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A library with a train track running through it and another with a design meant to maximize natural light inside feature in the 2019 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards. Whether you're a bookworm or not, the awards offer an opportunity to check out high-projects by some top-tier architects.

The American Institute of Architects has declared the winners of the 2019 Institute Honor Awards for Interior Architecture. Projects include an Apple Store that used to be a bank, a millinery in a 100-year-old fire station, and a restaurant that incorporates a building once used to store mines.

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) has revealed the sustainable buildings that make up this year's COTE Top Ten Awards winners. As always, it's a strong selection of top-tier green architecture by some of the best firms in the business.

High-profile architecture firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) recently revealed its latest skyscraper design. Slated for Hangzhou, China, the 280 m (919 ft)-tall tower will be defined by an unusual undulating facade and is expected to be completed by 2021.

Even in the cutting edge world of skyscraper design, SOM's Burj Khalifa stands apart and it remains the world's tallest building by a long way. To get the inside story on its design and construction, we spoke with the Burj Khalifa's structural engineer, William F. Baker.

Mankind has long endeavored to construct buildings that reach the heavens. Thanks to advances in tall building design, it's feasible to build skyscrapers almost a kilometer in height – perhaps a mile high will soon be possible too. Join us as we take a look at the world's tallest skyscrapers.

Plans have been unveiled to renovate Chicago's iconic Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower). The $500 million modernization will involve the addition of plush new tenant-only amenities, an upgraded observation point and a three story glass structure at the tower's entrance.

SOM's One World Trade Center rises to a height of exactly 1,776 ft (541 m), making it the tallest building in the western hemisphere. It's also pretty green for a skyscraper, and was recently awarded a LEED Gold certification in recognition of its significant sustainable design.

SOM's Beijing Greenland Center by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill features an elegant trapezoidal glass facade that's claimed to improve the building's energy performance and reflects sunlight throughout the immediate area.

A research team from Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL) Department of Energy has created a new model for how we can connect the way we power our homes and vehicles.