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 ...

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 ...

A 2013 analysis of two-dimensional elevator traffic systems likens the present use of one cabin per elevator shaft to using an entire railway line between two sites with a single train—an avoidable ...

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 ...

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.

NEW YORK -- An elevator mechanic's failure to execute basic safety procedures caused an elevator at a New York City building to plunge six stories and crush a co-worker to death, prosecutors say.

The X300 reflects what families really need today -- safety, comfort, elegance and value, states the spokesperson for Elite ...