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Neil Durbach, architect of the proposed Pencil Tower hotel, says ‘each [hotel] room is super compact, it’s almost like a train compartment.’ Composite: Durbach Block The impossibly tall and thin aesthetic no longer limited to the runways of high fashion, the trend for slenderness has now moved into architectural design as Australian cities follow New York and Hong Kong in the construction of towers as narrow as they are high. Joining the Phoenix Apartments in Flinders Street, Melbourne – which first brought the skinny tower to Australia – will be the proposed Pencil Tower hotel in Sydney and the Magic Tower in Melbourne.

New yorkUnited statesCity of sydneyNew south walesHong kongCity ofUnited kingdomNeil durbachMarianna brambillaDeena ridenourTanja morganSydney school of architectureNew york timesPhoenix apartmentsFlinders streetPencil tower