It was this structural innovation that enabled the Home Insurance Building to be built in 1884. The world's first skyscraper revolutionised architecture, as in its wake would follow ever taller ...

LONDON, England (CNN)-- Saudi Prince and billionaire Al-Waleed bin Talal says he will build the world's tallest building, planned to be over a kilometer (3,281 feet) high. The tower will be built ...

When we think of skyscrapers, words like "modern," "contemporary," and "futuristic" often come to mind. However, skyscrapers aren’t new. The origins of skyscraper construction can be traced back ...

London's first skyscraper was built in 1925. We've seen four distinct waves since. 100 years ago, London was a flat city, punctuated only by steeples, chimneys and the dome of St Paul's.

It was Scotland’s tallest building. Built in 1938, the art deco Tower of Empire – also known as Tait Tower after its architect Thomas S. Tait – stood 300ft tall and could be seen from 100 ...

Its gracefully stepped shape, a product of the city's 1916 zoning law (the first of its kind in the nation), allowed the building to rise in a series of setbacks from a five-story base to a ...

For the first time since the 19-story EMC Insurance building rose in the 1990s, a ceremonial groundbreaking was held Wednesday for a downtown Des Moines skyscraper. Construction of the $148 ...

This is the first work that marks the construction record of the Kasumigaseki Building, Japan's first skyscraper building. We will introduce the construction plans for the Kasumigaseki Building ...