California

Progress on towers in northern, southern cities and a new hire

Four Seasons Residential Tower Tops Out in San Francisco The upcoming Four Seasons Private Residences in San Francisco topped out in November 2019 with the hoisting of the fnal beam,...

Construction on towers starts, while one stops on the West Coast.

Sacramento Skyline Projections for Next Decade The Sacramento Bee projected how Sacramento’s future skyline will look, reporting on 11 upcoming high rises for the city over the next 10 years....

Beach development, market-rate high rise set to come to Southern California.

L.A. Committee Approves High Rise With Market-Rate Condos The Los Angeles City Council’s planning and land-use- management committee approved plans for a 41-story tower at Figueroa and Eighth streets. The...

Company forms, skyscrapers progress in L.A., San Francisco and Oakland.

Luxury Residential Skyscraper Completed in San Francisco The Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has completed its 56-story glass tower in San Francisco’s Transbay District, the Council on Tall Buildings and...

Tower development continues in L.A., and a major transit upgrade is greenlit in San Francisco.

Tree-Inspired Tower to Gain Height A new mixed-use tower planned for downtown Los Angeles may be taller than the original proposal, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)...

Plans move forward for tall buildings concentrating in the downtown area.

New Renderings of Jenga-Like Tower for Downtown New renderings of a Jenga-like, 53-story, 789-ft.-tall mixed-use tower designed by Arquitectonica on a site that wraps around the historic Pershing Square Building...

Downtown continues to simmer with activity.

Residential Tower to Make Heavy Use of Greenery Developer Crescent Heights and architecture firm ODA have released new renderings of 1045 South Olive, a 70-story residential tower planned for downtown...

Tallest Building West of the Mississippi Planned in L.A.

Shenzhen New World Group and Dimarzio | Kato Architecture hope to build a 77-story, 1,100-ft.-tall mixed-use tower at 333 South Figueroa Street in Los Angeles that would strip the Wilshire...

ASME Meets, Approves Communication System Proposal

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) held elevator code meetings on May 14-17 in Palm Springs, California. The ASME A17 Standards committee and several other committees met to continue...

Transformative projects on the table

Complex With 88-Story Tower to Transform L.A. Hillside Site The former hillside location of Angels Knoll Park in Los Angeles is set to be transformed into a 1.26-million-sq.-ft., mixed-use development...

ELEVATOR SHAFT WORK CONFIRMED IN WAKE OF DEADLY BANGKOK TOWER COLLAPSE

Elevator Shaft Work Confirmed After Bangkok Tower Collapse

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Council Event Tackles Skills Gap Across Kent and Midway, U.K.

STATE OF ILLINOIS APPROVES COLLEY ELEVATOR CE COURSE

State of Illinois Approved Colley Elevator CE Course

SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT FOR THE EW PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Submit Your Project for EW Project of the Year Awards

FOCUS MEDIA TO BUY ELEVATOR ADVERTISING SPECIALIST XIANCHAO

Focus Media To Buy Elevator Advertising Specialist Xianchao