Can you really build a skyscraper out of wood? Though we typically think of steel, concrete, and glass as the building blocks of a modern city, TALL TIMBER: The Future of Cities in Wood, a new exhibit ...

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 ...

It isn’t always easy to pinpoint when and how an economic trend takes shape. But if you’re looking for the origins of what some refer to as “Corporate America,” you might wish to stand at 40 West 40th ...

Here are 10 notable U.S. skyscrapers under construction in 2026, according to the Council on Vertical Urbanism’s Skyscraper ...

With its plans to build a skyscraper on Salt Lake City’s Main Street still stalled, a Texas-based developer announced it will ramp up conversion of a well-known office high-rise on nearby South Temple ...

Grand Central Terminal is not the only New York landmark celebrating its one-hundredth birthday this year. The Woolworth Building, Manhattan’s gothic-style “Cathedral of Commerce,” was also built in ...

This is the most common way to measure a building. The architectural top of a building includes any building structure or ornaments, like spires or parapets, but it does not include what the CTBUH ...

Los Angeles County's headquarters, the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, was completed in 1960 in the downtown Civic Center. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) With the ink dry on Los Angeles ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved the purchase of the Gas Company Tower, one of downtown L.A.’s most prominent skyscrapers. The $200-million purchase clears the way for a plan ...