San Francisco is a self-consciously civilized place, pleased by its reasonable scale and unreasonable hills, proud of the slightly loopy beaux arts buildings and the great swaths of pastel houses, ...

The Skyscraper Museum continues its lecture series In Situ: The Modern Concrete Skyscraper, which examines key experiments in concrete construction and the range of paradigmatic concrete skyscrapers ...

The exhibition, which will remain on display at least through October, sheds light on this often-overlooked aspect of the history of tall buildings with models, diagrams, photos, drawings, and videos.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Milwaukee has been home to the world’s tallest timber skyscraper ...

As cities in India grow denser, skyscrapers dominate the urban landscape. But with increasing concerns about pollution, climate change, and urban heat islands, the need for integrating greenery into ...

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 ...

In the mid-1880s, Chicago pulled off something nobody else had tried before by building a tall, metal-framed office tower called the Home Insurance Building. We’d call that a skyscraper today. It didn ...

San Diego is a city full of history and modern charm, a place where old architecture meets sleek contemporary design. Whether you are a history buff or someone who admires modern skyscrapers, this ...

If the United States has a national architectural form, it is the skyscraper. The notion of building a tower to the heavens is as old as Genesis, but it took some brash 19th century Americans to ...

Modern skyscrapers may as well be spaceships. Their exteriors are usually impenetrably smooth, their shapes are often aerodynamic, and, for the most part, if you want to open a window, forget about it ...