Sherwin Asrow, one of the founding members and former chairman of the Chicago Committee on High Rise Buildings, died Oct. 3 at the age of 101. Asrow was a structural engineer involved in projects ...

Designed by famed architect William Le Baron Jenney and completed in 1885, it rose 10 stories (and eventually 12, after an ...

After revelations that dozens of dogs at a high-rise in Chicago's River North district were getting zapped simply going into and out of the building, the city is now getting involved.

Yack emphasized that high-rise residents should try to get to the lowest shelter space. But if getting to a lower floor isn’t an option, getting to the “most interior part of the building ...

CHICAGO — A new book and Chicago Architecture Center exhibit highlight several of the city’s high-rise buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

A 26-year veteran of the Chicago Fire Department died while responding to a blaze in a high-rise apartment building on Wednesday morning, the second firefighter to die in the city in as many days ...

Jan. 25 (UPI) --One person is dead and nine injured after a fire at a high-rise apartment building in Chicago Wednesday morning left officials searching for its cause.

Two employees of a company hired to restore a Chicago high-rise damaged in a recent fire were arrested for allegedly stealing $19,000 and jewelry from a unit in the building.

CHICAGO, Jan 25 (Reuters) - A fast-moving fire on Wednesday spread to nine floors of a high-rise apartment building on Chicago's South Side, killing one person and injuring eight, including a ...

This pilot program opens numerous possibilities, especially for buildings with inoperable windows or all-glass facades, which frankly includes most of the Chicago office and hotel high-rise buildings.