In the mid-1880s, Chicago pulled off something nobody else had tried before by building a tall, metal-framed office tower called the Home Insurance Building. We’d call that a skyscraper today. It didn ...

It revolutionised the world of architecture and ushered in an era of ever taller buildings: Chicago's Home Insurance Building is considered to have been the world's first skyscraper. This is its story ...

The downtown Columbus skyline would be forever changed when ground was broken on Sept. 23, 1924, to build what is now called LeVeque Tower. American Insurance Union (AIU) President John J. Lentz ...

Canada's skyline has reached a historic era, with a development in Toronto surpassing the 300-meter (984-foot) mark, making it the country's first "supertall" building. "Supertall" is a term used ...

The Trust Building, originally the Atlantic Trust and Banking building, was built in Wilmington from 1910-1912. Designed by Joseph F. Leitner, the nine-story building was Wilmington's first skyscraper ...

When it was announced in 1925, The Flat Iron building in Asheville was a marvel. Completed in just one year, the office building was the city’s first skyscraper and a pillar of its boom times. By the ...