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Up-and-Coming Tall Buildings These FIVE towers around the world, some in planning and others approaching completion, project ambition in scale and form. I-Marina One, Singapore A large urban park surrounds the high-density, mixed-use Marina One towers by Ingenhoven Architects . Located in Singapore’s Marina Bay financial district and opening later this year, the project comprises four towers—two residential, two office, of 34 and 30 stories respectively. The volumes converge in a lush public garden space at the buildings’ core. The residential towers contain more than 1,000 units, ranging from one-bedrooms to family penthouses. The entire complex incorporates natural ventilation, water catchment and reuse, and photovoltaic systems; the office towers have achieved LEED Platinum precertification . II-American Copper, New York Connecting the two glass-and-copper-clad towers of SHoP Architects' new residential high-rise in Manhattan, a 100-foot-long gl
RECORD’s Top Projects of 2016 The Port House In retrospect, 2016 was a rollercoaster year for architecture. The field hit some lows with the untimely loss of Zaha Hadid and the fallout of a contentious presidential election. But the year also was one of milestones: the AIA awarded its highest honor to an African-American architect for the first time, while the Pritzker Prize and other awards honored architects committed to improving communities. RECORD also reached a landmark this year, celebrating its 125th anniversary this fall. And, of course, 2016 brought an abundance of notable architecture—from a humble salt shed in New York , to a show-stopping concert hall in Hamburg . With the year nearly behind us, RECORD looks back on some of the best projects we published in our pages, in no particular order. Visual Arts Building at the University of Iowa Perched atop a hill, Holl's new 126,000-square-foot Visual Arts Building is more cube tha
