I tend to meet famous people in the passenger area at the airport rather than on elevators. About 20 years ago I met then-Congressman, now Senator Bernie Sanders in the waiting area by the gate at the Burlington, VT International Airport when I dropped my wife off for her flight to Washington DC. He was very cordial and polite. ...

If one thinks of an elevator is an extremely complex “pulley system”, it becomes apparent that the load will primarily act at the point of fixity (i.e. roof level). The load is actually much higher than lift capacity as Elevator suppliers it includes the weight of personnel (max), equipment, the counter-weight + dyna...

This is called the incredible elevator stick, but it is very versatile for many many uses. Sometimes the simplest inventions are the most useful. Back when I was in high-school, I would often have to use an elevator to get from one floor of the school to the next. As I am in a wheelchair, it was very difficult to maneuver in thi...

There it was, some 1,500 words into a story published in the Daily Beast: the infamous Donald Trump elevator tape. Well, not the tape itself, but the first reference in a mainstream publication to the possible existence of a “bombshell tape of Trump in an elevator in Trump Tower.” For months, reporters at various med...

Rarely, if ever, is the design of an elevator central to the aesthetics of a building. Yet, rules are made to be broken, which is why certain elevators are much more than a means of transportation. Some are exceptional, with wild designs, and go far beyond your typical towers. Below, AD surveys the extravagant elevators around t...

It is 108 floors above ground, 7 floors underground, and 528 meters above ground. It is located in the CBD of Beijing CBD (Business Center), which has set a new high in Beijing skyscrapers and become a new landmark in Beijing. Such a tall building has strict technical requirements for elevators, especially high-speed elevators. ...

You can move horizontally and diagonally, for example, the Harry Potter Magic Elevator in the movie is coming next year. The elevator, invented by German elevator manufacturer ThyssenKrupp, will completely get rid of the cable, using the magnetic float technology, and will take the elevator to the office in the future. It is und...

For the owner of the Dunhe Garden Community, No. 137 and No. 143, Dunhe Road, Haizhu District, August 12 is a day worth celebrating. Because, on this day, the two old buildings that were fully expected for four years were finally officially handed over. Li Qichang, owner of No. 143, couldn’t help but sigh with excitement i...