For better or worse -- possibly both -- the skyscraper was the exhilarating signature of architecture in the 20th century. But what will be its future in the 21st? This is an inescapable question in ...

Jason Barr has studied Manhattan skyscrapers since he joined the Rutgers-Newark faculty in 2003, but he believes towering future changes to the skyline will become more prevalent across the Hudson ...

The imagined architecture of the coming drone era is mostly defensive. There’s the stealth-mode startup, Domestic Drone Countermeasures, with its camera-jamming home-security system. There’s the ...

The architects behind the Burj Khalifa in Dubai — the world’s tallest building, for those keeping score — are teaming up with a startup to turn future skyscrapers into massive, gravity-powered ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

At the University of Toronto, just across the street from the football stadium, workers are putting up a 14-story building with space for classrooms and faculty offices. What’s unusual is how they’re ...

New images have been released of how the City of London’s skyline could look in future ahead of a major real estate conference where officials will showcase the Square Mile. The images, released by ...

A derecho windstorm on May 16, 2024, blew out windows at TotalEnergies Tower in downtown Houston. A recently published study employed miniature models of skyscrapers to find out why the May 2024 ...

From Willis Tower to One World Trade Center, skyscrapers are emblematic of the world's great cities. Since their beginnings in the late 19th century, these tall towers have constantly evolved as ...