Burj Khalifa

The Shimao Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Centre will be more than half a kilometer high when it's complete.

May 18, 2018 - Dezeen

Asia's fast-growing cities are having disastrous impacts on both environment and civilization. A Singapore-based firm is trying to create news ways of building before it's too late.

December 8, 2016 - n+1

The Address Downtown hotel, a 63-story, mixed-use high-rise very close to the world's tallest building, went up in flames on Dec. 31, raising questions about other high-rises that use the same heavy cladding material building on the exterior.

January 4, 2016 - Reuters

A New York magazine article examines the idea of the mile-high skyscraper. Once imagined by Frank Lloyd Wright but impossible to build, the idea is not science fiction anymore.

March 26, 2015 - New York Magazine

Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) expressed irritation that Chicago is no longer a world-class city when it comes to building heights. The issue arose during a Senate floor discussion on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. Chicago's Willis Tower ranks #11.

July 18, 2014 - Politico

An online petition opposing a proposed 53-story, mixed-use "Energy Tower" began circulating in March. "Is this what we want to present to the world, that we're the Dubai of Texas?", asked the organizer. However, Midland is not new to tall buildings.

April 11, 2013 - The Wall Street Journal

Nate Berg asks what the practical limit is to the seemingly endless quest to design and construct the world's tallest building.

August 17, 2012 - The Atlantic Cities

A company renowned for its high speed construction accomplishments has announced plans to build Sky City, a 220-story mega-building in Changsha.

June 17, 2012 - CNN/GO

There might be something to the analogy, opines Blair Kamin, when comparing the building's star status to its contribution to the urban setting.

January 12, 2012 - Chicago Tribune

In Dubai, the Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. But it shares one problem will all skyscrapers in Dubai - there is no central sewage infrastructure to accommodate the waste they produce.

November 8, 2011 - Boing Boing

The world's tallest building is now open in Dubai. Christopher Corbett takes you up to the 124th floor.

January 21, 2010 - Christopher Corbett

The Burj Khalifa has opened in Dubai. Now, locals say, the development of the city's public life must begin.

January 7, 2010 - The National