A DEVELOPER is feeling on top of the world after completing Southampton's tallest building. The 27-storey tower at Centenary Quay, Woolston, is the centrepiece of a 1,620-home development being built ...

And so, really, at the heart of it, tall buildings are just a way to help cities grow. And also, there's just massive improvements in technology that make building taller and taller easier and easier.

Among the top 25 tallest buildings in the world, there are two in the U.S. — the Central Park Tower in New York, and Willis Tower in Chicago.

In May, RECORD peers upward for a survey of six singular tall (and not-so-tall) buildings that innovate in different ways. They include a bulbous, 650-foot-tall tower in Hong Kong’s central business ...