{"id":513673,"date":"2026-03-09T20:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/513673\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:59:13","slug":"photos-reveal-new-tallest-building-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/513673\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos reveal “new tallest building in Latin America”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Images have revealed progress on the Torre Rise supertall skyscraper<\/a> in Monterrey designed by\u00a0Ancore Group, which will be the tallest building in Mexico<\/a> and the second tallest in the Western Hemisphere when completed.<\/p>\n

Torre Rise<\/a> is currently around 300 metres high as it ascends towards its 484-metre (1,588-foot) final height, which would make it the tallest skyscraper in Latin America.<\/p>\n

It will be the 13th-tallest building in the world upon completion, with only the 541-metre-high One World Trade Center in New York standing taller in the Western Hemisphere.<\/p>\n

The rectilinear skyscraper is being developed by Nest<\/a> and Ancore Group<\/a>, with design by the later’s in-house architecture department led by Mexican architect Esteban Ramos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is situated next to the tiered Torres Obispado skyscraper. Developed by the same consortium, Torre Obispado currently holds the title of tallest skyscraper in Latin America at 305.3 metres (1,002 ft).<\/p>\n

\"TorreTorre Rise in Monterrey will be the tallest skyscraper in Mexico<\/p>\n

Monterrey, in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, is known for its industry, and Nest told Dezeen its skyscraper construction signals a move towards high-density living in a country that is known for its sprawling metropolises.<\/p>\n

“Torre Rise is a catalyst for urban regeneration,” said the developer.<\/p>\n

“It signals a shift toward high-density, sustainable growth in Monterrey, driving economic opportunity and city-center repopulation,” it continued. “As the new tallest building in Latin America, it serves as a landmark of regional possibilities, proving that Mexican engineering and urban planning can compete on the global stage.”<\/p>\n

\"TorreIt is adjacent to Torres Obispado, the current tallest building in the country<\/p>\n

The group said that creating the tallest building in Latin America was always the ambition, “though the scale of that ambition evolved”.<\/p>\n

Its original design was supposed to only rise 350 meters tall.<\/p>\n

“Through seven years of architectural development, it evolved to its current 484-meter height, representing a 38 per cent increase from its initial concept,” said the team.<\/p>\n

\"TorreTorre Rise features an aluminium-and-glass facade system<\/p>\n

From a formal perspective, renderings of the skyscraper largely eschewed the smooth geometries utilised in recent Mexican skyscrapers, such as the Pelli Clarke & Partners-designed Mitikah skyscraper<\/a>, the tallest in Mexico City.<\/p>\n

Instead, the designers chose a more articulated, mid-century approach, with a unitized-aluminum curtain wall system that bears a striking resemblance to Torre Latinoamerica in Mexico City \u2013 the country’s tallest skyscraper from 1956 until the 1980s.<\/p>\n

Its sculptural bulkhead is more art deco than ultra-modern, with a thick spire that gives it additional height.<\/p>\n

However, the current progress on the construction shows a far more glass-forward reality than the renderings.<\/p>\n

\"TorreTorre Rise signals a move toward density in the region, according to its developers<\/p>\n

For stability Forty piles were driven 15 metres into the ground. The structure features a massive base of a three-metre-thick reinforced slab.<\/p>\n

Remarkably, the building does not feature any of the tuned-mass dampers typically utilised in a structure this height to act as a counterbalance for wind or seismic activity, a common occurrence in that part of the world.<\/p>\n

Ancore Group highlighted the fact that 95 per cent of the glazing on the structure was sized to one specific dimension, calling it a “a\u00a0remarkable feat of its engineering”.<\/p>\n

“By utilizing almost the full sheet of glass for each panel, the design maximizes manufacturing efficiency and significantly reduces material waste and costs,” said the team.<\/p>\n

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Functionally, the building was designed to act as a “true mixed-use vertical city”.<\/p>\n

It will have residential, office, retail and hospitality elements strewn across its 99 floors. A mid-rise building the same level as the podiums will connect the skyscraper to the adjacent buildings and be topped with a rooftop park.<\/p>\n

On top of Torre Rise will be an observation deck, which the developers expect will be a tourist draw, an almost-ubituquitous aspect of skyscraper building in the Americas.<\/p>\n

\"TorreRenderings show a sculptural metallic bulkhead<\/p>\n

Foundations were poured for the building in September 2023, despite a delay due to flooding in the excavation site. As of early 2026, the building is just “days away” from surpassing Torre Obispado.<\/p>\n

Though many of the tallest buildings in the Hemisphere are in the United States and Canada, with Canada’s tallest topping out last week at 106 storeys,<\/a> many Latin American countries are also building tall.<\/p>\n

In Brazil, developers are working on a project to construct a 500-metre-tall tower<\/a>, which would be the tallest in Latin America if completed.<\/p>\n

Last year, Dezeen put together a list of some other recent skyscraper completions in the region<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Images have revealed progress on the Torre Rise supertall skyscraper in Monterrey designed by\u00a0Ancore Group, which will be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88,26,109176,64879,64880,64881,14956,132947],"class_list":["post-513673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-mexico","tag-monterrey","tag-sectionall","tag-sectionarchitecture","tag-sectionnews","tag-skyscrapers","tag-supertall-skyscrapers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}