After five long years, the stunning US$ 294 million Library of Birmingham officially opened its doors to the public on September 3, 2013. Designed by Dutch architects Mecanoo and engineering consultancy firm Buro Happold, Britain's largest public lib...

The topping-out ceremony for the Gensler-designed Shanghai Tower, the world's second-tallest building, took place in Shanghai on August 3. The 632 meter-high tower has now reached its full height and is second only to the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai,...

The company hoping to build the world's tallest skyscraper in record time held a groundbreaking ceremony on July 20, in Changsha, China. Broad Sustainable Building is planning to build the 838-meter Sky City using its prefabricated modular constructi...

China will invest US$ 42 billion, to revive a long-stalled plan to build the world's longest undersea tunnel across the Bohai Strait linking the country's eastern and northeastern regions. Deep beneath the Bohai Sea, Chinese engineers may soon begin ...

The first phase of the historic expansion of Saudi Arabia's Grand Mosque in Makkah has opened in time to accommodate 400 thousand more worshippers this Ramadan, according to Arab News.

Three floors of a newly constructed annex have been...