The Hong Kong high-rise fire has underscored the complexities of evacuating tall buildings in emergencies. With 44 confirmed ...

The constant surge of tourists would leave the skyscraper at a halt if the speed of the elevators was slow; hence, these ...

At the eastern edge of Germany’s Black Forest, just outside the medieval town of Rottweil, a peculiar structure — a skyscraper where nobody lives — dominates the land. It’s called TK Elevator Testturm ...

A new energy storage system for high-rise buildings has been introduced in Canada. Designed by University of Waterloo researchers, the solid gravity energy storage system is claimed to be suitable for ...

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 ...

The world’s tallest elevator testing tower has just opened in Inazawa City, Japan, and is named Solae. Why would you build a tower just to test elevators? Because the world’s tallest buildings ...