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 towering structure is one of dozens of housing and road projects being undertaken by Chinese developers in Kenya, which have given Nairobi a major face-lift. The projects that straddle different ...

This is the terrifying moment onlookers fled during an earthquake, stopping only to record the collapse of a Chinese high-rise building. Footage shows panicked locals running as tremors from a ...

Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades burned through the night, leaving at least 44 people dead and 279 reported missing, with rescuers still pulling residents from blazing high-rise apartment ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — New drawings show what a 14-story apartment high-rise could look like overlooking the University of Michigan marching band practice field. The Dean is the name of the new building ...

Sometimes there’s a good reason Massachusetts has different rules than the rest of the nation. For example, we pioneered universal health insurance coverage and free public schools. But sometimes ...

Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Housing Research, University of Adelaide, and Research Associate, ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, University of Essex Emma Baker receives funding ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor’s skyline has two notable additions with new high-rises completed in August, including the tallest building the city has seen in over half a century. And several more big ...

The Building Collapse Prevention Guild, Lagos Island Cell, has raised concerns over the structural integrity and fire safety of high‑rise buildings on Lagos Island, following the recent GNI House fire ...