As tall buildings continue to rise in height and in numbers, ASHRAE is providing guidance needed to meet critical design elements. “Tall buildings present unique and formidable challenges to ...
Tall buildings represent a pinnacle of modern engineering and architectural ingenuity, embodying the vertical expansion of urban environments and the quest for sustainable densification. The design of ...
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Lessons learned in the design, construction, and operation of tall buildings can also be applied to buildings of all sizes and stories, according to ASHRAE. To prove this, a mini-conference on tall ...
The world’s tallest twisting tower, and second tallest building overall, Shanghai Tower, was recently selected by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat as the 2016 winner of the “Best Tall ...
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How Burj Khalifa still defies wind, heat, gravity in 2026: Engineering secrets of world’s tallest building revealed
When the Burj Khalifa opened on January 4, 2010, it did not just take the title of the world’s tallest building, it announced Dubai to the world as a hub of ambition, innovation and architectural ...
Clifton (right) with MKA colleagues Kevin Aswegan and Juliana Rochester at the site of the first high-rise to implement performance-based wind design, which is called the future of skyscraper ...
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), the global authority on the world’s tallest towers, has announced a new, much shorter name: the Council on Vertical Urbanism (CVU). The rebrand ...
Bologna used to look a lot like Manhattan. In the 12th century, nearly 100 slender towers pierced the skyline of the central Italian city. Monuments to civic rivalry and aristocratic pride, several ...
The Brooklyn skyline has been sprouting quickly, but the tall towers are mostly banal and not worthy of Brooklyn’s reputation as a creative center, according to the Wall Street Journal. What is needed ...
Burj Khalifa Was Never Meant to Be This Tall: Design Trick That Lets Dubai’s Skyscraper ‘Confuse the Wind’ and Stay Rock Solid When the Burj Khalifa opened on January 4, 2010, it did not just take the ...
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