Tall Building
Vertical architecture exploring structural systems, sustainability, and urban integration in high-rise design.
Tall building design encompasses the technical and conceptual challenges of building upward, from structural innovation and material selection to environmental performance and spatial organization. Designers working at height must balance engineering constraints with aesthetic vision while responding to site conditions and urban context.
The community explores diverse approaches including biomimetic and sustainable systems, adaptive reuse of existing structures, mixed-use programs that activate vertical space, and façade strategies that integrate interior logic with external expression.
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ODA Raises a 155-Metre Tower from the Courtyard of Rotterdam's Historic Post Office
In central Rotterdam, ODA's POST tower rebuilds a 1920s post office's arches as a porous, balconied frame climbing 155 metres above a national monument.
DATA architectes and THINK TANK Stitch Eight Paris Buildings into One Mixed-Use Block on Rue La Fayette
A 10,300 m² retrofit in Paris keeps eight mismatched buildings, threads them with a glass stair tower and makes a cobbled courtyard its heart.
Atelier Ma_BIAD Lifts a 240-Metre Office Ring over a Forest Plaza for Midea in Shanghai
In Shanghai's Xi-Hongqiao district, a cable-stayed steel ring for 15,000 Midea staff floats on cores, freeing the ground for parks, courts and water.
Zen Architects Terraces Five Chongqing Towers Down a 25-Metre Slope with Water Courts and Planted Balconies
In Chongqing's Guanyinqiao, Eternal Land turns a steep residential plot into stacked lobbies, sunken gardens and a skyline-reflecting water court.
