring twin towers with shimmering facades of fins that are inspired by the Chinese character and concept of gate.
The Mile: the world’s highest vertical park and observation deck by Carlo Ratti Associati
On the occasion of the official presentation of The Mile, the highest vertical panoramic park, Carlo Ratti Associati share their opinion on urban vertical spree and visionary verticality in architecture.
Architecture: does London really need a brand-new skyline?
With 260 towers under construction and a £175 million garden bridge, what is the future of London and Londoners? ArchiPanic collected opinions and concerns of some of the protagonists of the city’s transformation.
Contemporary gargoyles lurk on New York from alternative skyscraper
Mark Foster Gage adds contemporary gargoyles and gothic designs to Manhattan tower and criticizes New York soul-less skyscrapers made in glass and steel.
The Bride: the first vertical city on earth
Meet the The Bride. AMBS Architects present the world’s first vertical city hosting schools, sky-gardens and entire neighbourhoods up to almost 1 km above the ground. “But do not call it the next super tall tower, because they are nor safe nor efficient” says at AMBS Architects to ArchiPanic.
The ultimate skyscraper
Who challenges the Burj Khalifa? The first vertical city could overshadow the architecture battle to build the ultimate skyscraper and relegate super tall towers as thing from the past.
Wooden architecture tags the sky
Klaura, Kaden + Partners tag the sky with Pyramidenkogel the highest wooden tower in the world that will rise in Carinthia, Austria.