In the late 1960s, a structural engineer named Dr. Lynn S. Beedle noticed that while cities were growing taller, the research behind them was scattered. He founded the Council to bring architects and engineers together to share knowledge. What started as a small committee at Lehigh University grew into a global network headquartered in Chicago, now serving over 2 million individuals in 10,000 offices worldwide.
The Council famously established a specific set of criteria for measuring height: council on tall buildings and urban habitat