New York Skyscrapers Adapt To Climate Change

With a skyline crowded with ever-more luxury towers, the construction of another Manhattan skyscraper wouldn’t normally be remarkable. But the American Copper Buildings going up on the East River — a complex of two towers with 764 apartments, panoramic views and a huge entrance hall with a doorman — is different. Planned just after deadly … Read more

Dubai Developer Kicks Off New Tallest Building In the World

Work has commenced on The Tower, touted as World’s tallest building, but the proposed project and the Burj Khalifa will be dwarfed by Saudia Arabia’s 3,280 ft-high Jeddah Tower, which is also slated for completion in 2020. The first foundation stone of the new structure known as The Tower, which will surpass Dubai’s 828 metres … Read more