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 ...

Part of a high-rise apartment building in New York City collapsed Wednesday morning, leaving a corner of the building a pile of rubble. The city’s fire department said it had no immediate reports of ...

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 ...

Sometimes there’s a good reason Massachusetts has different rules than the rest of the nation. For example, we pioneered universal health insurance coverage and free public schools. But sometimes ...

The study of smoke movement and fire dynamics in high-rise buildings is critical for improving fire safety and resilience in modern urban environments. Recent investigations have focussed on the ...

Radio signal dead zones can create a potentially dangerous situation for emergency responders, yet dozens of high-rises in Fort Lauderdale have them, city officials say. That means police and ...