2013 Was A Remarkable Year For Skyscrapers

[shawnw]

2013 Was A Remarkable Year For Skyscrapers - Business Insider

Nice graphics from this article:

[Pete]

^

And not one of those are in the U.S. Wow, have times changed.

I haven't been tracking the skyscraper forums like I used to, but here in Los Angeles there is a huge rash of projects just getting started or recently proposed.

I suspect with the economy on the upswing and the banking crisis pretty much over, we'll start to see more tall buildings in this country.

[Swake]

Comcast just today announced a new headquarters tower in Philadelphia. 1,121 feet and 59 stories with 1.5 million square feet. Opens in 2017.

Changing Skyline: Comcast tower a new symbol for technology

[shawnw]

I was going to post this yesterday about the Philly building (since I'm from there), but never got around to it...

Comcast Seeks to Redefine Philadelphia and Itself | NBC 10 Philadelphia

[OKVision4U]

where is our ambition? We need to let go of 08' -10', and build our statement.

[Bunty]

I hope Chicago's Spire Tower can resume construction, so it can rise out of its hole. It would be a very beautiful and unique tower. http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.co...revive-project

[Richard at Remax]

Love it or Hate it but the Mercury City Tower is awesome. Love the copper and white

[HangryHippo]

Oh hell no. That thing is ugly as sin. Copper windows? No thanks!!

[Dubya61]

My sense of geography is not always accurate, and I didn't recognize most of the cities that those 20 towers were in (I had to do a lot of googling), but ...
13 of the 20 were in China
4 of the 20 were in the UAE
1 was in western Russia (Moscow)
1 was in England (London)
1 was in the Americas (Panama City)
That's a staggering fact to me that shows where growth is or at least perceived growth.

[shawnw]

The 21st Century is the century of China. Unfortunate (for us), but I think will be true. While they are making some of the same mistakes as us, they might be learning to recover from the faster. This is not to say the whole thing couldn't come down tomorrow with a tug in the right direction.

[traxx]

That's a staggering fact to me that shows where growth is or at least perceived growth.

I think perceived is the operative word. No doubt the financial crisis has slowed things down in the U.S. But even before that, the US was not in a skyskraper building craze. Most of our skyskrapers were built in the 20th century and many are still there. And we no longer feel the need to get into the tallest building in the world pissing match. In a place like NYC, you pretty much have to remove something in order to have room to build a new skyskraper. China and UAE are playing catch up.

[OKCisOK4me]

Love it or Hate it but the Mercury City Tower is awesome. Love the copper and white

Reminds me of the ORU Tower in Tulsa.