Not that there is anything to worry about at the top of a skyscraper during a storm, Tom Scarangello assured The Observer. Mr. Scarangello, the CEO and Chairman of Thornton Tomasetti, the engineering firm behind many of the city’s recently-built skyscrapers, including the New York Times building, said that the city’s skyscrapers are built to withstand winds high above 100 miles per hour.

Thornton Tomasetti has been selected as the lead structural engineer for the new Minnesota Vikings stadium, the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority announced Friday.

Nine of the world’s tallest 20 buildings being built are in China and, while these are symbolic of China’s success, ways to make these structures more sustainable are also being considered.

The most high-tech stadium in sports. That’s the pitch line for Brooklyn’s new Barclays Center, new home of the Brooklyn Nets.

The first vendor-neutral colocation data center will opening in the Middle East before the end of the year. Gulf Data Hub, being built in the Dubai Silicon Oasis technology park will launch the data center in phases.

TCU’s new Amon G. Carter Stadium took its first bow Thursday as the school paid tribute to the many who helped make the renovations a reality.

Safety experts told a bipartisan group of state lawmakers that more procedural and structural changes are needed to prevent tragedies like the Indiana State Fair stage collapse last year.

The new $85 million Biologics Support Center, designed for Genzyme Corp by ARC / Architectural Resources Cambridge, has received LEED Gold certification from the US Green Building Council.

Last week the South San Francisco Unified School District board received an update on which school buildings are priorities for seismic retrofit in South City.

Opportunity knocked for SHoP Architects on July 2, 2009. On that Thursday, Bruce C. Ratner, the beleaguered developer of the controversial Atlantic Yards sports village planned for Brooklyn, N.Y., made an offer that any architect would be crazy to turn down but almost as crazy to accept.

Soccer fans are flocking to the $135.5 million Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan., which Turner Construction Co. of Kansas City, Mo., finished in 16 rather than 22 months and under budget.

Flavorwire recently listed The Wild Beast Pavilion in Valencia, Calif., as one of the world’s most beautiful outdoor theaters.