Skyscraper for the Xxi Century

EVolo presents the best 60 projects of the 06, 07, and 08 Skyscraper Competition. An investigation by architects, students, and designers on the future of the skyscraper. What is the skyscraper in the beginning of the XXI Century? What is the historical and social context of these mega-structures? What is their response towards the urban fabric? Is the modern skyscraper a city in and of itself? Is the human scale lost? Talented architects have entered these competitions to explore, re-think, and speculate on this fascinating architectural genre. Each project includes a full description by the author as well as several illustrations and drawings. In addition, reknown architects were invited to present their thoughts on this fascinating architectural genre.

Carlo Aiello studied architecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He received a Masters Degree in Advanced Architectural Design from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. He began his career working at world-class architecture firms such as Asymptote Architecture where he was project architect for the new Guggenheim Museum in Guadalajara and the Penang Masterplan in Malaysia. During his experience at Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill in New York City he participated in the development of grand-scale projects in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. In 2007 he founded Aiello Architects with offices in Boston, Massachusetts and Mexico City. He was the 2006 recipient of the prestigious FONCA (National Fund for Culture and Arts) Scholarship in Mexico.