No development in engineering better embodies the modern world than the skyscraper. Born out of a messy conflux of aesthetic, economic, and structural needs, skyscrapers are a dominant fixture of ...

Fifteen years ago, on a breezy January evening, the world witnessed a spectacle unlike any other. As fireworks lit up the Dubai skyline and an intricate fountain show danced in tandem, a towering ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Dubai loves breaking records. With its towering skyscrapers, ultra-luxurious hotels and outlandish opulence, this city on the Persian Gulf fueled by tourism and oil money ...

William Baker, P.E., the structural engineering partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, worked on three of the five tallest buildings that topped out in 2009. Bill Baker, P.E. But his (to-date) ...

Alfred Smith was picking through women’s clothing at a wholesale warehouse in Los Angeles to find merchandise for his San Clemente department store named after his youngest son, Adrian. But the ...

The Burj Khalifa, standing tall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is known all over the world as the tallest building ever made by humans. It’s not just tall it is truly massive as the building reaches ...

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Several industry manufacturers announced that they have supplied products for the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building. The building, designed by architect Adrian ...

Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Tower: Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Tower, expected to be completed by August 2028, is set to become the world’s tallest building. Designed by renowned architects Adrian Smith and ...

To mark the retail launch of the Burj Khalifa LEGO model exclusively at the ‘At The Top’ store, a 2.7-metre tall display constructed using 141,971 unglued LEGO bricks will be displayed at the Star ...

Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Burj Dubai is over 2,625-feet tall and has more than 160 stores, the most of any building in the world. Besides an observation ...