In Myanmar, the situation is dire. The death toll had reached 2,065, with more than 3,900 injured and over 270 missing. Rescuers in Thailand's capital, Bangkok, pulled out another body from the ...

Following our feature investigating why skyscrapers are often clad in glass, we've rounded up 10 contemporary skyscrapers from around the world that use a variety of other materials for their facades.

Authorities in Thailand are investigating the construction of a Bangkok skyscraper that collapsed during last week’s earthquake, killing at least 13 people. The 30-floor structure in Chatuchak ...

That can amplify ground motion for tall buildings. The city has long been sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers, leading authorities to restrict the use of groundwater to help reduce subsidence.

BANGKOK — Signs of life were detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok on Monday as efforts intensified to find people trapped three days after a massive earthquake in Southeast Asia that ...

None of the other high-rise buildings in the Thailand capital, either under construction or completed, was affected by the earthquake, raising concerns over the structural integrity of the collapsed ...

With its pioneering design having paved the way for modern high-rise buildings, it was dubbed the 'grandfather of skyscrapers'. When the flaxmill first opened, a third of its 800 workers were ...

Colombo, March 31 (Daily Mirror) - Although Sri Lanka is not typically considered a high-seismic zone, the mushrooming skyscrapers in Colombo are safe from any unexpected earthquake, as they are ...

Somehow, though, the unfinished headquarters for the auditor-general’s office in Bangkok’s Chatuhak district appears to be the only skyscraper to have actually collapsed. Prof Amorn Pimarnmas, ...

David Childs, the lead architect of the One World Trade Center skyscraper that rose from the site where the Twin Towers collapsed in New York City during the 9/11 attacks, has died. He was 83.

Video showed the skyscraper crash to the ground as crowds nearby ran from the billowing plumes of smoke. The earthquakes brought down buildings across Myanmar, including a section of a mosque in ...