From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D.

Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...

The World Architecture Festival revealed its 2024 "Building of the Year" shortlist. Hundreds of entrants submitted completed buildings to be recognized in this year's competition. Business Insider ...

The building industry is complex. It faces a range of difficult challenges to improve efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and deliver low-carbon developments. The pressure is given that the ...

The construction industry plays a significant role in shaping our environment, from the design and construction of buildings around us to the materials used. Because of this large and impactful global ...

On May 1, 1931, an “awestruck” Franklin D. Roosevelt, then Governor of New York, spoke at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for what was then the world’s tallest building, the Empire State Building. The new ...

As seismic engineers study the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria that killed more than 20,000 people this week, it’s becoming clear that a significant cause of the destruction involved a building design ...

Every building tells many stories, and one of those stories is how it impacts the environment. To understand that story, we can look at the greenhouse gas emissions of all the materials used to erect ...

An earlier version of this page included retrofit information from the city of Los Angeles that contained numerous errors. This story has been updated and buildings from Los Angeles have been removed ...