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About 3,000 protesters rallied in Russia's former czarist capital on Saturday to protest a plan to build a hulking skyscraper for state energy giant Gazprom.
Preservationists and opposition politicians on Wednesday decried St. Petersburg's decision to allow Gazprom, the state natural gas giant, to build a hulking skyscraper, saying it will ruin the city's czarist-era aura.
A construction platform inside an elevator shaft collapsed Sunday, sending six workers falling about 20 stories to their deaths inside a Hong Kong skyscraper, officials said.
A French climber nicknamed "Spiderman" has been fined 2,000 ringgit ($570) for climbing Malaysia's 88-story Petronas Twin Towers.
An elevator operator pleaded not guilty Monday in the death of a cleaning worker whose body was found stuffed in a skyscraper's air conditioning shaft.
A handyman at a skyscraper near the World Trade Center pleaded not guilty Saturday to charges he murdered a cleaning woman and hid her body in the tower's ventilation system.
A body found in a skyscraper's air-conditioning duct was officially identified Monday by the city's medical examiner as that of a missing cleaning woman.
Developers of one of the city's tallest new skyscrapers said Friday they had lined up a nearly $1.3 billion loan, sealing what experts called one of the biggest real estate financing deals since the economic crisis began last fall.
Two companies have landed a real estate bargain: Boston's tallest skyscraper.
A blogger who climbed the New York Times tower in Manhattan to draw attention to terrorist leader Osama bin Laden has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor reckless endangerment.
A French daredevil scaled a 73-story Hong Kong skyscraper barehanded Tuesday, his latest attempt to draw attention to global warming by climbing up the world's tallest buildings.
A French daredevil who climbed the outside of The New York Times' skyscraper has been sentenced to community service.
A Connecticut man has pleaded not guilty to endangering the public by scaling part of The New York Times' skyscraper in midtown Manhattan.
A man who climbed The New York Times building over the summer to promote the fight against malaria has been indicted on criminal charges.
The Swiss architects of the iconic Bird's Nest stadium at the Beijing Olympics are bringing their innovative style to New York City with a translucent glass skyscraper designed to look like houses stacked in the sky.
A self-proclaimed expert on al-Qaida climbed part-way up the New York Times' 52-story building early Wednesday to publicize his activism against the terrorist organization, citing two previous climbers as inspiration.
A developer is taking the first steps to get approval for Philadelphia to be home to one of the nation's tallest skyscrapers.
A French daredevil in trouble for scaling a skyscraper to press for action on global warming should be honored instead of prosecuted, his lawyer said Wednesday.
A Manhattan skyscraper that is home to The New York Times became the site of twin daredevil stunts Thursday, with two men scaling the 52-story office tower within a matter of hours.
Doctors say they have never seen anything like it: A window washer who fell 47 stories from the roof of a Manhattan skyscraper is now awake, talking to his family and expected to walk again.
A man clearing snow off the glass roof of a skyscraper's atrium slipped, crashed through the roof and fell about three stories to his death on Wednesday, police said.
Poland's Jewish leaders have unveiled plans for a glass skyscraper in a neighborhood that was the heart of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.
Lawmakers on Wednesday approved the construction of a skyscraper that will rise near the architectural treasures of Russia's Imperial-era capital, a project that has drawn protests from many residents.
The city's planning board has endorsed a proposal for a twisting lakefront tower that would become the nation's tallest building.
New York police search for cleaning woman missing inside Ground Zero skyscraper for two daysA Manhattan skyscraper in one of the most security-conscious parts of New York has become the scene of an unlikely missing persons mystery.
AIG to Sell Its Iconic, Depression-Era, Wall St. Headquarters New York City was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy in the mid-1970s, and companies were abandoning the crime-ridden metropolis for offices in New Jersey and Connecticut and Long Island.
French 'Spiderman' arrested after scaling skyscraper A French climber nicknamed "Spiderman" scaled a landmark Sydney skyscraper Tuesday, thrilling office workers but angering police, who arrested him upon his descent.
Have I got an office tower for youSkyscraper properties are falling in prices! Most of the defaulting buildings were just purchased within the last 3 to 5 years. Bilion's worth are on sale.
Wooden Shjips: An Understanding of the EarthThere is something indiscernibly different about San Francisco. You can't head down any street in the Bay Area and not wonder what event transpired there that in some small way managed to unknowingly affect your life.
Owners drop Freedom Tower name for new WTC skyscraper- The agency that owns the space where the World Trade Center towers stood is freeing itself of the term "freedom" to describe the signature skyscraper replacing the buildings destroyed on September 11, 2001.
Odd Nosdam - Pretty Swell Explode (Anticon, 2008)The Cincinnati native and cLOUDDEAD founder brings out Pretty Swell Explode , not so much as a follow up to Level Live Wires , but as a summation of recent remixes and apparent ephemera.
Prada high heel disaster: enough of this stiletto tyranny At least two models tripped and fell on to the concrete floor; others wobbled and stumbled, teetering and tottering, clearly in agony, and all the while their minds were fixated on just one thing: reaching the sanctuary and safety of the backstage area without suffering a similar …
NYC Trade Center dig exposes Ice Age landscapeCrews excavating the World Trade Center site this summer for the foundations of a new skyscraper have uncovered features carved into the bedrock by glaciers about 20,000 years ago, including a 40-foot-deep pothole.
Record Heights for New Dubai SkyscraperThe world's tallest building stands at 2,257 feet in Dubai, and is still growing. Burj Dubai, being built by Emaar Properties, is 160 stories tall already, and it's final height has yet to be revealed.
Dubai plans 'moving' skyscraperThe world's first moving building, an 80-story tower with revolving floors giving a shifting shape, will be built in Dubai, its architect says. The Dynamic Tower design is made up of 80 pre-fabricated apartments which will spin independently of one another
New York may get own rotating skyscrapermagine the view: a penthouse apartment that rotates on command to catch sunrise over the East River and sunset over the Hudson. It sounds like a vision from a futuristic novel, but it could be coming to New York.
Dubai 'shape-shifting skyscraper' unveiledDo I really need to worry about getting motion sickness while in my hotel?
Dynamic Tower Skyscraper: Every Floor Self-Rotates, Powered by Wind and SunItalian architect David Fisher is building his first skyscraper, the Dynamic Tower, and it happens to be one of the most ambitious construction plans since the Pyramid of Khufu.
Dubai to get 'moving' skyscraperConstruction of the world's first moving building, a 80-storey tower with revolving floors which give it an ever-shifting shape, is due to begin. The Dynamic Tower, which will be built in Dubai, will feature 80 pre-fabricated apartments, spinning independently of one another.
My Way News - NY skyscraper hosts 2 daredevil stunts in 1 dayA Manhattan skyscraper that is home to The New York Times became the site of twin daredevil stunts Thursday, with two men scaling the 52-story office tower within a matter of hours.
Man Scales Times Building and Is Arrested - City Room - Metro - New York Times BlogAlain Robert, aka Spiderman, scaled the New York Times building moments ago to raise awareness about global warming. He was arrested, not an unfamiliar experience to him, of course.
Archined: Pig CityAs linked to by Johan Norberg: Over the past four years the Rotterdam architecture office MVRDV has studied ways to streamline production in the intensive pig farming sector. Animal welfare and efficient land use were important factors in developing the concept.
The amazing pictures of an artist dangling horizontally out of a skyscraperDangling horizontally out of a skyscraper, this hovering figure looks set to fall to his doom. But this 'jumper' hasn't just lost it all on a game of chance - this is performance art with a difference.
Saudi prince promises £5bn desert spire At 5,250ft, the £5billion project, masterminded by two British engineering consultancies, will be twice as high as its nearest rivals
How to Survive a 500-Foot Fall It's a modern-day miracle. An Ecuadoran native who fell 500 feet from the upper reaches of a New York City skyscraper--and survived. By the time Alcides Moreno hit the alley behind the black-glass luxury apartment building, he was traveling upward of 124mph.
Window cleaner falls 47 storeys - and survivesA window cleaner who fell 47 storeys from the roof of a Manhattan skyscraper is now awake, talking to his family and expected to walk again.
Window washer survives 500 ft 124 mph plunge from skyscraper riggingThe title says it all!
New York Window Cleaner Survives 47-Storey Fall Officials in New York are trying to work out how a window-cleaner survived a 47-storey fall from a skyscraper. They think 37-year-old Alcides Moreno clung on to a piece of his platform as he fell - and it acted as a surfboard in the air, slowing his fall
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