We’re still waiting on our flying cars. But back in 1923, the magazine Science and Invention assured readers they were…
Some Dubai residents woke up to a familiar sight early Friday morning: flames engulfing an enormous skyscraper. In…
When the world is descending into chaos, it can be hard to believe that optimistic visions of the future are within our…
This is very probably one of the scariest places you can park your bum: at the very edge of a corner of a very tall…
Why should we build taller cities? Because cities with taller buildings are cool as hell.
Tall buildings often have tuned mass dampers hidden inside their structures to stabilize them against the wind. Those…
The 75-story Sulafa Tower skyscraper in the Dubai Marina is so tall that it’s essentially above the clouds. So this guy…
You remember the hell pit, don’t you? That giant abandoned hole punched in the Chicago landscape? Here’s a plan to make…
Over the last two decades, a new type of building has invaded New York City: The super skinny supertall known as a…
The Shanghai Tower is still the world’s second-tallest building, just a few hundred feet shorter than Dubai’s Burj…
Is riding a hoverboard onto the edge of a roof of a skyscraper in Dubai idiotic? Absolutely. It is very easy to fall…
Can we pause for just a minute to commend the fine people of Brooklyn for approving such a good-looking building as the…
When you see these climbers reach the top of Lotte World Tower, a 1,823-foot tower that’s the tallest building in South…
Until yesterday, it had been almost three months since the last burning skyscraper in the United Arab Emirates. That…
This 110-foot-wide hole, punched into one of Chicago’s best neighborhoods, represents nearly a decade of dashed…
Upper Manhattan-dwelling New Yorkers have been complaining for years that supertalls are going to ruin the views from…
Last Saturday, Los Angeles was treated to the dramatic arrival of the Skyslide, a 45-foot glass tube that will soon…
Applying the term “housing crisis” to the fact that people increasingly cannot afford to live in many American cities…
Before Donald Trump signed up for the presidential race, he signed his name to buildings. Lots of buildings. Sure,…
Buildings were evacuated in downtown Chicago this afternoon as 69-mph wind gusts whipped glass out of…
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