We thought that elevator zipping us to the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower was fast, but this one in the Taipei 101 building has been named the world’s fastest by the Guinness Book of World Records.

Building a skyscraper? To get tenants interested, you'll need a speedy elevator. Here's a look at the ten fastest in the world, measured in meters per minute. The world's tallest building (soon to be ...

More: Learn how to survive a plummeting elevator. We live in a vertical world. Despite suburban sprawl, most of Earth's population is packed into cities that have nowhere to go but up. With ...

Mitsubishi is setting records. The company was recently hired to install in China's Shanghai Towers what will become the world's fastest elevators. The elevator is expected to travel at 59 feet per ...

On Tuesday, in my Physics 151 class, I got to the point where I talk about falling objects, and also about terminal speed/velocity. There's an example in the textbook and in my notes where (in order ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan – As visitors enter the world’s second-fastest elevator to take them to the top of the world’s eighth-tallest building, a sign tells them to prepare for a “journey that’ll change your ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Pacific Ocean's "Ring of Fire" doesn't sound like the best place to put up a skyscraper, and certainly not the world's tallest. In addition to the earthquakes that often hit this ...

Dubai: Although it is no longer the world's tallest building after being overtaken by the Burj Dubai in July last year, the Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan's capital has kept its appeal with visitors. It ...