David Raffoul and Nicolas Moussallem, founders of the Lebanese design studio David/Nicolas, have never limited themselves when it comes to design. Their portfolio to date includes everything from ...

For more than 160 years, elevators have gone up and down. But German company ThyssenKrupp AG, the country's largest steel producer, has designed the world’s first rope-less elevator system called ...

Elevators haven't changed much in the past 160 years: one cabin in one shaft that travels up and down. Now, German elevator manufacturer ThyssenKrupp has developed the world's first elevator that ...

German engineers have invented a cable-less elevator that can move horizontally as well as vertically by using magnetic levitation, or maglev, technology - meaning the elevator carriage will float in ...

The traditional elevator has had its day. More than 160 years since cables and hoists were used on the very first lift systems in buildings, engineers have designed an alternative that uses magnets.

Can we speak, for a moment, about the humble elevator button? I know, there could hardly be a more seemingly inconsequential design element, yet the elevator button has become the bane of my existence ...