Dezeen's top 10 skyscrapers of 2022
Continuing our review of 2022, we look at the 10 skyscrapers that had the greatest impact this year including the EU's tallest building, world's skinniest skyscraper and world's tallest timber building.
This year saw the completion of numerous skyscrapers designed by some of the world's most high-profile architecture studios including BIG, Foster + Partners, Ãlvaro Siza and Snøhetta.
Several record-breaking buildings, along with the renovation of a 20th-century icon, are included in this list of the top 10 skyscrapers of 2022:
Photo by David Sundberg
111 West 57th Street, New York City, USA, by SHoP Architects
This year saw the completion of the world's skinniest skyscraper in New York. Named 111 West 57th Street, The 435-metre residential tower was designed by architecture studio SHoP and stands on what has become known as Billionaire's Row near Central Park. The slender tower has a height-to-width ratio of 24:1 ? making it the world's skinniest skyscraper, and is also the second-tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
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Photo by Alex Fradkin
550 Madison, New York City, USA, by Snøhetta
Manhattan also saw the renovation of one of 20th century's most distinctive skyscrapers completed in 2022. Architecture studio Snøhetta revamped the postmodern 550 Madison skyscraper, which was designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee and was formerly known as the AT&T building.
The controversial refurbishment saw some of the facades alt...
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