The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has dubbed the 85.4-meter Mjøstårnet, in Brumunddal, Norway, as the world's tallest timber building.

The Building Decarbonization Coalition recently released a road map designed to help Californians stop their buildings from spewing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The road map charts a course toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions through highly-efficient systems and appliances powered by electricity instead of fueled by natural gas, which emits carbon into the atmosphere.

It was after 9 p.m. on Aug. 3, 2017, at the topped-out Biodesign Institute C at Arizona State University in Tempe.

Renovation of the Great Hall of Denver International Airport’s iconic Jeppesen Terminal has hit a bump. Tests are under way to determine whether the existing concrete slab can handle construction equipment loads.

The fix is under way of the fractured twin plate girders that span 80 ft across Fremont Street in the 4.5-block-long Salesforce Transit Center in San Francisco, but a reopening date is not yet set.

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, in its 2018 CTBUH Tall Building Year in Review, found that 18 supertall buildings 300 meters or taller completed construction last year—a record number that beats 2017, but only by three.

The Barbican, London Symphony Orchestra and Guildhall School of Music & Drama recently released Diller Scofidio + Renfro's first conceptual design for the proposed Centre for Music in London.

An update of a National Institute of Building Sciences study on benefit-to-cost ratios of hazard-mitigation investments has determined an 11:1 BCR over time for jurisdictions that have adopted model building code updates versus those that still use codes from the 1990s.

San Francisco is seeking input from technical experts on its landmark tall-buildings seismic safety study. Suggestions from seismic design professionals, especially about code reform, will help inform the city’s path forward.