The famous observation decks of 20th-century buildings—the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, the World Trade Center—were low-tech but thrilling open-air platforms ringed by coin-operated ...
The global inventory of buildings 200 meters and taller surpassed 2,580, spread across 222 cities in 52 countries, continuing a long-term upward trend in vertical urbanization, according to the ...
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor’s skyline has two notable additions with new high-rises completed in August, including the tallest building the city has seen in over half a century. And several more big ...
Researchers in Canada have proposed using gravity-based energy storage in high-rise buildings, in combination with photovoltaic facades, small wind turbines, and lithium-ion batteries. Their modeling ...