Humans have been trying to get "to heaven" since ancient times. That's why a popular assertion that “size does not matter” certainly does not apply to the height of buildings. Being a standard of ...

and I’m willing to bet it’s not any of the go-to big honkin’ buildings you were thinking of throwing out. This is the heaviest building in the world: The Palace of the Parliament in ...

also known as Big Ben, is the elaborate pièce de résistance. At 2,722 feet—or a little over half a mile—the Burj Khalifa has been the world’s tallest building since 2009. Its impressive ...

A huge tower, which stands a staggering 3,280ft above the ground, is going to be opened by the end of the decade and will become the world’s tallest building once completed. Jeddah Tower in ...

A humongous 1,957-feet-tall skycraper is thought to be the tallest abandoned building in the world. Construction began on Goldin Finance 117, in the business district of Tianjin in the country's ...

In fact, the 12th tallest building in the world, the John Hancock Center in Chicago, has five sets of enormous diagonals on each of its four sides to keep from falling over in the wind.

In 2023, it was voted the fourth ugliest building in the world by Buildworld.co. It was also voted the second ugliest building in the United States, falling second to the J. Edgar Hoover Building ...

"BIG's proposal contributes to the city with ... Architecturally it has won many plaudits, including being named the best building at the World Architecture Festival in 2021 and being nominated ...

In 1945, a B-25 bomber on its way to Newark Airport in New Jersey crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building. Amazingly, the building suffered only minor damage. The Empire State ...

Hulking, aging buildings pose a huge climate problem for the United States ... uncertain times—are leading the way with innovative solutions. Every contribution, big or small, helps us keep this ...