After more than a decade, Egypt has returned to its plan to construct Africa's tallest building. Sited on the Nile River in central Cairo, the skyscraper was designed by the late Zaha Hadid in 2007. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and the government are working with the project developers, Living in Interiors, to create the twisting "Nile Tower" with a design that will rise 70 stories. The design will feature 36 floors of luxury apartments, a casino, spa, night club, shopping area and a 230 key hotel. >>>

Henning Larsen Architects have won an international design competition for a new iconic building of Bonifacio Global City, in the heart of Manila, Philippines. The tower features a large public plaza with a canopy of dense trees, state of the art workspaces, restaurants, a civic center with exhibition spaces and a spectacular public observatory at the top. >>>