As with any area of life, it’s fascinating to see the extremes of what’s possible. In the case of wildly huge and tall buildings, the name of the game is, of course, how high can you go. In a new ...

As people continue to build skyscrapers that soar toward the heavens—and cause horrible traffic congestion because most cities’ transportation grids aren’t 3D—the world’s tallest towers continue to ...

In May, the Portland Planning Board unanimously approved the construction of what will be, by some measures, Maine’s tallest building. The 18-story, 190-foot-high behemoth at 200 Federal Street will ...

There are basically four different types of seismic design methods. Most building designers immediately assume that the building code provides the best seismic design method. This is a good assumption ...

Version 6.0 of the Building Efficiency System Tool (BEST), a commercial building HVAC system efficiency comparison application, is now available. The Hydronic Industry Alliance-Commercial (HIA-C), a ...