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 study of smoke movement and fire dynamics in high-rise buildings is critical for improving fire safety and resilience in modern urban environments. Recent investigations have focussed on the ...

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 ...

What does it really mean to live at the top? That question is reshaping skylines from Miami to Vancouver, as luxury high-rise developers, architects, and property managers respond to an increasingly ...

A high-rise building design coming out of the University of British Columbia won't produce pushovers, but the structures will have some much-needed sway. It's part of a construction strategy described ...

The increased demand for responsive and quality healthcare facilities combined with Seattle’s constrained geography gives rise to more high-rise construction to serve a growing population.

Evacuation lift cores will be required in all high-rise residential buildings in England from 2029 under the government’s ...