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 ...

A shadow may soon be cast across Ohio State’s North Campus. Landmark Properties, a Georgia-based developer, submitted plans for a new 16-story high-rise building at 2160 N. High St. to the University ...

Researchers in Canada have proposed using gravity-based energy storage in high-rise buildings, in combination with photovoltaic facades, small wind turbines, and lithium-ion batteries. Their modeling ...

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that the blaze occurred at The Great Nigeria Insurance House, located on ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor’s skyline has two notable additions with new high-rises completed in August, including the tallest building the city has seen in over half a century. And several more big ...

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 ...

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 ...

Firefighters respond to Lagos Island warehouse blaze with no casualties reported as flames spread across multiple floors ...