Tall Building
Vertical architecture exploring structural systems, sustainability, and urban integration in high-rise design.
The Tower: An Opera House That Gives Its Ground Back to the City
Lyric Barnik and Chris Qiu stack Tallinn's opera program vertically, compressing its footprint to liberate the waterfront as civic space.
ASA Studio Stacks Offices and Apartments in a Naturally Ventilated Brick Tower Above Kigali's Rooftops
A five-storey mixed-use building in Kacyiru proves that local materials and passive cooling can replace air conditioning in dense urban Africa.
Herzog & de Meuron Transforms a Cold War Radio Tower into an Alpine Observation Landmark at 3,000 Meters
On a Swiss peak above Engelberg, a decommissioned military antenna becomes a restaurant, viewing platform, and sculptural icon.
FHHH Friends Wraps a Seoul Music Academy in a Faceted White Shell That Echoes Its Interior Logic
A 1,270-square-meter preparatory academy in Seoul stacks soundproof practice rooms inside an angular volume that reshapes its block.
DAAL Carves Open a Hillside Corner in Seoul with the Y2 Mixed Use Building
A compact brick building in Yeonhui-dong uses arched windows, a central tree, and a courtyard to crack open a closed residential slope.
Shay Cleary Architects Lifts Ireland's Tallest Office Building on a Blue Steel Exoskeleton in Dublin
The Exo Building hovers seven meters above the Docklands, channeling the industrial memory of port cranes into a 17-storey commercial tower.
skimA Slots a Vertical Metal Tower into a Yeonnam-dong Brick House to Make It Mixed Use
A 292-square-meter renovation in Seoul's cafe-lined Yeonnam-dong grafts a new circulation spine onto a low-rise residential shell.
People's Architecture Office Converts a Residential Tower into Offices for Beijing's Largest Sleeping City
In Tiantong Yuan, a neighborhood of 700,000 commuters, a vacant apartment building becomes a workplace you can walk to.
Moon Hoon Carves a Diagonal Staircase Through a 1980s Seoul Building to Unlock City Views
A tiny commercial renovation in Haebangchon turns a forgotten brick residence into a wormhole of pinkish concrete and timber arches.
Gensler Twists a 300-Meter Tower in Shenzhen to Unite Two Cities in Glass
Shimao Qianhai Center spirals 63 stories above a new economic zone, its rotating form a structural response to typhoon winds and urban density.
Grzywinski+Pons Gives Seattle a 31-Story Tower That Feels Like a Palazzo
Kaye Residences in Belltown synthesizes 1920s masonic language with a diaphanous glass tower above a deeply civic ground floor.
White Cube Atelier Wraps a Rotating Mixed-Use Volume in Timber on a Tight Corner in Maku
A 1,000 square meter cube pivots to meet a dual-cornered site in northwestern Iran, softened by a wooden skin that speaks to the schoolchildren next door.
