Elevators are often taken for granted in modern buildings, yet they play a critical role in how efficiently people move within a structure. Whether in commercial offices, residential high-rises, ...

What does it really mean to live at the top? That question is reshaping skylines from Miami to Vancouver, as luxury high-rise developers, architects, and property managers respond to an increasingly ...

Through the first four months of 2015, total construction starts* were $208.2 billion, up 24 percent from the same period a year ago. Not coincidentally a flurry of new luxury residential high-rise ...

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 ...

Restrictions on modifying your condominium are an industry given. If you want total freedom to knock down walls, add windows or add a fireplace, don’t buy a condo, especially one in a high-rise, ...

This blog post was authored by architect and structural engineer Charles F. Bloszies FAIA, SE, LEED. The skyscraper is architecture’s ultimate icon. The term itself conjures images of seemingly ...

Community Board 1 unanimously voted to deny a rezoning application for a 117-unit mixed-use high-rise project in St. George last week, citing concerns about the developer’s proposal of only four ...