(CNN) -- The Shanghai Tower -- the world's second tallest building -- has just set three Guinness World Records. The Chinese skyscraper now officially has the world's fastest elevator, tallest ...

More: Learn how to survive a plummeting elevator. We live in a vertical world. Despite suburban sprawl, most of Earth's population is packed into cities that have nowhere to go but up. With ...

The Shanghai Tower is already known around the world for currently being the tallest twisting tower in the world and the second tallest building in the world overall. Now, it also has the distinction ...

Supertall buildings call for creative vertical transportation strategies. Hitachi Ltd. and its Hitachi Elevator Co. Ltd. division have annouced that they will build and install 95 elevators—including ...

A firework display marks the official opening of the Lotte World Tower building in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 2, 2017. The Lotte World Tower, with 123 floors over the 555-meter height ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Shanghai: Elevator rides are not usually worth documenting. But when you step into the elevator at Shanghai Tower, people often pull out ...

Japanese manufacturer Hitachi is preparing to open a new research facility to test elevators that can travel at an astounding 40 miles per hour. Located in Hitachinaka, Japan, the G1 Tower is the ...