Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A 117-story skyscraper in the Chinese port city of Tianjin has stood ...

A new tower is set to make a major impact on the skyline in Toronto, Canada. Named One Bloor West, the building is nearing completion and has officially surpassed 300 m (984 ft), making it the country ...

Modern skyscrapers may as well be spaceships. Their exteriors are usually impenetrably smooth, their shapes are often aerodynamic, and, for the most part, if you want to open a window, forget about it ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tom Liravongsa, or Tom the Skyscraper Guy, a real estate investor who purchased the majority of the Pittsfield Building, a 38-story skyscraper in ...

New York City’s iconic Flatiron Building, one of the world’s earliest skyscrapers and among the city’s most recognizable architectural landmarks, is entering an unprecedented new chapter. The 307-foot ...

You'll never guess where this skyscraper is going to be built ... We're used to seeing new skyscrapers regularly announced for major cities like Dubai, New York, and Shenzhen. However, this ambitious ...

On October 12, 1977, banking giant Citicorp opened the tallest new skyscraper in New York City since the early 1930s. From afar, the 915-foot tower’s distinctive sloped roof cut through the Midtown ...

The Saudi crown family’s megalomaniac dreams of building a gigantic city of the future in the middle of the desert are getting a brutal reality check. Saudi Arabia’s plans for Neom, a futuristic fever ...

Hannah Kliger joined the CBS News New York team as a reporter in May 2022, focusing her coverage in Brooklyn. A native New Yorker, Hannah has received several awards for her investigative journalism ...

The construction of a skyscraper left dormant since 2015 in northern China is set to resume early next week, according to Chinese state media. Goldin Finance 117, a 1,959-foot-tall tower in China's ...