The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has named two winners and three finalists of its 2013 Innovation Award. The highlighted innovations stand to revolutionize the technology, ...
This blog post was authored by architect and structural engineer Charles F. Bloszies FAIA, SE, LEED. The skyscraper is architecture’s ultimate icon. The term itself conjures images of seemingly ...
Tarang Patel of TRV Mechanical has become a published authority in decentralized VRF systems, passive ventilation, and BIM-coordinated mechanical design – with his engineering methods documented by ...
The 300-ft-tall commercial office high-rise 200 Park in San Jose, Calif., is just the second tower built with the SpeedCore concrete-filled composite steel plate shear wall core system. ENR’s Best ...
Most of the high-rise structures in the National Capital Region, like condominiums and office buildings, are "generally safe" if a strong earthquake hits Metro Manila. A magntude 6.9 earthquake hit ...
Large quakes produce shaking at a variety of frequencies. Some waves can travel hundreds of miles, and are amplified by local geological conditions. By Thomas Fuller Thomas Fuller has reported on why ...
The Chinese government remains silent about why it has permitted construction to resume on a 117-story skyscraper in Tianjin city nearly a decade after it was ...