Humans have been trying to get "to heaven" since ancient times. That's why a popular assertion that “size does not matter” ...

Since time immemorial, wood has been the most ancient building material. Shelters, huts, houses, churches, and other ...

Robustness of the world's skyscrapers stress-tested. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 08 / 230830131834.htm. University of Surrey.

Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of China’s Guangdong province, ranks among the top 5 on our list of the 30 cities with the most skyscrapers in the world. Guangzhou is a sprawling port ...

For more than a decade, the king of the skyscrapers—the tallest building in the world—has been the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. With a total height of 2,722 feet, it’s the undisputed champion of ...

The world's best new skyscrapers for 2015. By BD+C Staff. June 23, 2015. 2 min read . The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat selected the winners of the Best Tall Building Awards as part of ...

Vietnam is home to the world's largest cave. It's so vast that it has its own weather system and could fit an entire city ...

Currently in the lead is Oklahoma City's Legends Tower, a 1,907-foot structure that would be the tallest building in the U.S.

A fun fact: Hong Kong has the most skyscrapers in the world. There are many ways to admire the skyline, but taking the Peak Tram to Victoria Peak is the best way to see Hong Kong's iconic skyline.

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 ...

The architecture firm that designed the world’s tallest building is considering ways to build skyscrapers that can store energy using gravity. Skidmore Owings & Merrill has developed a series of ...

The “Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO Bricks” exhibit combines some of the world’s most innovative skyscrapers with the world’s most popular building brick. The exhibit, which opens Saturday ...