vintagenational:

Image from The Skyward Trend of Thought, MIT Press.

From “Skyscrapers: Above the Crowd,” National Geographic, February, 1989.

Forerunners of today’s skylines, towers in 13th-century Bologna were raised by Italian families who fortified city homes to wage war with one another and outsiders. Masonry walls carried the full weight of the towers, limiting their practical height.

architizer:

The Greenland Group Suzhou Center in Wujiang, China by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

thisnewurbanity:

30 St Mary Axe’s (the Gherkin’s) new green neighbour, 6 Bevis Marks, by Fletcher Priest Architects, is currently under construction.

archiscene:

Angola Hotel by DADA Architecture

archiscene:

Netanya City Hall by Yaniv Pardo Architects

unknownskywalker:

Burj Khalifa New Year’s Eve Fireworks Show

designismymuse:

MVRDV: The Cloud (Design for a masterplan in Seoul, Korea, via designboom)

If you are unfamiliar with MVRDV’s work I definitely suggest looking them up, they are architecture super geniuses and have contributed to architecture with significant designs and projects. 

acidadebranca:

Black & White Plans

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Sky Village; MVRDV - ADEPT / Rødovre, Denmark

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acidadebranca:

Black & White Plans

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archimaps:

Paul Rudolph’s projected floorplan for the Tracey Towers

urbangreens:

Milan’s Vertical Forest | greenmuze.com

“The Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) was designed by Stefan Boeri Architects as part of their BioMilano vision to incorporate 60 abandoned farms into a greenbelt surrounding the city. The Bosco Verticale building has a green façade planted with dense forest systems to provide a building microclimate and to filter out polluting dust particles. The living bio-canopy also absorbs CO2, oxygenates the air, moderates extreme temperatures and lowers noise pollution, providing aesthetic beauty and lowering living costs.”

nikolawashere:

That pool up top though.

designismymuse:

greatspaces:Alternative Car Park Tower x Mozha Studio

metaconscious:

Slated for completion in 2015, Hotel Crescent will bring truly futuristic architecture to the shores of the Caspian Sea with its 33-stories housed in a vast, lunar design.