Likened by its creators to an "ornate layered cake," the Tor Alva has been completed in Switzerland. Hailed as the world's ...

Languages: English. The soon-to-be world's tallest building is nearing completion in Saudi Arabia. The Jeddah Tower will be over a kilometer tall, overtaking the current leader in Dubai ...

New York may be renowned for its iconic skyline and towering skyscrapers, but the Big Apple doesn't hold the title for the ...

As with the established performance-based seismic design (PBSD) for tall buildings, the wind engineering ... left), has a relatively simple geometry, which made it a good candidate for the first ...

Today, more tall buildings are popping up than ever before. But skyscrapers could soon have a new purpose: storing renewable energy. One of the biggest hurdles to a power grid dominated by clean ...

Though the highest point in Nevada -- Boundary Peak -- towers 13,147 feet above the remote wilderness of Southern Nevada, the tallest buildings are concentrated in the Silver State's population ...

If work on a 33-story downtown apartment building starts, as planned, in January, Des Moines will join the ranks of cities with the 100 tallest buildings in the nation under construction or ...

Lawrence has been recognized by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) as an Award of Excellence winner.