Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades burned through the night, leaving at least 44 people dead and 279 reported missing with rescuers still pulling residents from blazing high-rise apartment ...

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 ...

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 ...

You might think a high-rise apartment is nothing but spectacular views, doorman services, and luxury—but there are some downsides you only learn when you live there. City living comes with a lot of ...

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 ...

Even today, there is ongoing debate among builders, safety experts and first responders about whether New York City is doing enough to reduce the risks of high-rise fire catastrophes—all as a new ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — It’s getting harder to keep track of all the high-rise developments in Ann Arbor as more and more keep getting proposed and approved. Several projects that will alter the downtown ...

Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Housing Research, University of Adelaide, and Research Associate, ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, University of Essex Emma Baker receives funding ...