Toronto is way down the list.Just infront of Sydney.

Hong Kong dominates.

New York second

Shanghai rising.

Tokyo in third.


having been to most of these places the list makes perfect sense.

Check it out

http://www.library.tudelft.nl/~egram/skylines.htm

73] 75 84 San Diego USA 28 One American Plaza (152m)

Hmmmm, well I think our ranking is fair enough.

Hmm Mumbai is 51.

Philly #34...hmmm as much as I love Boston, I still think Philly has the beefier more attractive spire infused skyline. Boston's skyline is not better but it is a notch above Philly's according to the list. The list was a bit off IMO.

According to Emporis, Boston has 300 high rises and Philly has 428. Philly's skyline is about 30 percent bigger.

On the Emporis list Boston is 44 and Philly is 34.

London 54th.. thats arite

this skyline ranking offers a different perspective:

http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/sr/

Calgary - 38; 1976 Points

Not bad at all...

Tel Aviv 50th :runaway:

San Salvador is not here!!!!!!

San Salvador is not here!!!!!!

And does San Salvador have at least 5 buildings over 90 m????

yes

ah, 125. I guess being only two away from a beautiful city such as Barcelona isnt that bad.

This list uses a highly objective set of factors. The beauty of a skyline is a lot more subjective than that.

Mumbai 51st!!!! :eek2:

dubai already 9th...
and there is a lot more to come :D

Again the question of why do they put Miami & Miami Beach together but not Sunny Isles? If the three were separated the Greater Miami would have 3 of the top 100 in the world with 330 more currently planned or underconstruction.

This is the ranking according to the votes of SSC forumers:
http://www.skyscrapercity.info/900.php?id=1003

heh Ramat Gan now in 67th place.....

This is the ranking according to the votes of SSC forumers:
http://www.skyscrapercity.info/900.php?id=1003

This is the same list where Billings, USA (41) scored higher than Miami (47)

"Most skyscraper" doesn't mean "Best Skyline".

^ I agree, Tokyo for example has a ton of highrises but it doesnt really have a nice skyline.

Why is Dubai so high up there? I don't find anything so significant or special about its skyline at all.

^ yeah, they have tons of great buildings but the look of the entire skyline itself isnt stunning.

Seoul is 10th,
used to be 9th, but now behind Dubai :doh:

"Most skyscraper" doesn't mean "Best Skyline".

Actually, there is no world's best skyline
as long as people have different taste and perspective about skyline

Also,this ranking isn't that accurate
as long as the data of some city is quite far from the truth.

For example, No. 66th Busan have onlly 31 buildings (over 90m)?
and the highest scoring building is SK HUB Sky 2 (182m, u/c)?
What a joke!

per World's Best Skyline, Philippines' Metro Manila is # 13...

per SSC, Metro Manila ranks 8th as of this post.

Quality over quanitiy.

You could have so many ugly highrises, and you could be on the top of the list.

OR

You can have a few beautiful highrises, and be near the bottom of the list.

Wow! Crazy HK!!! More than 100k points! It's impossible for anyone to beat it for another decade~~~ :D:D

I think there are three skylines pre-eminent in the world at the moment. Hong Kong, New York and Chicago. These three are known for their skylines - the others are not. It may change in the future, but that's how it is at the moment.

I personally dont like Hong Kongs skyline. All of the buildings look the same IMO. New York and Chicago really are impressive.

I personally dont like Hong Kongs skyline. All of the buildings look the same IMO. New York and Chicago really are impressive.
I can understand that from your perspective, Hong Kong's skyline is bereft of aesthetic value, but to say (despite it's diverse modern architecture) that all the buildings look the same, is akin to stereotyping a race by saying "they all look alike."

im pretty happy with seoul being 10th, but that list is highly inaccurate

Vancouver 67 below Montreal by a lot?
Mmm...
Toronto 14th is pretty good.

http://www.pbase.com/alex1030/image/43835059.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/alex1030/image/42954264.jpg

This is the ranking according to the votes of SSC forumers:
http://www.skyscrapercity.info/900.php?id=1003

That list lot all credibility some time ago.

Hamilton is 60th, not bad. :)

I personally dont like Hong Kongs skyline. All of the buildings look the same IMO. New York and Chicago really are impressive.

While it is true that many skyscrapers’ quality in Hong Kong are not that high, one have to keep in mind that these apartments were designed for people with the lowest income. I think many who never been to HK don't realize this, but houses simply don't exists HK. EVERYONE lives in an apartment. In other cities around the word, skyscrapers were designed to show off the best side of their country, and they were designed to house the rich and middle class, while their poor still lives in houses in some ghetto areas at the edges of the city. While for HK, the architects were able to make SKYSCRAPPERS for the poor too. We even have the world’s only skyscraper slums!! I think this is the true beauty of HK, that it is able to include the poor as part of its urban environment. If HK don’t wins for its beauty, then it must win by showing to the world that there is not discrimination in skylines that everyone is able to live in one! Skyscrappers doesn't have to belong to mega coperations, anyone in hk can have a piece!

im pretty happy with seoul being 10th, but that list is highly inaccurate
All the lists (I've seen at least three) are accurate on the basis of their respective criteria. Bask in the joy (for lack of a better word) of your city's placement w/o reservation. My city was placed 30th, 34th and 49th respectively, on the 3 links I recall clicking on...and my point is - damned if I know.

Dubai at 9th

It Is Only the Begining of the Story ;)

Which is a better skyline setting in your opinion:

• Manhattan's island setting with a sense of arrival from across its rivers and with a relative flatness that allows the skyline to totally dominate the sky (giving it an almost oz-like Emrald City status)

-or-

• Hong Kong, where the magnifcent skyline has a backdrop not of sky but towering mountains and where the city fades into its hinterlands since it does not have the confining limits and sense of arrival that rivers impose on Manhattan

???????

i go for manhattan...the location is perfect....and its an island ppl cmon....you ever thought about manhattan island being an island just like hawaii or somethin??

73] 75 84 San Diego USA 28 One American Plaza (152m)

Hmmmm, well I think our ranking is fair enough.

We will go up my friend.

^I hope so. We can dream can't we...:cheers:

GO HK!!!