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- Permanent architecture is rare in Eastern Mongolia’s remote volcanic regions – but the new Volcano-In Visitor Center, designed by Plat Asia, dramatically challenges that status quo. The structure began opening to visitors on 1 January 2026. 📷 Plat Asia / Arch-Exist Photography
- Chicago's 400 Lake Shore is steadily making its presence felt on the city's skyline. These great images by Nick Ulivieri captured recent construction progress on a site that will ultimately become home to two new residential skyscrapers. 📷 Nick Ulivieri [left] / Related Midwest [right]
- This 210-metre skyscraper in Dubai will feature a glowing orb near its summit. MVRDV won a competition with its plans for Inaura, a hotel and apartment tower. The architects said the orb was a "novel and curious way to steal the attention of onlookers". 📷 MVRDV / The Boundary
- This new hospital is set to serve almost a million residents in Northern Italy. Zaha Hadid Architects won a design competition with its proposal for the new Malpensa Hospital that will unite the old Gallarate and Busto Arsizio hospitals into a single facility on one site between Milan and Varese.
- Vietnam is building a $16BN new mega airport in an effort to rival Singapore's Changi International 👉 bit.ly/4sBWY6L
- This massive $12.5BN new airport is currently under construction in Ethiopia. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects for Ethiopian Airlines Group, phase one of Bishoftu International is set to serve 60 million passengers a year. 📷 ZHA
- Touchdown. The $2.1BN Nissan Stadium will become the new home of the Tennessee Titans and could land Nashville the Super Bowl 👉 bit.ly/4rkQkkw
- At an astonishing 335-metres, Tajikistan's "supertall" dam stands taller than New York's Chrysler Building and is now the tallest dam in the world 👉 bit.ly/4piZI6s 📷 Webuild
- John Hopkins University has a new village-inspired student centre. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, the Bloomberg Student Center sits on the University's Homewood Campus in Baltimore and is formed by sustainably-sourced mass timber cubes that rise across the site. 📷 Laurian Ghinițoiu / Nic Lehoux
- This timber stadium in Japan is designed to be completely disassembled. Conceived by VUILD, the 5,000-seat venue is set to become the home of Fukushima United FC. It's hoped the stadium can become a "symbol of recovery" in a region that's still haunted by the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster.
- The Los Angeles Art District is set for an upgrade. City officials have now approved plans for the Bjarke Ingels Group-designed 670 Mesquit development that will include four connected towers rising to a height of 34-storeys. 📷 BIG
- These sweeping residential skyscrapers are currently under construction in Dubai. The twin towers of the Binghatti Flare will rise to 34-storeys and 40-storeys respectively at Jumeriah Village Triangle. The project will offer more than 1,300 new apartments when it completes in 2027. 📷 Binghatti
- Manchester is to start developing plans for an underground rail system, with a flagship station at Manchester Piccadilly. The City’s mayor Andy Burnham confirmed the news and shared a map of how the network could appear (image 3) 🐝 📷 Image 3: TFGM
- Tallinn's new Ülemiste Passenger Terminal is officially under construction. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and set to complete in 2028, the transport hub forms part of Rail Baltica: a vast high speed railway that will span 870-kilometres across three eastern European countries.
- Bhutan is about to get a new airport. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, Gelephu International will serve the country's new Gelephu Mindfulness City and feature a modular diagrid structure made of locally sourced glulam timber, decorated with traditional Bhutanese painted carvings 👉 bit.ly/3GAeMMg
- Hong Kong has a new sports complex. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, GO PARK Sai Sha is inspired by the region's traditional mountain villages and undulating landscapes. 📷 ZHA / Virgile Simon Bertrand
- Technically China's Goldin Finance 117 is the sixth tallest building on the planet — only, it can't officially claim the title because it has never been finished. Now, it's being reported that works on the world's tallest abandoned building have restarted. Here’s why 👉 bit.ly/454ZLvz 📷 A Kaunas
- New York’s inimitable 432 Park Avenue has had a rocky few years. Once the world’s tallest residential building, the 425.5-metre supertall skyscraper has become embroiled in legal disputes between its wealthy residents and its developers over alleged defects 👉 bit.ly/3GLySU5
- Construction works on the controversial Tour Triangle skyscraper are steadily progressing in Paris. Designed by Herzog and de Meuron, the 42-storey office building divided opinion in the French capital for more than a decade before its approval. 📷 Herzog and de Meuron / Vincevinss
- Benfica has unveiled a new masterplan for its Estádio da Luz in Lisbon. Designed by Populous and Saraiva + Associados, the proposals will reposition the stadium as an international sports and entertainment destination. 📷 Populous
- This new 'lantern quarter' is set to be constructed in Bangkok. Designed by Heatherwick Studio, Hatai is inspired by traditional Thai lanterns and will rise in the city's Silom area. The project will feature two new hotels when it completes in 2028. 📷 Heatherwick Studio
- Thessaloniki is about to get a 40,000 seat new stadium. Designed by Populous, the new home for Greek Super League team PAOK FC is inspired by the eagle on the club's emblem and will rise in the city's Toumba district. 📷 Populous
- Los Angeles has a $720M new art gallery. Designed by Peter Zumthor, the new David Geffen Galleries at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) are now approaching completion after more than two decades of challenges. The completed museum is due to open in 2026. 📷 LACMA / Iwan Baan
- AS+GG has shared its shortlisted design for the Pearl River Delta Hub (Guangzhou New) Airport Competition. The concept is inspired by the form of a traditional Lingnan roof and is intended to celebrate the rich cultural heritage of Foshan while offering an efficient spatial layout. 📷 AS+GG
- This super-slender tower could become Australia’s tallest skyscraper. A consortium has submitted plans for the 393-metre One Park Lane on the Gold Coast. The building would consist of two towers linked by a skybridge at their 22nd floors. 📷 One Park Lane
- Why America is hollowing out a mountain 👉 bit.ly/3I0El9u
- The world's tallest metro station is set to be constructed in Dubai. Designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), the 74-metre new Emaar Properties Station will open in 2029 and form part of the Emirate's $4.8BN new metro Blue Line. 📷 Dubai Media Office
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- June 14 marks eight years since London's Grenfell Tower fire in which 72 people lost their lives. Today, 2,920 nights on, thousands are still going to bed in dangerous buildings, unable to get them remediated because of disputes between landlords and building owners over costs 👉 bit.ly/3HwwjoV
- Construction works have officially completed at Western Sydney International Airport (WSI) — Australia's first major new airport in more than 50 years. The focus now shifts to fitting out the retail units, airline lounges, and preparing the airport for its opening in late 2026. 📷 Trevor Mein
- This new 5,000-seat sports and entertainment arena is set to be constructed in the Czech Republic. WilkinsonEyre and Boele Architects won a competition with their proposal for the centre in České Budějovice, around 75 miles from Prague.
- This 239-metre hotel and casino skyscraper has been proposed for Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan. Led by Silverstein Properties and designed by CetraRuddy Architecture, the mixed-use tower known as 'The Avenir' would rise 45-storeys above the city. 📷 Silverstein Properties / Binyan Studios
- Heatherwick Studio's "Bridge of Togetherness" is one of five proposals shortlisted for London's new Queen Elizabeth II memorial. The memorial will be constructed in St James' Park, overlooked by Buckingham Palace 🌳 The public are invited to share their feeedback on the design options. 📷 GEMC
- Miami could be about to get another supertall skyscraper. Designed by Arquitectonica, the 81-storey mixed-use tower at 1414 Brickell would rise 308-metres above the city, offering a hotel, residential, office and retail space across its levels. 📷 Arquitectonica
- Not your average construction site. These pictures from 1996 reveal the extraordinary complexity that teams faced when upgrading Westminster tube station and building Portcullis House, the base of MPs offices, above it 👉 bit.ly/4ik6qFo
- The world's largest wooden architectural structure is set to debut at Osaka Expo 2025 when it opens on 13 April. Designed by Sou Fujimoto to symbolise unity between nations participating in the Expo, the 2km "Grand Ring" forms a key part of the site's masterplan and its primary circulation route.
- Hungary's new Natural History Museum is set to rise from the floor of a centuries-old forest in Debrecen, the country's second largest city. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, the complex will be constructed with sustainably sourced mass timber and consist of three overlapping landscaped ribbons.
- The $160BN International Space Station is about to be demolished by a SpaceX rocket 👉 bit.ly/4hSHh4p
- This super-yacht inspired hotel has just opened in Dubai. Designed by Killa Design, the 408-room Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab rises on reclaimed land alongside two other marine-inspired hotels; the wave-shaped Jumeirah Beach and the sail-shaped Burj Al-Arab, formerly the tallest hotel in the world.
- This massive new sports centre is nearing completion in Guangzhou’s Nansha District. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, construction works at the Greater Bay Area Sports Centre are due to wrap-up in June 2025 ahead of China National Games in November. 📷 ZHA
- America’s economy STILL relies on this crumbling tunnel 👉 bit.ly/3FDrQQe
- Latest progress photos from the Gordie Howe International Bridge are in — and it’s looking more epic than ever! When it completes, the massive $5.4BN cable-stayed structure will span 853-metres across the Detroit River and link the US with Canada. 📷 Gordie Howe Intl Bridge
- The new Safra National Bank Headquarters has officially topped out in Miami. Designed by Foster + Partners, the 64-metre (210-foot) building is formed of two interlocking prisms that converge around level two of the structure. 📷 Foster + Partners
- Manchester United has unveiled plans for a 100,000 seat new stadium at Old Trafford. Designed by Foster + Partners, the £2BN new stadium will form part of a wider regeneration project that could add some £7.3BN to the UK economy and create up to 92,000 new jobs. 📷 Foster + Partners
- Bhutan is about to get a new airport. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, Gelephu International will serve the country's new Gelephu Mindfulness City and feature a modular diagrid structure made of locally sourced glulam timber, decorated with traditional Bhutanese painted carvings. 📷 BIG
- This new mixed-use development is set to be constructed in Shanghai. Designed by Foster + Partners and forming part of the wider Shanghai 2035 Masterplan, the Changfeng scheme will offer offices, affordable housing and an arts centre. 📷 Foster + Partners
- This is what London’s skyline will look like in 2035. These images, released by the City of London Corporation, show the UK capital taking on a whole new appearance once all the skyscrapers currently under construction, consented or with permission pending are built over the next 10 years.
- Britain’s new Hinkley Point C nuclear plant demands some extreme engineering. Construction teams have even called in the world’s largest land based crane, “Big Carl” 👉 bit.ly/4a7BRAm 📷 EDF Energy
- New York’s iconic Fifth Avenue is set for a $350M green makeover. Plans have been unveiled to adapt a significant portion of the street between Bryant Park and Central Park into a “world-class, pedestrian-centered boulevard.”
- This sweeping museum is set to be constructed in Xi'an. Designed by Stefano Boeri, the building’s form is inspired by the mountains and rivers that surround the city. The structure will feature stepped gardens over its roof acting as a continuation of the neighbouring parkland.
- What a feat of engineering. These incredible images show the construction of the 2.8-kilometre Rio-Antirrio Bridge over the waters of the Gulf of Corinth in Greece in the early 2000s. The cable-stayed structure was completed in 2004 and inaugurated on the eve of the Athens Olympics. 📷 GEFYRA SA
