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 ...

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 ...

Five years later, another notable TV documentary, Adam Curtis’s The Great British Housing Disaster, a coruscating, detailed ...

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 ...

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 ...