Nine recently completed skyscrapers in Latin America
From a complex designed by RSHP in Bogotá to skyscrapers made of interlocking volumes in Quito by BIG, we've rounded up nine recently completed skyscrapers across Latin America.
While most of the attention given to skyscrapers in the Western Hemisphere usually goes to North American metropoles such as New York and Toronto, there are many tall and supertall skyscrapers across Central and South America.
Mexico's T.Op Torre 1 skyscraper is currently the tallest skyscraper in Latin America at 305 metres high, far off from the world's tallest, the 828-metre-tall Burj Khalifa.
Many of the recently completed towers in the region were designed by Europe and US-based studios such as RSHP, BIG and Pelli Clarke & Partners. Most of these skyscrapers are the first and only projects in Latin America by the international studios. While all of the skyscrapers on the list are completed, there are many others in the works.
Earlier this year, Heatherwick Studio unveiled plans to build the firm's first building in South America, which features a brightly coloured, basketry-informed facade.
Read on for nine recently completed skyscrapers across Latin America.
The photo is by Jason O'Rear
Mitikah, Mexico, by Pelli Clarke & Partners
Opened in 2022, the Mitikah skyscraper is the tallest tower in Mexico City at 267 metres tall with 62 storeys. Located in the Benito Jaurez neighbourhood, it towers over the surrounding low-rises and single-family homes.
"Torre Mitikah is the 'ventana ...
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