Word: skyscraperism
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The skyscraper was born in the U.S., and for most of the 20th century, it flourished here. Fifteen years ago, nine of the world's 10 tallest buildings were in the U.S. (The 10th was in Toronto.) Now just two are: the Sears Tower in Chicago and the Empire State...
By age 38, Vivek Paul had already seen his American Dream come true. He arrived in the U.S. from India as an M.B.A. student in 1980, worked hard, married, started a family and rose to a top job at GE, having been recruited by Jack Welch himself. Then, in...
According to a Pakistani law-enforcement official, Khan was a gifted techie. He helped bin Laden's network set up incendiary Islamist websites in Pakistan and abroad, sent encrypted messages through the Internet to al-Qaeda cells and helped research other useful information, such as how to use computer models...
THE ARTS ARCHITECTURE: Skyscraper design is both safer and more exciting
But scary fun all the same. After 9/11, skyscrapers first have to be places where people can feel comfortable on those high, exposed floors. Military-style security has re-entered the thinking of civilian architects in a way not seen since the Middle Ages, when every castle was a castle...