ATLANTA (AP) — One of the world’s largest elevator towers will soon be opened to test elevators of the future as well as current ones high above the Atlanta suburbs. TK Elevator’s 420-foot (128 meters ...

The skyscraper race is the most striking construction trend of the beginning of the third millennium. The construction giants ...

It is hard to imagine that for thousands of years, the Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest manmade structure in the world. However, like the Lincoln Cathedral and the Washington Monument, which also ...

As construction continues on Bentley's car-elevating skyscraper in Miami, Florida, the British luxury automaker has taken the wraps off its penthouse suite and put it up for sale. The plush residence ...

Smith Tower, Seattle's oldest skyscraper, is getting some renovations this spring. The tower’s old-fashioned manual elevators will be upgraded, and that means elevator operators will no longer take ...

More: Learn how to survive a plummeting elevator. We live in a vertical world. Despite suburban sprawl, most of Earth's population is packed into cities that have nowhere to go but up. With ...

Explore the mechanics behind elevators, including the cables, locks, and systems that lift us every day. This video features insights from sources such as "How Elevators Changed the World" (National ...

Elevators were first created in 236 BC and have evolved over the years from hand-operated creations known as flying chairs to electronically powered stainless steel boxes. New York City alone contains ...

Three hours after plunging 84 floors, six people were freed from a broken elevator in the former John Hancock Center, WBBM reported. A hoist rope broke just after midnight Friday morning, sending the ...

NEW YORK — A gunman who killed four people inside a Manhattan office tower blamed his mental health problems on the National Football League and intended to target its headquarters but took the wrong ...