Jaw-Dropping Photos From One World Trade Center's Unopened Observation Deck
One World Trade Center's observation deck won't be open for another two years, but today the media got a chance to preview the incredible views of New York offered from the 1,250 feet high room.The...
View ArticleTallest Skyscraper In Chechnya Engulfed By Huge Fire
A 475-foot tall skyscraper in Chechen capital of Grozny caught fire Wednesday, according to multiple reports.Russia Today reports the 40-story-high Olympus Tower in the Grozny City complex is the...
View Article16 Spectacular Corporate Headquarters Around The World
Some of the world's most architecturally impressive structures are actually the same buildings where thousands of people work every day.Giants like Apple, Google, and Facebook have built lavish...
View ArticleThe 9 Tallest Skyscrapers That Are Being Built Right Now
One World Trade Center is about to reach the dizzying height of 1,776 feet, when the spire is placed on top of the building today. The addition of the spire will make it the new tallest building in the...
View ArticleHere's How One World Trade Compares To The Tallest Buildings In The World
This morning, the spire went up at One World Trade Center in Manhattan.Once it's completed, the building will tower at 1,776 ft., making it the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere—but it still...
View ArticleA Photographer Climbed To The Top Of Dubai's Burj Khalifa Skyscraper To Get...
National Geographic photographer Joe McNally climbed all the way to the top of Dubai's 2,722-foot-tall Burj Khalifa tower just to get a picture.The building — the world's tallest — was made famous when...
View ArticleStriking Photos Of New York's Tallest Skyscraper 100 Years Ago And Today
New skyscrapers are being built all the time. But it's still pretty cool to look back and compare New York's tallest building in 1913 to New York's tallest building in 2013.Below are two pictures: One...
View ArticleBillionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed Is Scoping Out A Site For His Mile-High...
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal says he is looking at the world's largest cities, including Shanghai, Moscow, London, and New York, as possible locations to build a mile-high skyscraper...
View ArticleYeah Yeah Yeahs Shoot The First Music Video Atop The Empire State Building
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have become the first band to shoot a music video at the top of New York City's Empire State Building. The clip for Despair – a small part of which has been posted online– was made in...
View ArticleLeon Cooperman's Hedge Fund Is Moving To Midtown
Billionaire hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman's Omega Advisors just signed a lease to occupy a floor in a 41-story in Midtown Manhattan skyscraper 810 Seventh Avenue.From the press release: Omega...
View ArticleChina Is Skeptical About Plans To Build The World's Tallest Building In Just...
It’s a plan so audacious many Chinese don’t even think it’s possible, but that didn’t stop Changsha-based construction company Broad Sustainable Building from breaking ground Saturday on the world’s...
View ArticleA Dubai Architecture Firm Wants To Build A Skyscraper That Rotates Like A...
There's a plan in Dubai for an 80-story skyscraper with floors that can rotate 360 degrees every 90 minutes, according to Curbed.The building design was dreamed up by architect David Fisher of Dynamic...
View ArticleTED SPEAKER AND CEO: Don't Fall Behind Early, Leverage Your Strengths From...
TED speaker and CEO of Ecovative Eben Bayer told Business Insider that his Mushroom Tiny House is finally generating conversation in the world of construction and furniture, but it took a while for the...
View ArticleThe 10 Tallest Skyscrapers Being Built Right Now
At 2,722 feet, the Burj Khalifa is widely known as the world's tallest building, but it will see some fierce competition in years to come.Emporis, a company keeps statistics on construction projects...
View ArticleSupertall Skyscraper Developers Are Inflating Height With Tons Of Unusable Space
Ever expanding population growth coupled with the continuous development of urban centres mean that buildings, in general, will continue to get taller.With the topping out of One World Trade Centre in...
View ArticleKorea Will Soon Be Home To The World's First 'Invisible' Skyscraper
The world will soon have its first "invisible" skyscraper.There's no construction date yet for the planned 1,476-foot tower, called Tower Infinity. But its architects have just been granted a...
View ArticleA History Of The World's Tallest Skyscrapers
New York City kicked off the world's fascination with skyscrapers in 1908 thanks to the combination of steel-frame construction and the elevator. The Singer Building, the city's first skyscraper,...
View ArticleThese Pictures Taken From The Tops Of New York City's Skyscrapers Will Give...
New Yorkers who commute through the Bowling Green Station in Manhattan have some heart-racing new photographs to look at.Seven large-scale images shot by photographer Navid Baraty of Manhattan streets...
View ArticleREPORT: New Skyscrapers Will Cast Dark Shadows Over Much Of Central Park
As more and more luxury construction projects crop up at the southern end of Central Park, the corridor along 57th and 59th Streets has, without a doubt, earned its "Billionaire's Belt" nickname. But a...
View ArticleHere's Full Video Of Dubai's Record Breaking Fireworks Show
Dubai's Burj Khalifa Tower is not only the tallest in the world, it's also now the site of the world's largest ever fireworks show.Business Insider's own Julie Zeveloff reported:The pyrotechnic feat...
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