A car hit by debris form a adjacent building under construction at Ushirika estate in Pangani, Nairobi county. [Collins Oduor, Standard] As high-rise buildings are erected every day to feed Nairobi's ...

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced in Dubai that current codes of practice around the world are inadequate for the seismic design of tall buildings and has called for a more ...

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 ...

BDB Construction has converted a historic Holiday Inn into the world's tallest student residence, featuring 650 beds and ...

The Chinese government remains silent about why it has permitted construction to resume on a 117-story skyscraper in Tianjin city nearly a decade after it was ...

The increased demand for responsive and quality healthcare facilities combined with Seattle’s constrained geography gives rise to more high-rise construction to serve a growing population.

BANGKOK — Thai authorities said Monday they are investigating why a single office tower block under construction in Bangkok collapsed during Friday's earthquake that otherwise caused limited damage in ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. As high-rise buildings are erected every day to feed Nairobi’s growing population, it ...