As landmark skyscrapers grow ever higher, getting from the bottom to the top in a timely fashion becomes more of a problem. But there's little time wasted in Hitachi's ultra-high-speed elevator, which ...

<b>Tower Transit: A Game of Fast-Paced Elevator Control</b><br>By FogleBird<br><br><b>Story:</b> The citizens of City X have places to go and people to see. Without speedy transportation, these ...

A firework display marks the official opening of the Lotte World Tower building in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 2, 2017. The Lotte World Tower, with 123 floors over the 555-meter height ...

(CNN) -- The Shanghai Tower -- the world's second tallest building -- has just set three Guinness World Records. The Chinese skyscraper now officially has the world's fastest elevator, tallest ...

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) released an original “Tall Buildings in Numbers” (TBIN) research study entitled Vertical Transportation: Ascent & Acceleration. The study began ...

Mitsubishi has its own patented technology for vibration free high speed elevators. "We have developed a high velocity elevator with a speed of 18 meters per second (64 kilo meters per hour).

More: Learn how to survive a plummeting elevator. We live in a vertical world. Despite suburban sprawl, most of Earth's population is packed into cities that have nowhere to go but up. With ...

The World Trade Center had one of the world's great elevator systems – 198 of the biggest, fastest elevators ever built. On the morning of Sept. 11, this technological marvel turned against the people ...

CN Tower, Toronto, CanadaThe world’s tallest tower is a sheer stiletto that defines the Toronto skyline. A glass-fronted elevator whisks you up to the outdoor observation platform in 58 seconds. Then, ...