Reaching for the skies

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Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse: Ponte City 47/09, Johannesburg, (taken from the series "Windows") 2008-2010 Mikhael Subotzky

Georg Aerni: Tsz Wan Shan (Hong Kong, taken from the series "TV Time") Georg Aerni

Michael Wolf: Architecture of Density #39 (Hong Kong) Michael Wolf

Hans-Georg Esch: Shanghai 32 (Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai World Financial Center, Jin Mao Building), 2010 Hans-Georg Esch

Filip Dujardin: untitled (taken from the series "Fictions", 2008) Filip Dujardin

Gigon / Guyer: Prime Tower, 2011 (photo: Thies Wachter) Thies Wachter

Bas Princen: Valley (Jing'an), 2007 Bas Princen

Dick Chan Kwong-yuen: Megafauna (Hong Kong, with the Bank of China and HSBC offices), 2008 Dick Chan Kwong-yuen

Olivo Barbieri: site specific NYC 07, 2007 Olivo Barbieri

Simon Koy: Schanghai (with the Jin Mao Building and the Shanghai World Financial Center in the background), 2011 Simon Koy

United Architects: project for the new World Trade Center, New York, 2002 United Architects

Jason Hawkes: City of London (30 St Mary Axe / "The Gherkin", Heron Tower), 2011 Jason Hawkes

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An exhibition dedicated to skyscrapers comes to Zurich.

Switzerland is preparing to inaugurate the Prime Tower in Zurich, the country’s tallest building. To mark the occasion the Zurich Museum of Design has created an exhibition celebrating great buildings from around the world.