In each issue of Building Design+Construction, we feature the latest new construction and renovation projects in our On the Drawing Board section. Here's a collection of recently profiled high-rise projects in the works around the world.

1. 7 hip high-rise developments
on the drawing board
Learn which AEC firms are behind these compelling high-
rise buildings across the globe

2. 1. Mixed-use Towers in Seoul awake the dancing
dragons
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture designed
Dancing Dragons, a pair of landmark mixed-use
towers, for the new Yongsan International Business
District in Seoul, South Korea. Slender mini-towers
cantilevered around a central core make up the
buildings, which include residential, “officetel,” and retail
elements.
The design aesthetic, including the building skin, includes
aspects of traditional Korean culture. In both buildings
the mini-tower cuts are clad in glass at the top and
bottom, making for dramatic skylights above the units at
the highest levels and a transparent floor beneath the
units at the lowest levels. The Building Team also includes
PositivEnergy Practice and Werner Sobek.

3. 2. Super-tall skyscraper planned for capital of
Guangxi Province
John Portman & Associates has been selected by
developer Guangxi Wei Zhuang Real Estate Co. to design
Tian Long Fortune Center, the first supertall skyscraper in
Nanning, China. With a height of 1,312 feet, the building
will provide new headquarters for member companies of
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and is
envisioned as a finance and trade center.
The upper portion of the tower will include an atrium
hotel with a fitness center, pool, executive club, and
restaurants. The building also will contain a public
observation complex, providing a 360-degree view.

4. 3. Residential building will offer luxury in newly
enlivened Boston neighborhood
Blake Middleton, FAIA, and Deborah Moelis of
Handel Architects designed Millennium Place, a
15-story residential building in Boston, located
on the corner of Avery and Washington
Streets. Developed by Millennium Partners, the
building will serve as the keystone of the Avery
Street Corridor, part of a new neighborhood
recently brought to life.
The 155-foot building consists of 256
residences, with one, two, and three
bedrooms, ranging in size from 750 sf to 2,400
sf. Residences are expected to range in price
from $550,000 to $2.8 million. Millennium
Place is slated for initial occupancy in fall
2013. Suffolk Construction is the builder.

5. 4. Corporate HQ in the works in Xiaoshan District
A 52-story office building is currently in
development in the Xiaoshan District in
Hangzhou, China. Designed by Chicago’s Turner +
DeCelles for the Zhejiang Hengyi Group, the tower
will provide office space for ~2,000 employees. A
below-grade transit “superstation” will house
conference facilities, retail shops, and parking.
Approximately half of the office space will be held
for future growth but leased to tenants on an
interim basis. Also on the Building Team: BMP
Project Consulting (program manager) and Tongji
Architectural Design of Shanghai (local design
firm).

6. 5. “Glass Waterfall” façade highlights design of
Education First HQ
Phase one of the 10-story, 300,000-sf
headquarters for EF Education First, a
Cambridge, Mass.-based private education
company, is under way. Designed by
WingardhArkitektkontor AB of Sweden and
Wilson Architects, the facility will provide
230,000 sf of office and educational space, a
65,000-sf parking garage, a 14,000-sf
restaurant, and 31,000 sf of ground- and
mezzanine-level public space.
In a design-build partnership, Skanska USA
Building will serve as contractor, while TG
Gallagher will provide HVAC, plumbing, and
fire protection services.

7. 6. Fourth-tallest building in Vancouver under
construction on a tight site
Westbank Projects Corp. commissioned BIG-BjarkeIngels
Group to design a 49-story, 600-unit mixed-use tower in
downtown Vancouver. Beach and Howe tower combines
653,890 sf of residential, retail, and commercial space in
an urban complex at the entrance to the Granville Street
Bridge. In response to a constricted urban site, BIG
designed the tower to be inverted. The tower’s small
triangular base curves away from the bridge to allow light
and air to enter lower apartments.
BuroHappold engineering firm, working with the local
engineer of record, Glotman Simpson, designed a concrete
core with post-tensioned walls to protect against damage
in case of an earthquake and also to improve performance.
Other Building Team members: design firm Dialog, Cobalt
Engineering, planning and landscape architecture firm
PFS, and local architect James Cheng.

8. 7. Downtown Dallas development will provide
many tenant options
BOKA Powell, working with commercial real
estate development and investment firm
KDC, has created an adaptable design for the
new 400,000-sf, Class A office tower at the
Victory Park mixed-use development in
downtown Dallas.
The 23-story building, with more than 14
floors of office space above an eight-story
parking structure, is designed to accommodate
a wide variety of floor plate sizes, ranging from
25,000 to 54,000 sf, to meet the needs of a
range of potential tenants. Construction is
expected to begin in the fall. KDC will pursue
LEED certification.

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