Skyscraper News

Troubled Japanese company Sony has announced that it will sell its U.S. headquarters in Manhattan for $1.1 billion to the Chetrit Group.

Ibadan - The city of Ibadan in southwestern Nigeria is the site of Cocoa House, the first skyscraper in tropical Africa. The building is a modest 24 storey high-rise structure, property of Odu'a Investment Company Ltd. Cocoa House is a major landmark in Ibadan.

Beijing's tallest building will soon rise in the Chinese capital city 500 meters up and shaped like a vase according to state-owned CITIC group.

London - A young fox who was discovered living at the top of the 288 metre (945 foot) Shard building in London was captured and released.

Alain Robert nicknamed the “French Spider Man” has added to his legend by climbing the Hang Seng Bank headquarters in Hong Kong.

Singapore - An amazing rescue effort, on the sixteenth floor, witnessed by over 50 office workers on the ground, was captured on film as the drama unfolded in the heart of Singapore's business district.

Like your skyscrapers crinkly, with “endless different shapes”? Drop in to Dubai and check out the new dancing building. 420 metres tall, apartments that move through 360 degrees, vertigo and seasickness, or flying and eternal motion, take your pick.

Another innovative skyscraper in Dubai generates and saves energy with renewable sources.

A Skyscraper, Burj al-Taq in Dubai provides all of its own energy requirements

Four workers were killed and 57 injured in a huge skyscraper fire reminiscent of 9/11, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.