A superstar team of architects and developers insisted on an all-white concrete facade. It could explain some of the building’s problems.

BEIJING — Authorities in the southern Chinese city Shenzhen evacuated a 70-story skyscraper Tuesday after it inexplicably began swaying. Thousands of people in the SEG Plaza building and surrounding ...

When you’ve paid over $75 million for a luxury apartment in this New York skyscraper, you also get state-of-the-art protection against winds. Left unchecked, these can be powerful enough to sway the ...

Large quakes produce shaking at a variety of frequencies. Some waves can travel hundreds of miles, and are amplified by local geological conditions. By Thomas Fuller Thomas Fuller has reported on why ...