To mark World Skyscraper Day immediately, Dezeen readers have voted the Brooklyn Tower by SHoP Architects as the perfect skyscraper from the previous yr.
After over 1,000 votes, the Brooklyn Tower in New York Metropolis was the clear winner, with over 30 per cent of individuals selecting it from the ballot.
Designed by SHoP Architects, the 325-metre-high supertall skyscraper is now the tallest constructing in Brooklyn. The distinctive 93-storey tower is clad in blackened chrome steel panels with bronze and copper pilasters.
Dezeen readers picked the skyscraper from a global shortlist together with buildings designed by structure studios BIG, Kengo Kuma Associates and OMA. Brooklyn Tower acquired 31 per cent of votes in whole.
Commenters have been additionally constructive in regards to the skyscraper, with one saying it was “some of the lovely skyscraper additions to New York in a very long time” and one other describing it as “very distinctive”.
With 21 per cent of the vote, Foster + Companions’ DJI Sky Metropolis towers in Shenzhen, China, was Dezeen readers’ second favorite skyscraper from the previous yr.
Constructed for drone producer DJI, the constructing includes a pair of 200-metre-high towers linked by an open-air suspension bridge 105 metres above floor stage.
Studio Gang’s 11 Hoyt residential skyscraper in Brooklyn got here in third place with 16 per cent of the vote. The 189-metre-high tower has a scalloped facade made out of precast concrete panels.
Additionally in Brooklyn, one in all three towers within the borough within the high 4, OMA’s Eagle + West skyscrapers acquired the fourth most votes.
Ateliers Jean Nouvel’s Excursions Duo in Paris was Dezeen readers’ fifth decide, with the remaining 5 skyscrapers receiving lower than 5 per cent of the vote every.
Dezeen carried out the ballot to mark World Skyscraper Day, which takes place 3 September. To mark the day final yr, we rounded up fifteen supertall skyscrapers being constructed around the globe.
