As homes become content-ready, elevators are evolving beyond utility to style statements, blending design, technology, and ...

The Cibes “Dream” lift has a modern aesthetic. The technology behind home elevators has evolved since the traditional, somewhat clunky, closet elevator of yesteryear. These days, elevators can run on ...

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 ...

Elevator design hasn't progressed very much during the past 160 years, and still comprises cabins which move vertically in a shaft supported by cables. This is inefficient and limiting, taking up a ...

A spectacular design for a space elevator, with the goal of efficiently transporting passengers into outer space, has been awarded a $11,000 prize. As the BBC reports, British architect Jordan William ...

When developer Gil Dezer wants to go to his new condo at the Porsche Design Tower, which his family firm built in Sunny Isles Beach, he drives his Porsche (of course) through the garage and into the ...

An architect from Cumbria has won a €10,000 (£8,617) prize for his design of a new kind of space travel. Barrow-born Jordan William Hughes has designed an elevator that transports passengers into ...

The very first elevator mirrors, however, are said to have been installed in Japanese high-risers for one very specific and ...