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 ...

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 ...

In Palo Alto, Calif., design firm HGA has completed a $22 million transformation of the lobby and plaza at 525 University Avenue, a 15-floor, 194,000-sf office building. Owned by CM Capital, 525 ...

What does it really mean to live at the top? That question is reshaping skylines from Miami to Vancouver, as luxury high-rise ...

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.

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 ...