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 ...

Typically, when you want to build a high rise, you need iron, steel, cement, concrete; materials that are super strong and durable but also come with a high carbon footprint. Now, some builders are ...

The recently completed Hangzhou Prism is a striking mixed-use tower in China that offers a dramatic take on the conventional ...

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 ...

Karnataka proposes increasing high-rise building height limit in Bengaluru from 15 to 21 metres, encouraging denser urban development.

The Constitutional Court on Thursday rejected a plea seeking to stop the construction of a high-rise building in Karachi's Gulshan Faisal Cooperative Society, observing that if the structure is ...