If you haven't gotten around to personally experiencing the cloud-piercing scale of the Empire State Building in New York or the Willis Tower (formerly Sears) in Chicago, here's your chance, and you don't even need to leave your ...READ»
Buildings get taller, and people get used to driving in fast cars and airplanes with new technology--but everyone forgets about elevators. Except Hitachi, which is soon to open an elevator research facility that's the tallest ever.READ»
Gazprom, the giant Russian oil company, secures approval to build the tallest, "greenest" tower in Europe, in the heart of St. Petersburg. Some say it'll be "monstrous." It'll also be a 77-story middle-finger to the low-carbon movement.READ»
These Sky-Terra concept skyscrapers look like giant pieces of artwork shooting up from the ground, but they do more than just look pretty. The network of interconnected towers, one of the entries in the 2009 eVolo Skyscraper ...READ»
Will a stunted economy leave us with stunted cities? Reduced building heights have become an unfortunate reality for a faltering construction industry, as architects are seeing their projects slashed in half, some ...READ»
Mixed-use buildings are becoming increasingly popular, and now famed architecture firm Foster + Partners is tossing its hat into the ring with the tallest mixed-use towers in Western Europe.
Hermitage Plaza will consist of ...READ»
