2025's Most Significant Skyscrapers: Architectural Highlights from Around the World
By
Tom Ravenscroft
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Summary
The article reviews the 10 most significant skyscrapers completed in 2025, featuring architectural highlights from around the world. It includes Mexico City's Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca 780 by HEMAA, a skinny, wedge-shaped 13-storey building with a black structural steel facade inspired by New York's Flatiron Building. The review also mentions a pair of towers in Argentina and a New York supertall, showcasing diverse architectural approaches and design innovations in skyscraper construction from the year.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledIn Mexico City, HEMAA created a skinny, wedge-shaped skyscraper that recalls the Flatiron Building in New York.
The form of the 13-storey building, which has a black, structural steel facade, was dictated by its site between a street and the remnants of the Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca Railroad.
Continuing our Review of 2025, we look back at the 10 most significant skyscrapers from the year, including a pair of towers in Argentina and a New York supertall.
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