News

This famous NYC skyscraper was almost toppled by winds — and the people who worked inside it had no idea of the danger they were in
It was “one of the greatest engineering crises in history,” Michael M. Greenburg writes in his new book, “The Great ...
The Mirror US on MSN13d
Inside world's thinnest skyscraper which sways 'a few feet' in the wind
New York's skyline is home to some of the world's most iconic buildings, but the latest addition to Billionaires' Row has ...
New York Daily News2y
PHOTOS: Empire State Building: The skyscraper that defines New York
On the 94th anniversary of the Empire State Building's official opening, which took place on May 1, 1931, take a look at images of the world's most iconic skyscraper. A roving searchlight ...
Bizcommunity4y
David Adjaye, Aston Martin collaborate on architect's first NY skyscraper
David Adjaye, Aston Martin and Lightstone have collaborated to create five luxury residences for Adjaye's first skyscraper 130 ... signature feature is the silhouette of rhythmic, large-scale ...
The New York Times6y
The Empire State Building May Soon Have Another Rival on the Skyline
If approved at 1,551 feet tall, his skyscraper, known as Tower Fifth, would rank as the second-tallest building not only in New York, but in the Western Hemisphere. In the heady world of ...
New York Post1y
Out-of-this-world NYC skyscraper aims to hang from an asteroid
The firm Clouds Architecture Office has fully imagined a particularly pie-in-the-sky development plan, namely to hang a skyscraper upside-down from an asteroid so that it hovers over New York City ...