The “Concours Beaubourg 1971” exhibition opened in Paris, showcasing archival material from the competition that led to the ...

The undisputed tallest building on Earth since 2010, this needle-like tower dominates Dubai ’s skyline and remains the global ...

The same travertine quarries near Rome that built St. Peter’s Basilica and the Colosseum are still being dug out today.

A new Brooklyn, N.Y. high-rise sits atop 320 geothermal boreholes. It’s a feat of waterfront engineering—and one blueprint for decarbonizing the North American skyline ...

What do Philadelphia City Hall, the Empire State Building, and the Burj Khalifa have in common? They’ve all held the title of the world’s tallest skyscraper. And eventually Jeddah Tower, a ...

Longtime readers may remember a proposal to recreate the experience of standing on the the Moon inside a giant spherical ...

Far below the waves off western France, divers have mapped a vast Stone Age wall that has survived since around 5000 BC, a 7,000-year-old structure that turns a stretch of seabed into a frozen ...

Researchers reveal enormous prehistoric megastructures whose origins are not human.

Humans have long been obsessed with building big, and as the world strives to combat climate change, megastructures may hold the key to a more sustainable future. For centuries, humans have harnessed ...

The U.S. State Department continues to update its travel advisories for locations worldwide, which can affect Americans' international travel. Newsweek has drawn up lists of countries under the four ...

New theoretical models have strengthened the case that immense, energy-harvesting structures orbiting their host stars could exist in principle in distant stellar systems. With the right engineering ...

WSJ’s Aaron Back breaks down the sharp selloff in Japanese government bonds, and why investors shouldn’t be concerned for now. Photo Illustration: Jason Boone FRANKFURT—This year, global growth is ...