“I think we often seek opportunity when, in fact, it might be present—we just don't recognize it," the architect told ...

Progress on the Jeddah Tower, the world's tallest building, is moving “much faster than it ever did,” its engineer told ...

These buildings, including two designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, have divided opinion, but are adored by architects.

Ever wondered where the world's oldest skyscraper is? Chicago and New York were the first to develop skyscraper cities and served as a precedent (and inspiration) for countless others around the world ...

This blog post was authored by architect and structural engineer Charles F. Bloszies FAIA, SE, LEED. The skyscraper is architecture’s ultimate icon. The term itself conjures images of seemingly ...

Humans have long built towering structures to showcase the power of empires, rulers, religions and corporations. Today, more tall buildings are popping up than ever before. But skyscrapers could soon ...

When the first skyscraper was built in Chicago in 1885 — a modest ten storeys — people were afraid to walk under the steel-framed building, fearing it would collapse. Today, as towers made of wood go ...

At the University of Toronto, just across the street from the football stadium, workers are putting up a 14-story building with space for classrooms and faculty offices. What’s unusual is how they’re ...

Cost and demand determine building heights, and a big new project isn't out of the question. But “urban design matters," one ...

(NEXSTAR) – Can you imagine a time before skyscrapers towered over the world’s great cities, shading the streets and sidewalks below? That was the reality until America entered a new architectural era ...

Faced with the prospect of an extensive, and expensive, seismic safety retrofit for its 1960s-era downtown headquarters, L.A. County decided to vet an alternative: a far newer building, located just ...