One of the most surprising things about Jersey is despite its comfortable climate and tax haven status, it's never really embraced high-rise living as other places such as Monaco have, nor seen a massive population boom in recent decades. All of this could be about to change if plans to develop Westmount Quarry in St Helier get completed. Read More At 39 metres and with a mere 11 floors it may not be the tallest high-rise around, but plans for a new Market Hall to stand in Rotterdam certainly make it a unique building. Read More Frustrated with their inability to secure planning permission for the redevelopment of Queen's Market in the London borough of Newham, developer St Mowden has decided to withdraw their plans and put the scheme on ice. Read More Blink when crossing Waterloo Bridge and you might miss it but having been delivered last night by a lorry almost the maximum length permitted on British roads, the spire for Heron Tower has now been erected. Read More Cliff Richard fans may have been know it for years, it's where the popstar rollerskated whilst performing his video, Wired for Sound, but most outside Milton Keynes will not be familiar with the MK Centre. Read More Dnipropetrovsk is a city in the Ukraine that few outside of the country will have heard of but all of that could change if a rather unique looking tower gets underway. Read More |
First it was on, then it was off again, and now it's looking back on thanks to a new purchaser of the project. Read More If you're an aging Texan billionaire there isn't much your children can get you as a present but for Ross Perot, a man worth $3.9 billion, his children have decided to give away $50 million to the Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas. Read More For the past three years a tower called Strata has been gradually rising above the skyline of Elephant and Castle in south London. With its lipstick top and three wind turbines making it resemble a Philishave, the 147.9 metre tall residential tower quickly got the name of Electric Razor. Read More The booming city of Chongqing in China is set to get yet another supertall skyscraper thanks to Sino Land, CC Land Holdings and Chinese Estates Holdings Ltd. Read More |