Researchers in Canada have proposed using gravity-based energy storage in high-rise buildings, in combination with photovoltaic facades, small wind turbines, and lithium-ion batteries. Their modeling ...

When a fire breaks out in a high-rise building, conventional wisdom is that stairwells are the only way out. Lifts are verboten in such scenarios, while sheer height typically prevents any other ...

MANDAUE CITY — A firefighting system that rises above traffic and reaches burning high-rise buildings was put to the test as ...

Volumetric Building Companies is scaling high-density modular multifamily, student housing and hotel projects, leaning on steel systems for towers. Modular can be 30% to 60% faster, yet economics work ...

The operating life and life span of buildings are often far apart. If a property is no longer fit for purpose, it is usually demolished even though it would still be perfectly usable. Even in the ...