Diagrid structural systems, characterised by their diagonal grid of intersecting members, represent a significant advancement in the design and construction of tall buildings. These systems offer ...

Our built environment is aging and failing faster than we can maintain it. Recent building collapses and structural failures of roads and bridges are indicators of a problem that’s likely to get worse ...

Thanks to a number of key innovations, steel is playing a greater role in residential high-rises, senior and student housing, and taller mixed-use developments, says architect Jayshree Shah, AIA, ...

In May, RECORD peers upward for a survey of six singular tall (and not-so-tall) buildings that innovate in different ways. They include a bulbous, 650-foot-tall tower in Hong Kong’s central business ...

In Los Angeles’s Chinatown, LEVER Architecture has refashioned a windowless warehouse and its subterranean parking garage into 4.5 floors of office space, where the connection between indoors and ...

What exactly is bamboo? Bamboo is often thought of as wood, but the plants are not trees. Instead, they are part of the grass family. More than 1,600 species exist, with most tending to thrive in ...

Last month, a 5-story commercial building in Portland’s Old Town historic district was awarded one of the most rigorous sustainability certifications in the world, given by the Portland-based ...

Maharashtra Dy CM Eknath Shinde has announced a new framework to redevelop Mumbai’s pagdi buildings, aiming to speed projects ...

Osman Ozbulut receives funding from NSF. The Feb. 6, 2023, earthquakes in Turkey and Syria damaged over 100,000 buildings, caused more than 10,000 collapses and killed more than 50,000 people. These ...