A short history of tall buildings: The making of the modern skyscraper
As we heard this week, a record number of skyscrapers completed in London last year, and we're about to see the completion of the world's tallest building - the kilometre-high Kingdom Tower in Jeddah; David Nicholson-Smith explains how we made the great leap upwards, tracing the origins of humans' desire to build to ever greater heights...
18 ‘super-tall’ skyscrapers completed in 2018; more than in any previous year
Residential towers accounted for nearly a third of the world's newly-completed skyscrapers in 2018
Towers of London: Over 500 tall towers are now in the capital’s development pipeline
90% of London's current high-rise projects are for residential use
Friday Essay: Why today’s tall buildings will be tomorrow’s city heritage
By 2040, the new buildings of the 1990s and 2000s will become accepted, indeed iconic, parts of the identity of our cities, argues former RICS President Amanda Clack...