With a planned height of 1,907 feet, once completed, the Legends Tower will surpass the 1,776-foot tall One World Trade ...

Can you really build a skyscraper out of wood? Though we typically think of steel, concrete, and glass as the building blocks of a modern city, TALL TIMBER: The Future of Cities in Wood, a new exhibit ...

How tall could we really build? After a century of competition, skyscrapers are reaching new extremes.

It's not yet official, but credible rumors are gaining momentum that the ridiculously tall skyscraper planned for Saudi Arabia which we covered last year is going ahead. If constructed, the incredibly ...

The cities of the future may take the charge in progress for a very unexpected reason — with skylines doubling as massive energy storage units. And the idea? Not solar panels and wind turbines — think ...

While 2013 didn't see the completion of a mega tower like Burj Khalifa, it was a near-record-setting year in terms of the number of super-tall skyscrapers completed. Led by the 82-story, 1,166-foot JW ...

The image of the skyscraper is the hallmark of the modern city. Futuristic depictions of urban landscapes nearly always feature towering structures high above the clouds. Today, however, developing ...

In fact the only building you would probably label as a skyscraper (if we discount St John's Beacon) is the city's tallest building, the 40-storey West Tower, which was completed in the mid-2000s. The ...

Iconic skylines are one way to immediately identify some cities. Some looming skyscrapers haven't stood the test of time, ending up abandoned or incomplete. Cities must figure out what to do with the ...