January 29, 2003
A Post-Sept. 11 Laboratory in High-Rise Safety
The designers of the new 7 World Trade Center have called for fire stairs 66 inches wide, rather than the 55 inches specified by the New York code for such a building.
New York Times
October 23, 2002
Quietly, Professionals Review High-Rise Safety After 9/11
Could another building, indeed any building, no matter how stoutly or cleverly constructed, have stood longer than the twin towers did, let more people escape or perhaps never collapsed at all?
New York Times
September 25, 2002
High-Rises Remain Vulnerable After 9/11
More than a year after terrorists destroyed two of the tallest skyscrapers in the world, few physical or structural changes have been made to strengthen tens of thousands of other high-rises in America.
USA Today
September 9, 2002
9/11 Prompts New Caution in Skyscraper Design
New threats have already led developers, engineers, architects and building tenants to rethink how they hold up and fortify these grand structures.
New York Times
March 15, 2002
No Tower Can Withstand Attack as Jets Get Bigger, Expert Says
As commercial jets grow larger, faster and carry ever-greater amounts of fuel, no skyscraper can be built to withstand a terrorist attack of the kind that destroyed the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, the chief structural engineer for the trade center project said last night.
New York Times
March 13, 2002
Skyscrapers Pierce Less Sky in Wake of Terrorist Attacks
In the thousands of ways that Sept. 11 has refracted through American culture, the collapse of the World Trade Towers has also almost certainly ended America's obsession with building ever taller.
The Christian Science Monitor
November 30, 2001
High Rise, High Risk
Sydney architect Rodney Jensen explores how the World Trade Centre collapse will change the way skyscrapers are designed and built.
Sydney Morning Herald
November 12, 2001
Terrorist Attacks Affect the Way Architects Think
Robert A. Ivy said the destruction of the World Trade Center towers, long considered pinnacles of modern skyscraper design, affected architects a few degrees more than the rest of us.
Tampa Bay Business Journal
November 11, 2001
After Tragedy, Urban Design Has Become A Tall Order
Even as the tragedy still resonates, a growing contingent of architects and urban planners has begun to question many of the tenets that led to the design of the 110-story towers, the world's tallest buildings when they opened in the early 1970s.
The Baltimore Sun
November 6, 2001
Lifesaver or Risk-Taker
In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, some parachute manufacturers are marketing their products as a safety device to those who live or work in skyscrapers.
ABC
November 6, 2001
Sept. 11 Tragedies Inspire Many High-Tech Concepts For High-Rise Escapes
The solution, says Israel-based engineer Metreveli, is to rescue people sideways. He has designed a platform called the Eagle that can take off from the ground, nudge up against the building, and ferry people to safety.
Boston Globe
November 5, 2001
Architects to Discuss the Role of High-Rises
Some urban experts warn that mega-towers may be dead as a building form, in the United States at least, because they're targets for terrorists. Others say 100-story buildings will be rare, as they always have been, but structures of 50 stories or so will continue to rise when market conditions warrant.
Baltimore Sun
October 23, 2001
Towers Will Do to St Paul's What the Blitz Couldn't
ASTONISHING as it may seem, just over a month after the tragic events of September 11 plans are already afoot to add yet another skyscraper to the City of London.
The Daily Telegraph
October 25, 2001
Defensible Spaces
If terrorism becomes a permanent feature of U.S. life, more fundamental changes may be on the horizon in construction methods as well as in architectural design. In brief, the goal will be to build defensible spaces.
SunSpot
October 25, 2001
New Interest in High-Tech Escapes from High-Rises
Security experts advising on how to protect against further attacks on skyscrapers say that the most effective safety measures are already in place, or easily taken, in most buildings. But entrepreneurs are offering a range of fancy new high-tech escape devices: low-altitude parachutes, levitating rescue platforms, and escape tubes that work like a huge playground slide.
The Christian Science Monitor
October 17, 2001
Skyscrapers Will Continue Standing Tall, Architects Say
America invented the skyscraper. Will the destruction of the World Trade Center towers in America's largest city mark its demise? Probably not. But more questions may be asked now about their appropriateness and their relative safety than in the past.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 17, 2001
Experts Available to Comment on The Future of the Skyscraper
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, an international group of architects, engineers and other building experts, held an all-day conference in Chicago Monday to discuss the skyscraper's future.
Business Wire
October 13, 2001
Rising to the Sky
Within days of the destruction of the mighty World Trade Center towers in New York, debate began over reconstruction. It's a debate of vital importance to Chicago.
Chicago Tribune
October 12, 2001
Architects, Engineers Study Stairwells, Materials to Bolster Future Skyscrapers
In assessing the rubble of the World Trade Center, architects, engineers and scholars are finding lessons that could affect the future of skyscrapers -- from their height to the width of interior stairwells.
Wall Street Journal
October 10, 2001
The Future for Megatowers
What happened in New York last month has cast a long shadow over all current megatower projects worldwide. Four weeks on, Dave Parker looks at the options open to tower designers as they seek to reassure their clients.
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