But the advances in steel frame construction in the later 19th century allowed for much taller buildings. With mass timber buildings, wooden layers are laminated together, using nails, dowels or glue.

The Picture Page image 45 years ago shows the Huron Street steel girders of what was to become the Dulski Federal Building and, later, the upscale Avant building. “Strike-stilled frame ...

Last fall, the engineers successfully tested a 26-foot-tall, three-story, steel-frame building outfitted with the new system, built atop the E-Defense shake table—the world's largest earthquake ...