London's first skyscraper was built in 1925. We've seen four distinct waves since. 100 years ago, London was a flat city, punctuated only by steeples, chimneys and the dome of St Paul's.

McKinsey & Co. partners have been questioning the consulting giant’s presence in China, worried that doing business there may not be worth the risks given the Asian superpower’s increasingly ...

China’s president has been supplying his “dear friend” Vladimir Putin with advanced technologies and helping to prop up the Russian economy, and he is studying Russia’s ability to ...

Boston officials will delay a zoning proposal that would allow for 500-foot skyscrapers along Washington Street in Downtown Crossing. The move is the latest twist in a years-long process to rezone ...

Footage shows the moment a daredevil base jumper parachuted off the top of a 500ft skyscraper in Birmingham. The thrill-seeker, who wishes to remain anonymous, sparked a large-scale police ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the 9th Asian Winter Games (AWG) in Harbin on Friday night during a festive ceremony celebrating the city's rich ... Games in Harbin, China, on Feb. 7, 2025.

At least 29 missing after landslide buries homes in China's Sichuan province At least 29 people are missing after a massive landslide hit China’s southwestern Sichuan province, burying 10 houses ...

Once envisioned as a futuristic metropolis accommodating 700,000 residents, Forest City in Malaysia now stands ... the project faced a string of major hurdles. China's implementation of stricter ...

A bizarre city was designed to emulate the iconic architecture of Paris, but has failed to attract tourists and residents. Tianducheng in the outskirts of Hangzhou, China, is one of the country's ...