Skyscrapers
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This year has produced a bumper crop of excellent architecture projects. From a sand-dune-shaped building that rises out of the desert, to the world's tallest timber skyscraper, here's our selection of the best buildings of the past 12 months.
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This year has certainly produced more than its fair share of unique architecture and we've decided it's high time to look back and highlight the best examples we've seen in 2022. Read on for our top 10 architectural oddities of 2022.
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The Bjarke Ingels Group has officially completed its first project in South America. Named Iqon, the skyscraper is the tallest building in Ecuador's capital Quito and features an eye-catching concrete pixelated facade that hosts trees and plants.
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The winner of the World Building of the Year has been named at the close of the World Architecture Festival. Quay Quarter Tower, by 3XN Architects, won for its innovative design, which involved radically renovating an existing skyscraper.
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There has been a huge boom in sustainable timber construction lately. Pritzker Prize winner Shigeru Ban offers the latest example of this trend with an ambitiously tall hybrid timber tower that's currently under construction in Antwerp, Belgium.
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We're spoiled for choice when it comes to BIG-designed skyscrapers right now. Following the Vancouver House, the firm has revealed its Telus Sky Tower, which is defined by an unusual tapering form and features significant energy efficient design.
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In a classic example of necessity being the mother of invention comes the Vancouver House, by BIG. The skyscraper's eye-catching form was designed in response to a challenging site that, according to the firm, was almost too small to build on.
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The HKS-designed Wilson Tower will rise to a height of 1,035 ft, making it the tallest skyscraper in Texas. It will be defined by an interesting exterior design with a brise soleil that's meant to protect it from the area's harsh sun and wind.
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Stefano Boeri Architetti has revealed plans to add some greenery to Dubai. The project will consist of two skyscrapers covered in thousands of trees and shrubs, and will feature sustainable design to help reduce its grid-based power needs.
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Foster + Partners has completed its third skyscraper in recent weeks. Rising to a height of 206.45 m in New York City, 425 Park Avenue is defined by an eye-catching exterior that puts its bracing on the outside, freeing up floorspace within.
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SOM has revealed plans for Singapore's new tallest skyscraper. Named 8 Shenton Way, the ambitious project will feature a greenery covered exterior inspired by bamboo forests and a "post-pandemic" focus meant to help it offer a healthy workplace.
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Taking the form of stacked glass cubes, Deloitte Summit offers a definite change from the rather humdrum rectangular towers that dot major cities worldwide. The eye-catching building rises to a height of 90 m and hosts flexible office space inside.
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