Survivor Tiago Alves was 21 when he escaped with his family from their 13th floor home. In the aftermath he paused his ...

Concrete is all around us, and we haven’t quite wrapped our heads around it. Understanding its history more clearly, the ...

There will also be financial advantages, he continued. The new tower will lay atop a reinforced concrete pedestal, meaning its steel supports will not be exposed to the elements, thus eliminating ...

Earlier this year an architecture PhD student from ETH Zurich announced a new type of formwork that would allow less concrete and steel than conventional reinforced floor slabs. Now, as an ...

UK building regulations mandated reinforced concrete for the construction of tower blocks after a gas explosion at Ronan Point in Newham, east London, in 1968 saw part of it collapse - and four ...

Brazil is building Americas' tallest residential skyscraper in Balneário Camboriú, a 550-meter tribute to F1 legend Ayrton ...

In Switzerland, an elegant 3D printed white tower – the Tor Alva – stands tall as a beacon to revive an old town.

The main church tower, looking like an ocean liner ... “Le Corbusier’s modulated chapel in reinforced concrete is hard and soft at the same time, like the Gospels.” Swiss Architect Hermann ...

New Delhi Municipal Council has finalised the design and prepared cost estimates for constructing a clock tower at Talkatora ...