Skyscrapers

Growing demand for cleaner energy sources means offshore wind farms are being built all over the world. More than 5,000 turbines must be installed each year until 2050 to limit global warming to 1.5℃.…

The City of London will ask its cluster of skyscrapers to dim their lights at night as part of a new strategy to reduce visual pollution and save energy. Property owners across the Square Mile will be asked to switch off unnecessary…

Graphical abstract. Credit: One Earth (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.10.014 Skyscrapers dominate city skylines, but these massive…

Researchers from the University of Cambridge used 3D printing to create grids of high-rise ‘nano-housing’ where sun-loving bacteria can grow quickly. The researchers…

A new Skyrim mod adds a sci-fi themed city to the game, meaning players can see skyscrapers in the fantastical world. First spotted by PC Gamer, the mod called Fort Knox is created by Ripcat. It adds skyscrapers, neon signs, an…

Credit: © SOM | Miysis Architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill gave a presentation last week at COP26 suggesting that skyscrapers of…

The twin towers’ elevator layouts meant getting to ground level was more complicated on some floors than on others. Credit: US NIST The 2001…

“Architecture is all lights and shadows,” says the Italian artist and designer Umberto Bellardi Ricci, seated in his 1,100-square-foot studio, a white-walled loft that overlooks the Manhattan skyline from the 13th floor of a former storage…