When a fire breaks out in a high-rise building, conventional wisdom is that stairwells are the only way out. Lifts are verboten in such scenarios, while sheer height typically prevents any other ...

Researchers in Canada have proposed using gravity-based energy storage in high-rise buildings, in combination with photovoltaic facades, small wind turbines, and lithium-ion batteries. Their modeling ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor’s skyline has two notable additions with new high-rises completed in August, including the tallest building the city has seen in over half a century. And several more big ...