The Horizontal Skyscraper, designed by Steven Holl Architects and completed in 2009, is a mixed-use building that includes offices for the Vanke Co., a conference center, restaurant, an auditorium, a hotel, apartments and a large public park. By raising the 1,296,459 sf building on eight cores — as far as 50 meters apart and positioning the building right under the 35-meter high limit of the area…

The Pinnacle @ Duxton redefines by ARC Studio Architecture + Urbanism, high-rise high-density living and challenges the conventions of public housing as an architectural typology. The project addresses pragmatic, financial, social issues, and responds sensitively to a myriad of planning constraints. It boldly demonstrates a sustainable and liveable urban high-rise high-density living and initiates an innovative typology of public communal spaces that are metaphorically reclaimed from the air…

This amazing glass-clad tower was created by architect Gert Wingardh. The entire hotel features designer furniture from Vitra, Montana and Flos. The lobby, lounge and restaurant flow into each other, creating a social arena for working, meeting, eating, drinking and relaxing. Enjoy a drink in the Skybar on the 34th floor, with its fantastic views over Kista and Stockholm…

UNStudio has designed the new UIC Building, which will be called ‘V on Shenton’ along Shenton Way, Singapore, in the heart of the Central Business District. This dual aspect pair of conjoined towers comprises a 23-storey office building which remains in line with its neighbours and a soaring 53-storey pillar of residential units which has been conceptualised to ‘distinguish itself’ from the surrounding buildings…

Central Saint Giles is a mixed-use development in central London. Built at a cost of £450 million and completed in May 2010, it was designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano and is his first work in the UK. The development consists of two buildings of up to 15 storeys in height, arranged around a public courtyard lined with shops and restaurants…

This 440m tower by Wilkinson Eyre in Guangzhou is one of China’s tallest buildings. With 103 storeys, the 247,000sqm tower has a mixture of uses including office space, a luxury hotel and a top floor sightseeing area. At ground level, the tower will connect with a substantial podium complex containing a retail mall, conference centre and high quality serviced apartments…

Designed by Singapore’s DP Architects and London’s Michael Wilford & Partners, this performing arts centre comprises two main venues, a 1,800-seat concert hall and a 2,000-seat theatre, with some of the most state-of-the-art acoustics in the world. Opened in 2002, the distinctive aluminium cladding on the exterior has earned it the local nickname, the ‘durian’…