The complex correlation between reinforced concrete shear walls, steel frames and outriggers in modern skyscrapers was expertly explained by one of the world’s leading structural engineers at a ...

High-rise buildings place unique demands on the availability of a power supply. At the design stage of a thirty storey building, the safety of tenants within that building – whether shops, offices or ...

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 ...