skyscrapers

To gaze across Hong Kong's harbour to the city's famed skyline of shimmering skyscrapers and lush, green peaks is to experience one of the world's most spectacular urban landscapes.

Beyond its skyscrapers and artificial ski slopes, Dubai offers a cautionary tale in the pitfalls of constructing metropolises in the parched desert.

NEW YORK — The five skyscrapers were all supposed to rise by early next decade to replace the ravaged World Trade Center, with the city's tallest towers set in a spiral evoking the Statue of Liberty's torch.

When owners of the Empire State Building decided to blanket its towering facade this year with thousands of insulating windows, they were only partly interested in saving energy.

Experts say a nearly $1.3 billion loan for one of New York City's tallest new skyscrapers is one of the biggest real estate financing deals since the economic crisis began last fall.

Loan defaults in the worst commercial real estate market in decades have created tens of billions worth of distressed properties across the U.S.

Need office space in a key location of New York City? Look no further than Midtown Manhattan, the largest central business district in the US and the highest concentration of the city's skyscrapers.