Last week German conglomerate and elevator-maker ThyssenKrupp unveiled the 21st-century equivalent of Roald Dahl’s the Great Glass Elevator. MULTI doesn’t quite blast into space, but the cable-less ...

When Porsche-obsessed South Florida developer Gil Dezer told builders he wanted his 60-story condominium to have a car-elevator system so that residents could park their luxury vehicles inside their ...

The view from the top is wonderful, but getting there can be a real pain. For people who live or work in tall buildings, it's no fun when the elevator The view from the top is wonderful, but getting ...

Carbon County is spending $9,000 to hire an engineer to redesign an elevator system for Weatherwood, the county nursing home, officials said Thursday. Bognet Inc. of Hazleton had been hired as the ...

Elevator manufacturer ThyssenKrupp has unveiled its latest technological advance, a cable free, multi-car, multi-directional elevator that has the potential to revolutionize the size and shape of ...

Elevators and escalators get little fanfare in the commercial development space, but some new technology may make you sit up and pay attention. From cableless elevators that go every which way, to ...

The first ropeless, tall-building elevator—a compact, lightweight system that mimics a subway line on end—is set to enter the testing and certification stage in early 2017. If all goes as planned, ...

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Half the world’s population already lives in cities, and that number is expected to jump to 70 percent by the end of the century. To accommodate the new urban dwellers, cities will have to build ...

Elevators have looked relatively similar for the past 160 years: one cabin in one shaft that travels up and down. Now ThyssenKrupp has developed the world's first elevator that travels up, down, and ...