While the birth of the high-rise building can be traced back to the late nineteenth century, designing high-rise buildings for the purpose of science remains a relatively recent concept. Historically ...

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 Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has named two winners and three finalists of its 2013 Innovation Award. The highlighted innovations stand to revolutionize the technology, ...

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 ...

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.