 One of the largest projects on the go in Glasgow right now is a massive redevelopment of Bothwell Plaza by Aedas, the scale of which is almost unprecedented outside of London.
Read More With proposals for Skylon now seemingly becoming more and more concrete with each passing day, Skyscrapernews had a chat with Hayden Nuttall of Atkins (WS) who is leading the engineering side of the attempts to rebuild this historic structure.
Read More Standing in the heart of the West End is the gleaming new headquarters for engineering and construction giant Arup, a complex of buildings called Fitzrovia 1,2 and 3 which take their name from the local neighbourhood.
Read More It's colourful enough to be have been noticed ever since the rainbow of glass panels went on the balconies but now ICONA in Stratford is finally completed with the architects, Stock Woolstencroft, handing over the development so it can be opened.
Read More A-CERO are the first Spanish architect firm to make the big time in Dubai with their winning design for Nebula. We caught up with their lead architect and managing partner, Joaquin Torres Verez, who told James Newman a little more about the evolution of the project and their work as a practise.
Read More With the first tall building in years set for Stockport, a large residential tower at the site of Greenhale House. We sat down and had a chat with the architects of the scheme, James Hindley of SW Foulkes about what's the what with it.
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 It was over 30 years ago that Norman Foster in one of the earliest commissions for his self-titled design firm penned the now famous headquarters for Willis Faber and Dumas in Ipswich.
Read More Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, might not seem like the the sort of place you'd associate with skyscrapers but since the collapse of the Iron Curtain changes have been rapid. James Newman caught up with architect Meeli Truu of the firm Nord Projekt AS, designer of Tallinn's tallest buildings, the 117 and 113 metre tall Tornimae Towers, to find out more about the recently completed scheme and the changes in architecture since Estonia left the Soviet block.
Read More It might not be famous but one of the most challenging extreme sports events in the world is skyscraper running, or stair-climbing.
Read More Lumiere is a proposed development in the heart of Leeds west end, comprising of a 32 storey mixed use and 54 storey residential glass clad pair of towers, with a connecting winter garden and piazza between the two towers. The scheme has gained approval in principle from the local planning authority, and contract negotiations are gearing up towards a start on site in early spring 2007. We spoke exclusively to Richard Dean, who is the Development Director for the project, on behalf of one partner developer KW Linfoot.
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