the less space had to be given over to elevator shafts. It was, as Angus Kress Gillespie, author of the book Twin Towers, put it, "a pioneering translation into the vertical of horizontal mass ...

Its shafts are 25% smaller than normal elevators, creating more room for ... State Building travels at around 22 mph. The Shanghai Tower in Tokyo (completed in late 2016) has the fastest elevator ...

Built in 2017 by engineering firm TK Elevator, the tower is home to 12 shafts where next-generation lifts are being tested.

A reported fire in an elevator shaft within the Eiffel Tower after 10:30 a.m. today caused chaos and confusion as approximately 1,200 tourists were evacuated from the Parisian landmark to safety ...

Chances are your Facebook feed or Twitter has been flooded by people sharing a story of a 47-story skyscraper in Spain that was built without elevator shafts. The problem is that the story is ...

The Kingdom Tower will have the world’s fastest double-decker elevator Visitors to the Saudi ... technology Lightweight cables mean lift shafts can be longer, and buildings taller The 3,281ft ...

Photo by PDK Commercial Photographers Ltd DBA Bernstein Associates Both towers’ elevator shafts had an irregular lean due to decades of corrosion. The team conducted a Lidar scan during design ...