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Skyscraper Developments

Tall Towers across the Globe. Tallest Buildings in the World Images + Links.

post updated 3 February 2026

Our Editors choose the key international examples of Skyscraper Developments. We include only the major contemporary tall buildings globally.

e-architect feature completed tower buildings and new Skyscraper building designs across the world. The focus is on contemporary Skyscraper buildings.

We have 6 pages of Skyscraper Development selections.

Developments of Skyscrapers

World Skyscrapers : news + major towers

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Skyscraper Developments : C-H (this page)

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Skyscraper Building Developments – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

30 Sep 2013
Dumankaya IKON, Istanbul, Turkey
Design: TAGO Architects

photo : Andrei Nedelcu
This skyscraper building is formed of three elliptical towersup to 41 storeys high. The towers are linked on 3 levels.

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14 Nov 2012
DUO Towers Singapore – building news
Design: Buro Ole Scheeren

image © Buro-OS
DUO Towers Singapore
The design for this Malaysian-Singaporean joint venture actively engages the space of the surrounding city to form a new civic nucleus in Singapore’s modern metropolis. The two towers are not conceived as autonomous objects, but defined by the spaces they create around them.

10 May 2012
Dancing Dragons, Yongsan International Business District in Seoul
Design: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG)

image © AS+GG
Dancing Dragons Towers
This is a design for a pair of landmark supertall mixed-use towers for the new Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea. The buildings, which include residential, “officetel” and retail elements, consist of slender, sharply angled mini-towers cantilevered around a central core.

9 Feb 2012
Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Architects: DBI Design

image from architects office
Etihad Towers
These new Abu Dhabi buildings – five towers – include a tower of 76 storeys and over 300m (984 feet) in height, which places these skyscrapers in the building category of ‘Super-talls’.

22 July 2011
Cherry Orchard Road, London, UK
Design: make architects

image : Miller Hare
Cherry Orchard Road – 55 storeys This skyscraper development includes two residential buildings, one of which is a 55-storey tower, providing 496 homes, a 165-bed hotel with 22 serviced apartments, 6,600 sqm of new office accommodation, a new 530 sqm community centre, shops, cafes, bars and restaurants and public realm improvements.

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World Skyscraper Developments

Major Contemporary Skyscraper Architecture Developments, alphabetical:

Chelsea Tower, UAE
Design: Atkins

image from architects practice

China World Trade Tower, Beijing, China
Design: SOM

photo : SOM, architects
The China World Trade Tower is an 81-story, mixed use building set in Beijing’s Central Business District. The property development contains offices, meeting space, restaurants, and the China World Summit Wing hotel. The building by SOM now stands as Beijing’s tallest structure and marks the completion of the third and most recent phase of the China World Trade Center development.

City Palace Tower, Russia
Design: RMJM Architects

image from architects firm

COR tower Miami, USA
Oppenheim Architecture + Design

image from architects office
Rising 400 feet above the Design District, Cor extracts power from its environment utilizing the latest advancements in wind turbines, photovoltaic’s, and solar hot water generation – while integrating them into its architectural identity.

Crystal Island Moscow, Russia
Foster + Partners

image : Foster + Partners

Dawangjing District Masterplan, China
Design: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)

image : SOM and Crystal
In response to the pressing demand to reduce carbon emissions and protect natural resources, SOM’s plan calls for a new Central Park as a resource for geo-thermal exchange. The plan proposes to passively heat and cool many district buildings, reducing the need for water-consuming cooling towers.

DIFC Lighthouse skyscraper, Dubai
Design: Atkins

photo from architects studio

Dorobanti Tower, Bucharest
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects

picture from architects
The Dorobanti Tower was designed to establish an iconic presence in the heart of Bucharest. The new tower is a unique mix of a distinctive form, ingenious structure, and spatial qualities of sky-high living.