This week on Dezeen, we revealed that the Legends Tower in Oklahoma ? a 581-metre-high skyscraper set to be the tallest in the US ? has secured the full funding needed for its construction.
According to reporting in local news outlet The Oklahoman, the supertall skyscraper is fully funded as of early March.
Designed for Oklahoma City, it is planned to be the tallest in the USA and would form the centre of the Boardwalk at Bricktown development. If built, it would be the fifth-tallest skyscraper in the world.
The Beaudry has become the tallest skyscraper in California
In other skyscraper news, California architecture studio Marmol Radziner completed The Beaudry, a black skyscraper that is now the tallest residential building in the state. The 212-metre-high tower has a columned base reminiscent of mid-century American skyscrapers and contains 785 residential units.
In an opinion piece this week, we focused on another pair of California skyscrapers ? the abandoned Oceanwide Plaza towers. Author Shane Reiner-Roth argued that the graffiti that now covers them is a physical manifestation of increasing tensions over the wealth disparities that blight downtown Los Angeles.
A video shows the extensive foundation work taking place to start building The Line
This week also saw a video showing the progress on The Line, a mega city that will stretch 170 kilometres across Saudi Arabia as part of Neom.
The video shows the site being cleared and prepared for the foundations and piling. T...