The smallest of Australia's five cities with a population greater than one million, Adelaide isn't exactly big or tall but is famous for its squares and parklands.


If you frequent Ozscrapers, you would have seen these in my "Adelaide Photos" threads.

http://www.photoadelaide.com/gal/2005/03/24/5_std.jpg


http://www.photoadelaide.com/gal/2005/04/22/9_std.jpg

http://www.photoadelaide.com/gal/2005/03/24/1_std.jpg

http://www.photoadelaide.com/gal/2005/05/25/3_std.jpg

http://www.photoadelaide.com/gal/2005/03/24/8_std.jpg

http://www.photoadelaide.com/gal/2005/05/04/7_std.jpg

http://www.photoadelaide.com/gal/2005/05/04/5_std.jpg

http://www.photoadelaide.com/gal/2005/05/25/18_std.jpg


http://www.photoadelaide.com/gal/2005/03/24/2_std.jpg

The skyline is fairly average IMO. Most of the skyline is low-rise with a few taller buildings now and then, but the skyline needs to go up.

7/10

Somewhat boxy and stunted - but this city shows you don't need a tall skyline to have a great city! :cool:

6/10

a wide variety of buildings alltough I would like to see it all on 1 pic before rating it !

Here we go:
http://216.194.93.157/~atrevorrow/3-12-2002/picture%20001_std.jpg

height- 2
density-6
towers-4
set up-5

= around 4 - 4.5

The Adelaide City Council is full of NIMBYs who are scared of anything that casts a shadow, which is why we don’t have many talls, but helps the density in the inner-city.

Not a skyscraper city in the real sense, but it is definitely very beautiful in many aspects. It has also always been the most elusive Australian city for me, as all other major cities in OZ get more coverage than Adelaide. Hell, even Darwin gets more coverage around the world.

Not that great, not that bad. 6/10.

Nice to have skylines that aren't always tall but still special. 7/10

small but nice and cool:cool:

7

It's pretty short and boxy, but it is relatively dense (with short buildings) and I see a crane in that last pic... I forget what I gave it cuz I voted for it a while back but I think it was somewhere between 6 and 7.

Adelaide is not small
But the city is not dense
I give it 9/10

i like the city of adelaide, but the skyline is pretty ordinary. 6/10

it is a little short but buildings like the austrlis centre save it.

1

Adelaide looks OK. Decent skyline for a city that
doesn't seem to be a financial center. I gave it
a 6.5/10.
I've been to the biggest 4 cities of Australia and
thoroughly love each one of them. Someday, I will
have to make it down to Adelaide.

there are not many skyscrapers :( but it looks quite ok 5/10

not too many dazzling scrapers. But enough. Not too tall.

6.5/10

Adelaide's a lovely city and has many good points. But this poll is about rating the skyline and on that score, the best I can give it is 4/10.

A few more pictures:

Not by me:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/221959/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/307661/L/

By me:
<a href="http://216.194.93.157/~atrevorrow/10-1-2003/picture%20008_std.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://216.194.93.157/~atrevorrow/10-1-2003/picture%20008_thm.jpg" border="0"></a> <a href="http://216.194.93.157/~atrevorrow/10-1-2003/picture%20010_std.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://216.194.93.157/~atrevorrow/10-1-2003/picture%20010_thm.jpg" border="0"></a> <a href="http://216.194.93.157/~atrevorrow/10-1-2003/picture%20012_std.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://216.194.93.157/~atrevorrow/10-1-2003/picture%20012_thm.jpg" border="0"></a> <a href="http://216.194.93.157/~atrevorrow/10-1-2003/picture%20013_std.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://216.194.93.157/~atrevorrow/10-1-2003/picture%20013_thm.jpg" border="0"></a> <a href="http://216.194.93.157/~atrevorrow/10-1-2003/picture%20015_std.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://216.194.93.157/~atrevorrow/10-1-2003/picture%20015_thm.jpg" border="0"></a> <a href="http://216.194.93.157/~atrevorrow/10-1-2003/picture%20016_std.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://216.194.93.157/~atrevorrow/10-1-2003/picture%20016_thm.jpg" border="0"></a>

And my favourite:
<a href="http://home.iprimus.com.au/adamtre/pics/27-12-2002/picture%20003_std.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://home.iprimus.com.au/adamtre/pics/27-12-2002/picture%20003_thm.jpg" border="0"></a>

Due to space limitations, most of the photos have been reduced in size.

Yeah adelaide hmmmm boxy and stunted, but I've always had a soft spot for adelaide 7 out of 10 cause its so cute (joke):D

4/10..not a great skyline...

:jippo: :jippo: :jippo: :jippo:

That's says all for Adelaide. Food and wine. Lovely planned city or
The city of Church!!!!;) ;) ;)

7/10

Nice Xs dude... hehehe jk ;) :D Anyways the skyline is ok for the population.. It has a well defined focal point too :guns1:

8/10

Adelaide

http://www.australia.com/Images_RichMedia/Perfect_Pictures/Landscape_Medium_Cat/096-103/100334.jpghttp://www.australia.com/Images_RichMedia/Perfect_Pictures/Landscape_Medium_Cat/104-111/104-105/104248.JPG

http://www.southaustralia.com/images_satc/headings/adelaide_pic.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/1781adelaide6.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/1781adelaide.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/1781adelaide2.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/1781adelaide3.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/1781adelaide4.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/1781adelaide5.jpg

seven. adelaide is a great city with a funky square mile full of old tobacconists, vintage clothes shops, antiques, a vibrant old central market, old terrace housing and apartments. some of the suburbs are arguably the most classy and beautiful in Australia.

7/10


nice, but not much impressive

humm, tiny skyline...

5/10

I used to think it was one sad skyline. But thats before I went there. Adelaide's skyline isnt very photogenic because it lacks anything really tall. But when you're actually walking the streets and gazing up at the high-rises you begin to appreciate it alot more. Some of the towers look quite imposing from the ground. The CBD is pretty dense and has a nice urban feel to it, which in my opinion beats a city with tall skyscrapers without having any street life.
Given that the metro population is only 1 million... I think its skyline suits the population. Gets a decent 5 from me.

As for the city itself, well I was very surprised. Wasnt quite the hick country town I'd imagined it to be. Gotta love all the parks and gardens that surround the city, the excellent culinary scene, cool nightlife, shopping on bustling Rundle street mall, Glenelg beach and the beautiful neighbourhoods. Very charming city that gets downplayed alot.

The city is quite ok, need some taller skyscrapers
8/10

Oh wow that sun set photo Gives it so many points look at the gold
+ the ring or park and green add to the "sky line "
But a real center would be nice just one tall to compare
Although it migh make the others look squat
Still

6

Shape of the skyline is nice, has a focal point round Santos House (the tallest) and slowly spreads out around that. Not enough newer buildings though and not really enough height.

5 for skyscrapers
9.5 for charm

Beautiful City, does not really rate for skyscrapers though, but that is part of it's charm. In my opinion most mid size cities look much the same anyway, so Adelaide stands out in the fact that is not a copy of somewhere else..

7 for skyline, definetly needs taller buildings!
too ordinary.

i'm sure that it's a lovely city, but it's really hurting in the skyline department ... kinda looks like a third tier american city

It is ok. For some very odd reason, I see Boise, Idaho looking like that in ten years. That may or may not be a good thing for Boise. ?????????????.

Currently studyin architecture in Adelaide.... guess wat... i don't get distracted at all... coz there's not much places to hang out here besides the city (CBD) "Rundle Mall" the main shopping street in Adelaide <-- only a small street compared with ones in other Oz cities. Its sad.... according to my lecturers, the architecture in Ad is considered boring, and it is evident.... nothin ever goes on in Adelaide... and they build so slow... it takes them half a year to build a frame of a 5-10 storey building??? my gosh....
anyways.... these are just my random thoughts and opinions.

But one thing to note is that, the city plannin is pretty good, the whole city is basically a square grid, very easy to get around and not much traffic problem. transportatation is also very cheap here.
So it's all good studyin here... not sure bout workin.

So i rate this city 6.5

hmmm adelaide its cool .... no need skyscraper in adelaide... it be a tooth pick on a plate.. haha ... hmm need more cool pic to show of our beloved city my good fren Obman!!! .... haha .... let me show u an example of adelaide superior 15 storey building .. hahaha ....!!!! :omg:

http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/Resources/11629/S2%202004/Site%20Gallery/images/DSC00042.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/JAKJ/Home1cFUJI.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/JAKJ/Home1a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/JAKJ/Home1.jpg

5/10

Has good density and nice cluster. I give it a 7/10.

Not bad, but much worse than other big Australian cities...

7/10

Thanks to AtD
www.photoadelaide.com
The Best photographer in Australia!

Skyline View

http://www.photoadelaide.com/gal/2005/03/24/5_std.jpg

At Easter time, the tallest Building (Santos House, 135m) is lite with a giant cross on it. It is afterall, the city of churches ;). also at christmas, theres
a big green tree on it!

http://www.photoadelaide.com/gal/2005/04/22/9_std.jpg

http://www.photoadelaide.com/gal/2005/03/24/1_std.jpg

http://www.photoadelaide.com/gal/2005/05/25/3_std.jpg

http://www.photoadelaide.com/gal/2005/03/24/8_std.jpg

http://www.photoadelaide.com/gal/2005/05/04/7_std.jpg

http://www.photoadelaide.com/gal/2005/05/04/5_std.jpg

http://www.photoadelaide.com/gal/2005/05/25/18_std.jpg

Along the torrens, the convention centre in the background

http://www.photoadelaide.com/gal/2005/03/24/2_std.jpg

Nice photos, but there's one thread about Adelaide already: http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=17321&page=3&pp=20

oopss :( so sorry lease forgive me, i am new to this Rate our skylines fourm and i didnt realise,

Thanks for telling me

8/10 very clean australian city

8/10

nice 7

6/10 :(

7/10

The longest month I ever had was a weekend in Adelaide.

Pretty town, but very much a one horse town.

I think need more tall building...
but i like em
7/10

^ Theres not much chance of any really tall buildings because of the cities proximity to the airport.

modern small town. good.

Seems like a very interesting city

7/10

I have been there and it is alright
6/10

8/10

10, adelaide is the bananas

Hmm.. for now, 6.5/10

7/10.

7.5/10

This city is 1 million+? Yikes...

3.

^^
Strict building height limits apply in Adelaide because of the close proximity to the airport.

9/10

8/10- great city, but its skyline should be bigger for its pop.

9/10 - very unique skyline compard to other cities

Whats wrong with Adelaide skyline? Its elegant and isnt flooded with typical Blue glassy buildings. ;)

it's nice i guess

What do u mean just "Nice" its bloody awsome :)!

Already Adelaide kids, get out of here. This one's for the non-Adelaideans.

I didn't know that, any way I voted ages ago.

Adelaide has good density in parts of the city and a few interesting old buildings. So it doesnt seem too bad when walking through those areas. However, because the skyline is so low it looks very bleh from any distance. Also, whats with the fascination with green glass on so many of the new buildings. Looks awful.

Adelaide is one of those places best appreciated at street level. It has many historic buildings and beatiful streetscapes. The taller buildings are pretty boring, but the city would be ruined with a Manhattanised skyline. It's basically a big country town.

Nice and quite township. I like this city. I give it a 9.0.

9/10 :)

reasonably small skyline 6.5/10

Better than I expected. Just needs more height 6/10

I can see Adelaide's skyline from my apartment's window from where I am now.The skyline is kinda flat and dominated by the Santos tower. It should have more tall buildings to match the Santos. But the skyline is a pretty sight for a small city which can still be improved.

I give Adelaide an 8/10

7.5/10 Nice.

7, It looks pretty good.

mmmh. Not very impressed 5.5/10

Looks great!

8/10

compared to melbourne, adelaide barely has a skyline... last time i was there i didnt know that i was in the cbd until my aunt pointed it out... love the quiet life though, thats the best thing about adelaide ;] [skyline 4/10] [quality of life 10/10]

Adelaide's skyline as seen from my room on a Grote Street(Adelaide) student college apartment.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o245/hijazzains/IMAG0079.jpg

These pictures were taken by JAKJ

Sa water house 95m+? (last "tall" building of the 80s/early 90s construction boom...)
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3043/sawaterke9.jpg

CBD Panos + one of the hills/suburbia
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7997/pano6kq7.jpg
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1914/pano8pb7.jpg
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7581/pano7cp8.jpg
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5277/pano4hi9.jpg
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7987/pano2xs3.jpg

Western end of North Terrace
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/6094/northterraceia2.jpg

Some mid-rise apartment conversions outside the CBD
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3504/hospitaldz4.jpg
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/5110/etsavm3.jpg

Top of topped out CC1
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2371/cc1nw3.jpg

Cbd Shot
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2927/cbd1tc2.jpg

Newly constructed apartments on North Terrace:
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3426/223sd5.jpg

thanks again to JAKJ

7/10

I feel an updated skyline pic needs to be added with an almost completed CC1 clearly in view. While Adelaide is my favourite Australian city, its skyline does not do it any justice. Too bad about that stinkin airport (although it is fantastic its way to close to the city)! We need more talls!

It's a nice town :) I like it, but is a shame that doesn't have a boom of skyscrapers like Melbourne. However, good things come in small packages.

7.5/10

Adelaide's skyline is nice and considering the the city population its good. Adelaide's CBD is lucky when you consider it doesn't have any of those ugly public housing high-rises that are still present around Melbourne's CBD and most of the buildings in the CBD and outskirts are respectable or very nice.

Adelaide has entered its latest building boom and its the biggest of them all and give the city some years and then the CBD/skyline will be even better and denser.

took these after staying for some nights at the Liberty Towers at Glenelg - Sorry the quality isn't great but I had to put the quailty setting to average because memory card was pretty full.


http://www.sensational-adelaide.com/images/cityfrombay/1.jpg
http://www.sensational-adelaide.com/images/cityfrombay/2.jpg

8/10. Most Australian cities looks great.

hehe! This city is nice but the skyline is medium! 5/10! :)

7.5/10

8/10

8/10 small but charming :D

OK 6.5/10

7/10

6.5

9/10

Adelaide is ok. 6.5/10

...

Adelaide is a very under-rated metropolis, with over 1.2 million people it boasts a unique blend of old and new and is begining to build up a skyline. Enjoy...

CBD During easter
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/129359764_dee1322728_o.jpg

City from the Eastern suburbs
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/215/494492609_a28a638faf_b.jpg

Skyline from the East End
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/22/31162595_83dd8d49ab_o.jpg

CBD Density, view from North Terrace
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/228914389_47cc34b138_o.jpg

Adelaide Skyline from North Western suburbs, Grange
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/208/516965083_2f12a60bc3_b.jpg

City with Festival Centre in the foreground taken from River Torrens
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/81/280399027_c7a1ea716d_b.jpg

Festival Centre at night
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/339082143_0d573fe824_o.jpg

CBD From Adelaide Hills, Mount Osmond
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/60/217268064_76d017aee3_o.jpg

Adelaide City, one of the best takeoffs from any Australian City
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/327151107_d8dde8ab1f_o.jpg

Density around Grenfell Street
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/pistol1978/view.jpg

Aerial of CBD
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w186/cazbradley/Australia/Adelaide/08Adelaidecity.jpg

Skyline at night
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x91/kidtangles/Adelaidebynightedited.jpg

6,5/10

Nicely laid out, nothing spectacular 6.5/10

8/10 :)

That looks nice!

7/10

8/10 for density

Too grey! Looks like Britain maybe 100 years ago less than 3, sorry I think the skyline is bad except the convention centre I think Adealide should swap theres so better cities can have it.

:ohno: No-clue-what-so-ever. Things do change, and Adelaide is on the the change.

Adelaide Convention Centre- The best in the country
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/20/73461719_ca55572db7_o.jpg

River Torrens and North Skyline/Festival Centre at Night
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1351/885567051_85f8b68c6f_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1356/1016956820_0cf2587828_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/64/186560961_1abfab8167_b.jpg

South CBD
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/155/388939271_210155e01c_o.jpg

CBD Density
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/214/525966041_d900fdd02c_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/1/129930613_1382fd6d54_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/129937096_77518b6b49_b.jpg

North Terrace
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/178634750_7b14ab1cf4_o.jpg

Victoria Square Adelaide
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1411/1038131687_4388595458_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1042/1038065891_04532ade3d_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1238/607268350_fcda0fbe36_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/69927968_702d708767_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/105/306509663_298b16f6df_o.jpg

:ohno: No-clue-what-so-ever. Things do change, and Adelaide is on the the change.

Yeah um maybe not for a few years.

Wow, dense dense dense, beautiful city.

8/10.

Originally Posted by Pozei
Yeah um maybe not for a few years.

Have you been to Adelaide to see this change that you say is not happening?


Pozei have you ever been to Adelaide? I was reading a comment by you in the OZ section where you didn't like the colours of the buildings in Adelaide?!?! You thought it made the city look grey? Adelaide is a great looking city, and yes even though its skyline has been stagnate, it doesn't mean whats going down on the street level is stagnate. Adelaide has a lot going for it right now, and a lot happening. You can have every opinion you want about Adelaide, but when you dish out lies instead of opinions I'm gonna call you out on that. BTW, the colours of Adelaide's skyline look fine to me.

Victoria Square & Adelaide Skyline

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1288/926427253_0b399f12cf_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/81/244409871_fd9311e5f7_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/441923514_f7409d42d3_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1267/1039043284_70d60b1b05_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/91/244409878_e3b2550523_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/86/238965768_d4c8b0f171_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/87/222653102_4e91ce00e9_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/173669137_90c0bf30ed_b.jpg

wow mic, fantastic photos you've posted on this page, one of the best collection of Adelaide photos I've seen.

Many thanks to mic for representing Adelaide in a way that no one else has on SSC.

Beautiful city- rate it 9/10 !

Adelaide Sunrise

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1360/774453716_ee44fb2f4b_b.jpg

^^ Nice

Beautiful

Thanks mic!, fantastic photos!!

CBD from North Terrace

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1281/1221702057_28523f0a7d_b.jpg

Density From Hutt Street and Parklands

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/34/66043737_7421fedcdb_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/437441929_cefd5f0d1f_b.jpg

Adelaide CBD From Southern Suburbs

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1233/1078966486_d252df2dee_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1238/1170095527_719a65f55b_o.jpg

Great photos! I always imagine what Adelaide would look like with more tallies and a densifyed CBD. I think it'd be amazing, a giant city rising out of the middle of park land. What's there now is nice enough, but the future makes me drool.

Adelaide Skyline from Parklands (photo by urban)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/010992.jpg

It's small but has some nice density to it.
6.5/10

Adelaide Skyline from Parklands (photo by urban)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/010992.jpg

Adelaide reminds me Rotterdam - many highrises but not very tall.

Victoria Square

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/147/338172804_20f6477eea_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/338168547_7db6fef3b9_b.jpg

North Terrace Skyline

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1349/844001777_000d2a7f2f_b.jpg

O'Connell Street North Adelaide

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1131/843951887_54e765830e_b.jpg

Adelaide From Victoria Park

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1204/753375220_91c4c77996_b.jpg

CBD From Mt.Lofty Ranges & Foothills

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/335709454_5c811ebbd7_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/134/332248714_acd04b8683_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/277586464_258fbedcdf_b.jpg

Nice! 8/10

Adelaide reminds me of Baltimore - it has the density, its pleasing to the eye, but it doesn't have the height it deserves!

Hey, I like it. People are being really harsh. The density is great, and there is good balance and variety in materials. Reminds me of Richmond in the US.

8/10

Mic gives Adelaide justice.

CBD From Adelaide International Airport

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/110/275659825_84d21572ed_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/217/459823468_5a44ec667b_b.jpg

Adelaide Skyline From Seaside Suburb Glenelg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/434524899_5abf96c170_b.jpg

CBD Views

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/201/500672696_1fa33068d1_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/380285394_3da193fa81_b.jpg

Nice pictures, but the skyline is quite poor, I give it a 7.

Adelaide City At Dusk

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2018/1667328485_42534b18c2_b.jpg

Adelaide's skyline looks good day or night, and rain or shine.

7.5/10

8 out of ten if it had height but i wont for years but i like adelaide alot.

Adelaide has got a future to be reconised i really like adelaide invact i prefer it over paris or cities like toronto or montreal because its got charm that other city has and the buildings there bringing up are great and people should go on ozscrapers and then go on skyscraper news and discussion and chhck them beaty's out.

http://buildinglist.photoadelaide.com/index.html

theres the website with all adelaides projects and building that are up.
The website was from AtD.:)

Hello people check it out adelaide has got some good buildings why arent people on this thread.

Hello people check it out adelaide has got some good buildings why arent people on this thread.

Look I know you have just realised Adelaide existed last week while you were surfing the internet, and I know you mean well, but it's getting really, really annoying.

CBD By Night

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3091/2303511800_83f7a7971e_b.jpg

8/10

Adelaide CBD Density

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh64/wilkiebarkid/adelaide1.jpg

From Atd on S-A and posted by eastadl on ssc.http://www.abovephotography.com.au/Aerial-Photos/South-Australia/Adelaide/Adelaide-CBD-015112-Original.jpg[/QUOTE]

7/10

8/10

8.5/10

Very dense. Not tall but I like it. 8/10

Bland and unrecognizable. Good density however. Hopefully the city will see some major developments to help make it stand out.

9/10 :)

nice city

......8

I like this city for his density!
10/10

9/10

6/10

Adelaide is not well know internationally but we are currently booming after almost 20 years of stagnation thanks to the State Bank collapse of the early 90's. Unfortunately the credit crisis has now come along and who knows how many more developments will go ahead. We are also home to Olympic Dam (planned to become the largest mine in the world, who knows how long that will take with the credit crisis though).

Here are some pics from flickr and a couple by me.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/105254798cl1223357170.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/Cobaltblue2.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/0619532400.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/dsc00228sr1.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/adell.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/060908007.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/omicronembassy.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/SolaceinChaos.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/Solace.jpg

Changing southern CBD skyline (taken today):

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/Picture005.jpg

Adelaide is gradually transforming as you can see in this video I created over a month ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWHFlnDO8Xc

EWHFlnDO8Xc

7/10

http://www.globalphotos.org/adelaide/20080601/IMG_7407.jpg

5/10

looks a tad boring

8/10 Skyline
10/10 City

7/10

7/10

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2086/2090783234_5d2c49029a_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2086/2090783234_5d2c49029a_o.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk2/Jai69haha/2594444474_7895679abe_o1.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk2/Jai69haha/2594444474_7895679abe_o1.jpg

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee116/beamer85/Skyline-2.jpg
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee116/beamer85/Skyline-2.jpg

My home. Love it.

7/10

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/105254798cl1223357170.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1233/1078966486_d252df2dee_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3381/3494797799_d6c65f9f3c_b.jpg

I LOVE ADELAIDE :D

7/10
Cool!

Nice image! West-side view is very underrated IMO. Shows the length of our CBD nicely.

EDIT: Oops just realised this was the southern view. VERY NICE!

Looks awesome whens aurora on pirie finished?

7.5/10

needs taller building

smallest of yours but quite good for me 7.5/10

7/10

7/10

not bad! 5/10

Not that high but for sure a skyline :) 6/10

8. Good. Regards.

8/10

6/10

7/10

Love my home town. We DO have some great low to mid height density. And this time of the year, with all the trees around the city, the place looks so pleasant.

Okay, MY TURN!

From a few months ago...
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l286/Mpol/8-2.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l286/Mpol/7-2.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l286/Mpol/9.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l286/Mpol/14-2.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l286/Mpol/8.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l286/Mpol/2-1.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l286/Mpol/4.jpg

And now, Adelaide at the start of Summer...
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l286/Mpol/5-2.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l286/Mpol/18.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l286/Mpol/11-1.jpg

voted 6.5/10

nice pics

i have other pic

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6864/270pxadelaidedougbarber.jpg

as a slyline is pretty bad (3/10), but the city looks really nice. congrats adelaide

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3530/3296009641_d4c69cbeb9_b.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/alegrya/3296009641/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/3174856119_388a15db18_b.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/vinkosunde/3174856119/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3586/3504515272_5c4f8916ba_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8859817@N08/3504515272/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3362/3444681638_b635086158_b.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/26444673@N03/3444681638/

8.5/10

Nice city, good designs of the high rises
and clean sorroundings.

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Nice, in a Winnipeg-Down-Under-ish way. 7

http://i022.radikal.ru/0912/37/4167c6834dc5.jpg
http://s04.radikal.ru/i177/0912/ba/4993736b43ab.jpg
http://s56.radikal.ru/i152/0912/a3/d621a6deffbd.jpg
http://s39.radikal.ru/i085/0912/59/37a663cf71bb.jpg
http://s55.radikal.ru/i148/0912/83/0362a0b44dc3.jpg

http://s54.radikal.ru/i146/0912/64/099fd37c9ca1.jpg
http://s50.radikal.ru/i128/0912/98/8e6c0a68c597.jpg
http://i053.radikal.ru/0912/33/1382f4941a9f.jpg
http://s52.radikal.ru/i138/0912/0a/2a33fb39c2e7.jpg

Woot. 9/10, gotta love Radelaide.

http://www.totaltravel.com.au/guide/photos/inneradelaide/satc_victoria_square.jpg

6/10

http://s004.radikal.ru/i206/1002/d2/c5d07e80e578.jpg
http://i056.radikal.ru/1002/25/2698f6e891d0.jpg
http://s004.radikal.ru/i207/1002/99/196ebd78eb1d.jpg
http://s003.radikal.ru/i202/1002/bf/97f772f4b7a3.jpg

^^^^

Why do you keep reposting pictures that have already been posted in the same thread, over and over?

Not much of a skyline, but clean looking. Buildings are too boxy though. 6-7/10.

^^^^

Why do you keep reposting pictures that have already been posted in the same thread, over and over?

because I'm lazy to search 10 pages to see was it posted before or not!

Nice, in a Winnipeg-Down-Under-ish way. 7

That's what I was thinking too, how bizarre.

wow, didnt know this page existed.

Not a great deal has changed since last photos

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/7906/skyliner.png

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/1639/skyline2.png

6/10 ...

Compared to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast and Perth ... Adelaide's skyline is almost non-existent ... but people go to ADL for good wine and the odd theatre NOT development ;)

Boring skyline..5/10

6/10.

7.5 - I like Adelaide :)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5169/5345010158_f0af30d96f_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikegaby/5345010158/in/photostream/

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5059/5585417590_e50f5fcf3b_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5059/5585417590_e50f5fcf3b_b.jpg

5.5/10

6.5/10

Some recent pics from realestate.com.au:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/2694261ao-1.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/20110520124528.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/20110520124530.jpg

8,5/10

Great city, amazing pictures...

Adelaide has the weakest skyline of the 5 majors... the Gold Coast which has 1/2 the population of RADelaide - it's skyline is 10 times bigger than Adelaide's...

Where are the skyscrapers?:ohno: 4/10

The citys tallest building is 132m which means ADL has no skyscrapers - just the odd highrise... for a city of 1.2 million and I know South Australians will crap on about the wine ;) but the Adelaide skyline is pretty f#cking dull...

Needs more modern glassy highrises........8/10

Classic skyline 10/10

Recent Adelaide pics:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/DSCF2262.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/DSCF2194.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/DSCF2259.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/DSCF2209.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d22/UrbanSG/DSCF2201.jpg

7/10 - nice and dense, but needs 15 or more taller buildings, taller than the city's tallest. :)

easily forgettable

If Adelaide could get at least a couple of >200M+ buildings with iconic design it's skyline would would improve immeasurably.

If Adelaide could get at least a couple of >200M+ buildings with iconic design it's skyline would would improve immeasurably.

Erm.... that would improve any city.

Not Dubai :)

I was there a couple of years ago, nice city but the skyline is a 5/10.

Erm.... that would improve any city.

We are referring specifically to Adelaide in this thread are we not ?

:ohno: :nuts:

HEIGHT: 7
DENSITY: 7
SETTING: 6.5
ARCHITECTURE: 7
WOW FACTOR: 4.5
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AVERAGE: 6.4 or 6.5/10! :cheers2:

10- Exhilarating! & Elegant Looking!
9.5- Almost perfect!
9- Charming!
8.5- Brilliant and Vibrant!
8.0- Really Nice!
7.5- Above Average
7.0- Average-looking, decent
6.5- Somehow interesting
6.0- Has a lot of potential
5.5- Skyline is ok. needs to build more
5.0- Nothing special
4.5- Please build!
4.0- Generally flat
3.5 or less- Where's the skyline?

:cheers2: