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The three tallest skyscrapers in Europe have all opened since 2013 on a riverfront site 2.5 miles west of the Kremlin. All that new glass-sheathed space hit the market just as the Russian economy tanked and vacancies for premium offices in the district...
Some of our favorite building materials are also the most vulnerable. Think of glass—floor-to-ceiling windows are awesome, until they fall 18 stories onto the street. But we typically think of concrete as solid. Concrete structures from ancient Rome...
It’s no longer just cabins that can be built from logs. In Canada, they’re gearing up for the opening of the North America’s tallest wood building—with six mighty floors. In London, a wood tower stretches to reach floor nine. But in Sweden, the architecture firm...
Part of Didcot Power Station collapsed in February causing the death of one worker at Coleman and Company and serious injury to a number of others. There are still three people missing in the 30-foot high pile of construction material left by the collapse...
Scientists studying the earthquake that struck southern Japan in April have identified a number of seismological factors that made the tremor so destructive – and warn that should the same factors combine beneath a major city it could bring down a skyscraper...
Dublin’s tallest planned office block, the 73m Exo at Point Village, recently got the green light from Dublin City Council – even though a building of 88m was permitted under zoning for the site. Across the river at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Kennedy Wilson is developing...
Some skyscrapers have a history of aggravating people. London’s 20 Fenchurch Street (aka the Walkie-Talkie) regularly tops lists of the most hated towers in the UK capital, while Beijing’s CCTV building has been likened to a giant pair of boxer...
Composite materials and adhesives could "revolutionise" construction and lead to entire towers being glued together, according to American architect Greg Lynn. Carbon fibre, fibreglass and other structural plastics are lighter, stronger and cheaper than many traditional...
London’s skyline is changing dramatically, with almost double the number of tall buildings in the pipeline compared to two years ago, and only three planning applications rejected over the past 12 months, according to a report by New London Architecture and GLHearn...
Standing 12 metres wide and 195 metres tall above the historic Huddar Parker & Co building, Collins House will be Melbourne’s thinnest skyscraper when it is completed next year, surpassing Phoenix Apartments on Flinders Street. Phoenix claims to be the current holder...
