Imagine stepping out of your front door and immediately breathing in fresh air, even in the middle of a concrete-heavy city. High-rise forests, also known as vertical forests, are turning that into ...

The study of smoke movement and fire dynamics in high-rise buildings is critical for improving fire safety and resilience in modern urban environments. Recent investigations have focussed on the ...

Can you ride out a Category 5 hurricane on the 50th floor? Would you want to? You might not make it through the storm alive, experts say. Even if you do, your building won’t likely be the same when ...

Researchers in Canada have proposed using gravity-based energy storage in high-rise buildings, in combination with photovoltaic facades, small wind turbines, and lithium-ion batteries. Their modeling ...