What is Alabama's tallest building? How it compares to the Empire State

After a couple scaled the Empire State Building, many wondered: What's Alabama's tallest building? The answer is in downtown Mobile.
Smithsonian Magazine

The Precarious History of New York’s Iconic Chrysler Building

Architect William Van Alen’s plans for the building’s formidable steel helmet grew taller and more ambitious over time. NYPL On a mild October day in 1929, the architect William Van Alen watched from ...

'They're not just for emergencies': Santa Fe company offers new take on versatile modular structures

Charles Burkhardt, founder of Santa Fe-based BuildSwift Modular, doesn’t claim to have invented emergency modular housing. But he thinks he has significantly improved it. Burkhardt’s company sells ...
Daily MaverickOpinion

South Africa’s trust infrastructure is failing, it’s time to rebuild the national quality infrastructure

International standards were never a matter of convenience; they emerged from the harsh necessity of avoiding the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Never-Ending Race to Build the World’s Tallest Structure

Ever since humans began building, they’ve been building up. Throughout the millennia, our constructions have reached higher and higher into the sky, spurred by various motivations: religion, democracy ...
ConsumerAffairs

Building a House vs. Buying

Whether you're a first-time homebuyer or want to upgrade from your current house, you may be weighing whether to buy an existing home or build a new one. Many factors influence this decision, from ...
IEEE

Net-Zero Scheduling of Multi-Energy Building Energy Systems: A Learning-Based Robust Optimization Approach With Statistical Guarantees

Abstract: Buildings produce a significant share of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, making homes and businesses a major factor in climate change. To address this critical challenge, this paper explores ...