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 ...

When a fire breaks out in a high-rise building, conventional wisdom is that stairwells are the only way out. Lifts are verboten in such scenarios, while sheer height typically prevents any other ...

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 ...

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.

On Tuesday night, the Raleigh City Council apporved a rezoning proposal that could reshape Raleigh's skyline. Developers asked leaders to rezone more than two acres of the downtown area to allow for a ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor officials have finalized a development agreement for a 19-story high-rise to be built at 1209 South University Ave. The new tower slated to rise at the northeast corner of ...