“The Council supports the construction of glass and steel structures that are more energy-efficient, but there is no particular ban on these materials,” Juan Soto, a spokesman for Council ...

New York City is not going to “ban” glass and steel skyscrapers, but you wouldn’t know it from sound bites from the mayor this week. On Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio repeatedly made it sound ...

From Dubai to Shanghai, skyscrapers are redefining the skyline of the world's metropolises. Architectural feats and symbols ...

Glass has always been an unlikely material for large buildings, because of how difficult it becomes to control temperature and glare indoors. In fact, the use of fully glazed exteriors only became ...

Tall Timber: Move Over, Glass-and-Steel Skyscrapers. Seattle embraces wood for high-rise construction in the face of climate change. September 24, 2019 • Katherine Khashimova Long, ...

The technique he used, in which the glass is hung on a steel frame, known as a curtain wall, had been used in the late 1940s by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer for the United Nations ...

Proponents of wood argue that substantial timber construction is actually more fire resistant than steel. Today fantastic wood skyscraper projects abound, including a 100-story tower for London ...

The world’s ever-changing skylines serve as reminders that it is not only economics and technology that have driven the history of skyscrapers, but symbolism and ego, too.