The Rise Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, would be the tallest building in the world if completed, dwarfing Dubai's Burj Khalifa.

Iconic skylines are one way to immediately identify some cities. Some looming skyscrapers haven't stood the test of time, ending up abandoned or incomplete. Cities must figure out what to do with the ...

Recently we spoke with Roman Boiko an architect whose biography itself feels like a story of cultural and spatial connections. Born in Almaty, he ...

It shapes the world we live in in profound ways that are not always fully appreciated as they are normally taken for granted. Greek architecture does remind us of the importance of harmony, balance, ...

In the middle of Pyongyang, a city that is itself considered one of the most closed places in the world, stands the Ryugyong ...

Hong Kong tops our list of the 30 cities with the most skyscrapers in the world. Hong Kong is a city and a special administrative region (SAR) in China. It is one of the world’s most densely populated ...

The safety of tall buildings in the world's cities, in the face of extreme external traumas like vehicle impacts, blasts or fires, has been tested using a model developed by structural engineers -- ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For more than a decade, the king of the skyscrapers—the tallest ...

DETROIT - You don’t have to travel the globe to see the tallest skyscrapers in the world. Well, OK, you do, but you can actually see what all of them look like scaled down to size and made from ...

Critically endangered yellow-crested cockatoos found an unexpected sanctuary among Hong Kong ’s towering skyscrapers, but like their human neighbors they ...

Iconic skylines are one way to immediately identify some cities. Some looming skyscrapers haven't stood the test of time, becoming abandoned or remaining incomplete. Cities must figure out what to do ...