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, ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Sustainable Living Innovations (SLI), a Seattle-based building technology company, announced the groundbreaking of 303 Battery, located in Seattle’s Belltown ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Dubai doesn’t need another showstopping skyscraper. Between overinflated Big Ben knockoffs, kitschy retro-futuristic ...

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.

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 ...