At night, the skyline of northwest San Antonio is punctuated by three tall towers illuminated by bright lights. Each tower has a lengthy cross member, which is also illuminated. Recently I ...

A skyscraper almost as tall as London’s Shard has been built in the middle of a forest – and it’s become a popular tourist attraction. The huge, twisting tower surrounded by trees in south ...

The 632-metre tall tower in Lujiazui in Shanghai’s Pudong city, is second only to Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building. Although a fixed opening date has yet to be set, the ...

Conversely, you can build an extremely stable tower by making it very short and wide—but then it won’t be very tall! The best solution probably lies somewhere in between, with a tower that is ...

A Very Tall Tower Duo of Unknown Lineage, for Ex-Spire Site. By Ian Spula Oct 30, 2013, 11:00am CDT Raise your hand if you've seen these renderings before, we sure haven't.

The Calgary Tower has accepted its fate as a very tall tower that isn’t close to being the tallest tower in the world, or even the tallest building in its own city, and that’s a good thing. It ...

Some very tall structures, like Water Tower Place, were built near it, to be sure, but their high-rise slabs were placed so as not to dominate the park.