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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (WPVI) -- A gas explosion in an apartment building in the Bronx caused a partial collapse Wednesday morning, leaving a corner of the building a pile of rubble. A birds eye drone photo ...

Almost three dozen high-rise condos and luxury hotels along the beach in South Florida are sinking or settling in unexpected ways, in some cases because of nearby construction, according to a new ...

Almost three dozen high-rise condos and luxury hotels along the beach in South Florida are sinking or settling in unexpected ways, in some cases because of nearby construction, according to a new ...

Metro Phoenix's skyscrapers are not as tall as those in big U.S. cities like New York and Chicago. The tallest building in the United States is One World Trade Center in New York City, which stands at ...