The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced in Dubai that current codes of practice around the world are inadequate for the seismic design of tall buildings and has called for a more ...

Students worldwide are invited to submit entries for Designaddvance 2024 featuring High-Rise Residential Buildings designed to be built using Industrialised Construction - particularly prefabricated ...

As the number of challenges associated with high-rise buildings continue to increase, so too does the responsibility of the fire department to know as much as possible about these buildings’ design, ...

Spurred by his passion for the urban lifestyle, Kevin Burns has lived in many of the high-rise condominium and apartment towers built within the past two decades in downtown Austin. Burns is the ...

Building facades are no longer simple exterior walls. In modern architecture, the facade is a highly engineered system that controls light, heat, safety, and visual identity. It is the first element ...

In Lagos, the demolition and planned reconstruction of iconic landmark such as the Obafemi Awolowo House popularly known as Glass House in the heart of Ikeja, and the re-modelling of Eric Moore Towers ...

In Palo Alto, Calif., design firm HGA has completed a $22 million transformation of the lobby and plaza at 525 University Avenue, a 15-floor, 194,000-sf office building. Owned by CM Capital, 525 ...