Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat designates the 284-ft-tall Ascent as the world’s tallest timber structure.

One standard received its first update in 20 years, while the other is a new standard with a focus on creating 3D digital twins.

U.S. is now home to the world's tallest timber building at 284 ft, which beats the record holder in height by 4 ft.

Large former base-shipyard could see nearly $6B of new development in the next two decades.

It’s not often easy to be first. But that hasn’t stopped an intrepid adventurer from going against the prevailing winds of structural practice to debut a dynamic shift in skyscraper engineering that at minimum promises improved tall-building resilience and sustainability—at a reduced cost.

The initiative is geared toward improving building energy performance and community resilience to extreme weather events and other effects of the climate crisis.

Engineers have drafted requirements to improve the ability of public-occupancy temporary structures to resist wind, flood, snow and earthquake loads.

In a world beset by troubles, supertall buildings, which measure from 984 ft to 1,968 ft, would not seem to rate high on a list of priority concerns.

Construction recently started on “The Embrace,” Boston’s monument to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, with firms set to install the 66,000-lb bronze sculpture before MLK Day.