Chicago Spire, Chicago, US

Formerly known as the Fordham Spire and 400 North Lake Shore Drive this design will be the tallest building in North America when it is completed in 2010. At 2000 feet it will be the first building to reach that milestone in height

Freedom Tower, New York, US

Rising from the wreckage of the World Trade Centre, the Freedom Tower will return New York to the forefront of skyscraper design. After a long time in getting the project started the single tower will be finished in 2011 and will reach 1,776 feet high

Shard London Bridge, London, UK

When completed in 2009 it will be the tallest building on the London Skyline, dwarfing all other projects for the foreseeable future. Designed by famed Italian architect Renzo Piano, the glass pyramid will rise 1016 feet into the London clouds.

Gazprom Tower, St Petersburg, Russia

Already controversial, this 300m tall tower will dwarf the architecture of this Russian city. The world’s largest oil company plans to have the tower built by 2010.

Trump Tower, Dubai

What do you get when you mix the Donald and the Middle East’s most exciting city? Welcome to the Trump International Hotel and Tower. Located on one of the mile long man made palm islands this 48 storey building will be finished in 2009.

Trump Tower, Chicago, USThe man with the strange hair sure knows how to get things built. His latest project on one of Chicago’s most famous corners is already underway and will ready for the firings in 2009.

Canadian Museum of Human Rights, Winnipeg, Canada

Following the experiences of Bilbao and Valencia, this Canadian city hopes to draw tourists to an architecturally significant project. This museum, designed by Antoine Predock is slated to be opened by 2009.

20 Fenchurch Street, London, UK

This interesting building project planned for the City of London has been dubbed the ‘Walkie Talkie Building.’ The curvy project is designed to make use of solar power and be remarkably study.

Lighthouse Tower, Paris, FranceThe Tom Mayne designed Phare Tour will rival the Eiffel Tower in height. The odd but eco friendly design will be completed in 2012 in the La Defense district of the French capital

The 80-storey "Dynamic Tower," will be a shifting skyscraper of luxury apartments on spinning floors, which will be attached to a central column. Plans for the project were unveiled in New York by Italian architect David Fisher, who said: "This building will have endless different shapes". The 420-meter (1,378-foot) building features 80 apartments that spin a full 360 degrees around a central column by means of 79 power-generating wind turbines located between each floor. The apartments will take between one and three hours to make a complete rotation, and at 30,000 dollars (£15,254) per square meters, will cost between 3.7 million (£1.8 million) to 36 million dollars (£18 million). Mr Fisher said the skyscraper, which would be energy self sufficient and cost about 700 million dollars (£355 million) to build, was due to be completed in Dubai by 2010. The Mirax group plans to build a similar, 70-story skyscraper in Moscow. "We look forward to build a third one in New York and maybe in other cities," said Fisher. "These buildings will open our vision all around, to a new life," he added.

Al Burj Dubai

Recently it was announced that the final height of this tower will be 1200 meters. That would make it more than 30% taller than the Burj Dubai and three times as tall as the Empire State Building