The world’s tallest buildings represent humanity’s remarkable capacity to overcome architectural and engineering challenges, ...

It can be difficult to accurately determine the cost of constructing a building. There are many factors that add to the price, from expensive land to cutting-edge tech. In the past few decades, there ...

From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have unveiled the ...

Researchers mapped exactly where buildings are in the world and how much space they take up. The result is a mind boggling ...

Well, here's something you don't see every day: all 2.75 billion buildings of the world shown together in a single 3D map. Reading time 3 minutes The world has a lot of buildings. Now you can see them ...

From soaring skylines in East Asia to vertical expansions in the Middle East, skyscrapers have become defining features of modern urban landscapes. Some of these metropolises are even best known the ...

The famous observation decks of 20th-century buildings—the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, the World Trade Center—were low-tech but thrilling open-air platforms ringed by coin-operated ...

Looking back through time, the world’s tallest man-made structure was the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. It held that position over 3,800 years, until the Lincoln Cathedral was built in 1311.

The hard years teach humility. You learn to respect every dollar of cost, every day of delay. You stop viewing volatility as ...