Macau

Population : 520,000

The Macau Special Administrative Region, commonly known as Macau or Macao, was established on December 20, 1999, as one of the two special administrative regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the other being Hong Kong. For 442 years it was ruled by Portugal, making it the oldest European colony in the history of East Asia.

Portuguese traders first settled in Macau in the 16th century. After the Opium War in 1841, most of the foreign merchants in Macau left for Hong Kong, and as a result business and economic activities in Macau declined. Administered by Portugal until the handover in 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China. Since then Macau has developed industries such as textiles, electronics and toys, as well as a notable tourist industry, which boasts a wide range of hotels, resorts, stadiums, restaurants and casinos. What remains unchanged through Macau's history is Macau's strong economic links with Hong Kong, one of the East Asian Tigers and the Pearl River Delta region in mainland China. With a good foundation and infrastructure, Macau provides good financial and banking services, staff training, transport and communications support.

Macau
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What?!? Only 400,000 people?!? That skyline is huge! No awards for great architecture but it's dense.

7.5

Some nice buildings, Macau Tower looks like CN. 6

5.5
it has Hong Kong's density, and HK's generic apartments, but a far cry from HK

for a city with this population an awesome skyline :eek:

@ napptown , what is "CN" > Canadian National in TO ?

nice skyline, has a lot of smaller things.

6/10

8/10. Looks like Hong Kong.

one of my first favourite cities. but i love macau not because of its scrapers.

the buildings aren't so impressive enough. but they're quite ok
7.5/10

At least one of the Portuguese settlements abroad worked out :D

9 :)

u mean to say brasil didn't work out?

It certainly has a lot of mass, but IMO not enough class. Ought to be able to improve vastly with the addition of just a few architectural gems.

4/10

eric wong, do you have more macau pics? not necessarily scraper pics. maybe the nice cathedral or something else. if it isn't for this thread, where can i see those?

Here are some pics of old and new parts of Macau (I will find more later)

The Old Part

St. Paul Church - The Cathedral was destroyed many years ago and the front gate is the only part left.
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Macau Gate - The Gate between China and Macau
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Macau Temple - The site where the portuguese discovers Macau
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Macau Old City Center - Includes the old legislature hall and churches


The legislature Hall
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Lighthouse in Macau - Built in 15 centuries when the portuguese first came
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Lisboa Hotel - The most famous site in Macau and probably it's the first high-rise in Macau built in 60's
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The New Part

The Buddist statue designed by portuguese
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Macau Grand Prix
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thanks eric wong. i really like macau. years ago i read in an advert- macau: eurpoe of asia. i think it should be europe in asia, or europe and asia (not geographically)

i love ur pics. the cathedral pic reminded me of silly chinese movie (everyday is valentines day) which is really funny.

Macau is known for a gambling city, right?:?

Ehh... not too bad. 5.5/10. The Macau Tower looks very little like the CN. It looks more like the one in New Zealand and the Space needle.

Density - 9
Planning - 7
Height - 7
Architecture - 6
Size - 7
Quality - 7
Setting - 9
Variation - 9
Day - 7
Night - 8

Overall - 7.6

6.5/10

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70% of the total tax incomes are from gambling and tourists

7.5

8/10


really dense, but not much impressive

More :

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Central Macau view from the observation tower

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Post Office

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Business District

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Not bad for a city on a small outcrop. 8/10! ;)

Two more pics I found

West Macau

http://www.worldcityphotos.org/China/MAC-Macau-LuisPeres1.jpg


East Macau

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I rate 8/10

I had one of the most extraordinary experiences of my life visiting Macau for just one day whilst visting Hong Kong - a totally unique place..

As such I rather have a soft spot for it - 8.5/10 (It doesn't have a coherent skyline but I like it for other reasons)

9/10 remembers me downtown rio

6.5
not bad

I like it! A little European island in the heart of China! :D

Love the Portuguese colonial architecture! Was the picture of the Macau Gate taken before 1999? You can still se the Portuguese flag flying over it! Too bad they had to give it back to China...it would be cool if it was still Portuguese. :(

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8.5/10

i gave it a 8.5 not because of the skyscrapers, but because i love its historical sites.

Good.
7.5/10

What a surprise :eek: Only 400 000 people? Looks like miniature Hong Kong :cool: 8/10

Actually, I recently visited Macau (April 8th - 15th), so it's been a month and a day since I came back. I must say though, Macau isn't as dense as you guys put it out to be. Whilst true that Macau is EXTREMELY small and one could drive around the whole main island in around 3 hours, the city itself is not as dense as normal Chinese cities. This is because "Macau" is made out of 3 islands: Macau, Taipa, and Coloane. The pictures that Asiaboyz posted were of the island of Macau, the business and colonial district. Not too many people live on the island of Macau; most people like on Taipa (where I stayed in a 25floor highrise). There aren't that many good skyscrapers, IMO. The only structures that caught my attention were the Bank of China Tower, The Macau Tower, and POSSIBLY_ the Lisboa Casino. The rest of the buildings are not spectacular at all. Oh, and yes it's true that Macau is known to be the gambling-hub of China. Macau is only an hour away by ferry from Hong Kong, which is why many Hong Kong people travel to Macau during the weekends to gamble! :drunk:

Once one heads up to the colonial section of Macau (with the Cathedral of St. Paul) the buildings are VERY, VERY old. The buildings all look like they are rotting, which is probably because they were probably built in the 20's and 30's. :wallbash:

If you would like to see more pics of Macau (sorry they're such a huge resolution, and some pics aren't of good quality) please visit:
www.uberly.com/azn8oi/springbreak2004 . :)

Oh, and 6.5/10 :cheers:

Yes .. definitely !! You can spend only half days to walk around the whole main island !!

Buildings in Macau are not in nice architectures since a lot of people from China migrates to Macau in the 70's and 80's and there are very high demand in apartment buildings .. at that time Macau was still a very poor city and average people income is low. People do need to have space to live !! That's the reason why constructions company built buildings considered about the demand rather than the architectures first ..

I think the government should demolish all those old apartment buildings and replaces some better quality design buildings ... and hopefully can create more spaces for the parks and sport arenas !!

Hopefully Macau can have some quality buildings in the future .. and also change the quality of the skyline as well !!

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Nice.. looks South American

I thought Macau is its own country.

400 000 people in 16 km2 :eek2: amazingggggggggggggggggggggg!!

I thought Macau is its own country.
just your think

7.5/10

8/10

400 000 people in 16 km2 :eek2: amazingggggggggggggggggggggg!!

Plus 5 km2 of international airport and another 8km2 of reclaim land area
so its 29km2 now

Very nice, especially for its population. I give it an 8/10. :okay:

:wave: my home town. not a huge skyline compared to other big cities but very very impressive for a city this size and only around 450,000 pop (but 16mil tourists last yr, crazy shxt). do u guys know how small 25km square (20somthing im not 2 sure) is? lemme show some comparisons: 1/40 the size of hong kong and 1/200 the size of toronto :eek2:

i give it 7.5

400 000 people in 16 km2 :eek2: amazingggggggggggggggggggggg!! :eek2: :eek2:

Great Portuguese Architecture. :eek2:

7.5/10

8.5/10. The most dense city in the world, 17,685 people per sq km.

Macau is becoming the Las Vegas of China. 6/10

7/10
Very dense, but not many impressive buildings

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=3735069#post3735069

My trip to Macau 4/2004. Photos aren't the best, and quality isn't the best after I used a mass-shrinker program, but oh well :)

Great skyline 9/10

10/10 :)

HK's little sister. Good for its size.

8.5/10 overall

7/10

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8/10

9/10- amazingly well-developed, would've given it a 10/10 if i had a few more nice skyscrapers.

Wow, pretty dense.

Anyways, 7/10

8/10:)

That's really dense for such a small piece of land, nice mixture of some old colonial portegese architecture and newer chinese skyscrapers.


7/10


I hope those guys in the car crash are ok,lol.

Its skyline looks okay and quite dense but not really impressive. 6.5/10.

Looks interesting but they need to throw in some supertalls and some grander casinos. Also they should reclaim some land and build a shitload of skyscrapers on that.

Viva Macau!!!! 8/10.

6/10

nice..

9/10

:shocked: Wowwww !!! Impressive !!!! , ever since he was a boy I wanted to visit Macau, a small city with tremendous skyline :nuts:

sorry i forgot 9/10

6/10

I love Macau Tower.. the skyline is dense, and I like that..7/10

8/10

Underrated on these forums, it's overshadowed by HK :(
It's a very nice place to visit! Portugal/Chinese blend

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8/10

Love the tower too:)

This city is a REAL mix of east and west...and also REAL mix of old and modern..highly recommended for travelling !!! For the skyline, now 8.5/10, but in the future, maybe can get higher..

8/10, very dense, but somehow its lacking.

10/10

Nice place 10/10

this thread doesn't make Macau any justice.

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10/10 :)

we thais love Macau

great skyline, esp at night 10/10

Macau is one of those cities with a very distinct character. I love it!

As for the skyline itself, I give it an 8 for now.

8.5 i like the buildings and looks like China's playground.

I like it 8/10

I really loved Macau: a remarkable blend of cultures, vibrant and pulsating: a place unique in the world.
In my opinion the skyline itself isn't that much as far as diversity and originality are concerned (but things may get better in the future), but it's dense and very considerable for a city of its size. Therefore I give it a 7,5/10.

Here's a few more pictures, that I took when I visited Macau in the late summer of 2006:

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Macau is still ranked as one of the highest density in the world, right ?
Great improvement, though, compared to what it was 15 years ago, but I miss the time when it was not a Vegas style gambling city...

9. Very good. Regards.

9/10

10/10

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City of Dreams

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8/10

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nice city

8/10

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Interesting mix between old and new. (7.5/10)

Casinos looks great! Skyline is far away from that you can see in Hong Kong, but still nice!

Love Macau. Skyline has a great future. 9/10

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Love Macau. Skyline has a great future. 9/10

I totally agree.. This city has an amazing future

8/10

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6.5

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5/10.

Enjoy with Macau City of my Dream

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When I Happy I think to Macau

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Loving these pics.

Can't wait to see more. I believe Macau is going through a boom at the moment.

Love it!!

Macau is amazing. The gambling capital of the world! But, Grand Lisboa is the biggest eyesore in the world as well :lol:

8/10

As its size and population, Macau skyline is perfect !!!

9/10

8.5

:drool: and this used to belong to portugal?? :nuts: beautiful skyline, indeed. not massive, but beautiful and big enough. :cheers:

The new developments in southern coast of the Macau penisula and Cotai is improving the Macau a lot.

I hope the introduction of the LRT will make Macau a unique model of mid-size cities that can generally be non car dependent. Can?

Now, to continue with this direction, the govt will need to set a bold vision and political will, to firstly (a) enact laws such as those for compulsory acquisition and planning control, (b) institute and enforce a overall masterplan down to every square inch of land.

Accordingly, the masterplan should also lay down a realistic population target and safeguard the livability of the built environment.

8/10