A team of architects from Ukraine took top prize at a prestigious competition with a concept for a ‘living skyscraper’ shaped out of a grove of genetically modified trees. Their design would mold fast-growing trees into an eco-friendly high rise or office building, with smaller branches forming individual rooms and walls. The ‘Living Skyscraper for … Read more
Daredevil Briton who was locked up for free-climbing up the Shard is arrested again after scaling 380ft Barcelona skyscraper without safety equipment George King took his life in his hands when he scaled Melia Barcelona Sky Hotel He was arrested by Catalan regional police and faces a fine as he climbed down King, from Oxford … Read more
Former president Donald Trump looked set to return to Florida on Tuesday after spending almost 48 hours holed up in his Manhattan skyscraper on his first visit to New York City since the end of his presidency. Trump, 74, was said to have returned to the Big Apple to ‘look under the hood’ of his family … Read more
Uber-wealthy Manhattanites who paid as much as $88million to live in a 1,400ft tall residential skyscraper say that the building suffers from leaks, flooding, creaking walls, faulty elevators, and rising common charges caused by repairs as engineers say the fierce high-altitude winds are leading to maintenance mishaps. The 96-floor building at 432 Park Avenue, whose … Read more
Pictured: The eye-popping 688ft-tall New York skyscraper that has a twisting space-age design like no other The renderings have been dreamt-up by Turkish architecture firm Hayri Atak Architectural Design Studio Studio described the structure as ‘amorphous’ and having a ‘transparent, ghostly stance in the city skyline’ In 2019, it unveiled a design for a cliff-edge … Read more
Pictured: The eye-popping 688ft-tall New York skyscraper that has a twisting space-age design like no other The renderings have been dreamt-up by Turkish architecture firm Hayri Atak Architectural Design Studio Studio described the structure as ‘amorphous’ and having a ‘transparent, ghostly stance in the city skyline’ In 2019, it unveiled a design for a cliff-edge … Read more
The Matrix stunt doubles have been captured leaping off a skyscraper as they perform death-defying feats for the upcoming fourth installment of the sci-fi series. In jaw-dropping videos captured by onlookers in San Francisco, the doubles are seen fearlessly jumping off a towering building, hand in hand. The brave performers are attached to wires as … Read more
A unique building that twists almost 90 full degrees has been named skyscraper of the year. Towering more than 1,500 feet above St. Petersburg, Russia, Lakhta Center has received Emporis’ 2020 Skyscraper Award, beating out more than 700 buildings under consideration. The real-estate data company named Zaha Hadid’s Leeza Soho in Beijing and 35 Hudson Yards … Read more
A skyscraper-esque spire of detached coral discovered in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef stands taller than the Empire State Building at 1,640 feet (500 metres) high. Researchers from the US and Australia mapped out the blade-like coral mount — the first to be discovered in some 120 years — off the coast of Cape York on October … Read more
Don’t look down! Daredevil climber without any safety equipment uses his bare hands to climb up the tallest skyscraper in central Paris – before being arrested by waiting police The climber started his ascent just after 7pm at Montparnasse Tower He had no safety equipment and just used his hands to clamber up the building The … Read more