ATLANTA (AP) — One of the world’s largest elevator towers will soon be opened to test elevators of the future as well as current ones high above the Atlanta suburbs. TK Elevator’s 420-foot (128 meters ...

It is hard to imagine that for thousands of years, the Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest manmade structure in the world. However, like the Lincoln Cathedral and the Washington Monument, which also ...

Steel and concrete facades have dominated contemporary cityscapes for generations, but as pressures from climate change pose new challenges for design and construction industries, some firms are ...

What is the tallest skyscraper we could build? This video explains how tall we could really build and compares the sizes of the Burj Khalifa, Jeddah Tower, X-Seed 4000, Tokyo Tower of Babel, The ...

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 ...

Here are 10 notable U.S. skyscrapers under construction in 2026, according to the Council on Vertical Urbanism’s Skyscraper ...

As construction continues on Bentley's car-elevating skyscraper in Miami, Florida, the British luxury automaker has taken the wraps off its penthouse suite and put it up for sale. The plush residence ...

With 61 floors and 216 apartments, residents will be able to drive up to their apartments in their own cars, thanks to an innovative elevator called the Dezervator. Each residence will feature a ...

The fabulous New York City skyline is in for some tall changes. Spectacular twin towers — principal structures of the World Trade Center — will be the tallest buildings in the world. The ...

Introduction -- Ch. 1. Technological origins: freight hoists in England and America, 1800-1860 -- Ch. 2. Ascending rooms and vertical railways: the passenger elevator, 1800-1860 -- Ch. 3. An emerging ...

Three hours after plunging 84 floors, six people were freed from a broken elevator in the former John Hancock Center, WBBM reported. A hoist rope broke just after midnight Friday morning, sending the ...