The building's dramatic and dazzling feats of architecture make it appear as if it were hovering above the street. But is that a good thing?

Concrete is all around us, and we haven’t quite wrapped our heads around it. Understanding its history more clearly, the ...

The concern was raised in 1915 that more streetcars would be needed to accommodate all the people working in Madison's first ...

The Leaning Tower YMCA residential building, located at 6300 W. Touhy Ave., was demolished starting at 10 a.m., the announcement said. It's part of a "significant step" in the village's plan to ...

"In New York City, you know, the majority of our carbon emissions come from buildings. And as a result, if we're going to tackle climate change in New York City, we need to decarbonize our ...

The Sun sets on the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City. © Photo: Gary Hershorn (Getty Images) Cities looking to eliminate fossil ...

The unfinished and leaning building remains an unfinished eyesore to those who work near 161 Maiden Lane, the site of One Seaport Skyscrapers in New York City's financial district generally use ...

For over a century, New York’s tallest buildings have been anchored with deep steel pilings drilled into bedrock. But for reasons that remain tangled in ongoing lawsuits, Fortis Property Group ...

Don’t miss any of them, really. Read “The Leaning Tower of New York” » Further reading: for more on ill-fated skyscrapers, revisit Joseph Morgenstern’s remarkable story about the engineer ...

Since the financial crisis, luxury residential skyscrapers have gone up in New York higher and faster ... unusual settlement. . . . The building is leaning 3 inches to the north.” ...

An architectural feat known as The Big Bend was introduced to the New York City skyline in 2017. At least, in theory. If built, the skyscraper would be the Big Apple's longest building — and the ...