Strong localized winds can bounce due to interference between tall buildings, increasing pressure on walls and windows.

Less than one year after a derecho slammed Houston and caused significant damage to Downtown structures, a new study says buildings designed to withstand hurricane-force gusts are at a heightened ...

As gusts of up to 100 mph tore through Houston’s dense network of skyscrapers, winds were effectively being tunneled and enhanced through a process called urban wind channeling. The result is ...

The General Services Administration, landlord for federal government, said Tuesday it planned to sell more than 440 buildings across the U.S., including three in Houston and 21 others in Texas. The ...

HOUSTON — The General Services Administration on March 4 released a sprawling list of “non-core” federal properties slated ...

A derecho windstorm on May 16, 2024, blew out windows at TotalEnergies Tower in downtown Houston. A recently published study employed miniature models of skyscrapers to find out why the May 2024 ...

The derecho caused more damage than the hurricane to Houston’s tallest buildings. Now, scientists say there’s a need for more research on the impacts of powerful downbursts in urban centers.

This week in Houston real estate news, a vacant hotel sells, a skyscraper refinances and a Transwestern exec earns a spot on ...

If you’ve ever wandered down Houston Street in Nashville’s Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood and felt like you stepped into a ...