Items Tagged with 'tall buildings'

After columns buckled at a Midtown conversion, experts explain how specialty contractors should respond to structural movement, damaged assemblies and potential liability.

The Council on Vertical Urbanism, previously the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, released its 2026 Trends & Forecasts report, a thorough, data-driven assessment of the global tall building industry and its near-term trajectory.

After more than half a century as the world’s preeminent authority on tall buildings, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) announced its transformation into the Council on Vertical Urbanism (CVU).

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has announced the winners of its 2025 Award of Excellence competition.

The NanaWall 647/847 Folding Glass Walls, designed specifically for mid and high-rise buildings. This wall system is thermally broken and engineered to meet higher windload requirements of taller buildings.

The report captures key industry movements, including new geographic milestones, economic opportunities and challenges and the ongoing evolution of skyscraper design and function.

A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology has been awarded a patent for a sensor he says can track if composite building materials have even the tiniest of movements and help prevent structures from collapsing or having less integrity. 

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced its aim to examine and address the impact of burgeoning urban density at its annual international conference, September 23–27, in London and Paris, themed “New or Renew: Addressing the Density Dilemma.”

PEI Architects has completed 2221 Yonge Street Tower in Toronto. Marked by a strikingly new exterior image rising from a six-story podium base and capped by a top-floor sky lounge, 2221 Yonge is a long anticipated addition to a cityscape with hundreds of high-rise buildings.

Calatrava and Zils will receive their awards and present at CTBUH’s annual international conference, New or Renew: Addressing the Density Dilemma, September 23–27, in London and Paris.