Could Wright's Mile-High Skyscraper Become a Reality? Frank Lloyd Wright's 1956 vision of a mile-high skyscraper, once dismissed as impractical, may f...

Historic Storm Surge Barrier Successfully TestedIn January of 1953, a title surge shook the North Sea. The Titanic waves flooded the Dutch coastline, ...

Italian Engineers Save Leaning Tower of Pisa from Collapse in 1990s In 1990, the Italian government enlisted top engineers to stabilize PISA's famous...

Hoover Dam Construction: A Tale of Engineering and TragedyHigh above the floor of Nevada's Black Canyon, a group of men repelled down the cliff face. ...

The Birth of a Modern Engineering MarvelIn the mid-19th century, suspension bridges were collapsing all across Europe. Their industrial cables frayed ...

Channel Tunnel: A Marvel of Engineering and HistoryFlanked by two powerful European nations, the English Channel has long been one of the world's most...

London's First Subway: A Revolution in Urban MobilityIt was the dawn of 1863 and London's not yet opened subway system. The first of its kind in the w...

Breaking the Skyscraper CeilingBy the end of the 20th century, the race to build the world's tallest skyscraper grinded to a halt. Each new contender ...

Uncovering a Skyscraper's Hidden Vulnerability In 1978, Diana Hartley was writing her undergraduate architecture thesis when she made a shocking disc...

From Gold Rush to Canal Dreams In the middle of the 19th century, the California Gold Rush brought thousands of settlers to America's West Coast. But ...