They’re transforming cities with million-dollar views and a message of modernity. But climate change makes cooling them ...

If it seems like buildings in Miami are getting taller, that’s because they are. The Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences Miami, a skyscraper designed to resemble a stack of offset blocks, will tower ...

The Jeddah Tower's height has now surpassed the world's tallest residential tower, the lead engineer of the project told Newsweek.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iconic skylines are one way to immediately identify some cities. Some looming skyscrapers haven't stood the test of time, ending ...

From soaring skylines in East Asia to vertical expansions in the Middle East, skyscrapers have become defining features of modern urban landscapes. Some of these metropolises are even best known the ...

Skyscrapers were invented in the United States. Two new technological developments made very tall buildings possible in the late 1800s. One development was the mechanical elevator. It meant that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the University of Toronto, just across the street from the football stadium, workers are putting up a 14-story building with ...

Faced with the prospect of an extensive, and expensive, seismic safety retrofit for its 1960s-era downtown headquarters, L.A. County decided to vet an alternative: a far newer building, located just ...

If it seems like buildings in Miami are getting taller, that’s because they are. The Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences Miami, a skyscraper designed to resemble a stack of offset blocks, will tower ...

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