Economic center of South America, São Paulo has 10 million inhabitants (20 million in the metro).


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lot's of small ones, nothing impressive...

5/10

very impressive skyline sizewise... but looks like most of the buildings are not even 100m tall, defenitely needs more taller quality towers 5/10

Actually, despite having height restriction all over the city, there is a considerable number of buildings above 100m (not sure how many, but I think that is something around 50 or more buildings). No buildings over 190m thought (only TV towers).

Sao Paulo has many different skylines with some great buildings. Here are just some samples, from different locations:

Faria Lima area
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Vila Olimpia area
http://www.fotosedm.hpg.ig.com.br/VilaOlimpia/A/A016.JPG

Berrini area
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http://www.fotosedm.hpg.ig.com.br/Berrini/R/R012.JPG

Nacoes Unidas area
http://www.fotosedm.hpg.ig.com.br/Berrini/S/S009.JPG
http://www.fotosedm.hpg.ig.com.br/Berrini/A/A032.JPG

Old Downtown
http://www.fotosedm.hpg.ig.com.br/Caminhada/centro7.jpg
http://www.fotosedm.hpg.ig.com.br/Caminhada/centro5.jpg

Ibirapuera area
http://www.fotosedm.hpg.ig.com.br/outros/panop2.jpg

Higienopolis area
http://www.fotosedm.hpg.ig.com.br/outros/DSC06958.JPG

Paulista avenue
http://www.centroeventossaoluis.com.br/turismo/paulista1/images/paulist8_jpg.jpg
http://www.centroeventossaoluis.com.br/turismo/paulista1/images/paulist6_jpg.jpg


There are other areas with skylines just like these, like Itaim and Vila Nova Conceicao, but unfortunately I don´t have decent pics.

Huge... but loses a bit due to less-than-spectacular architecture. 7.5/10.

7.5/10

7.5 it's massive, but it needs one or a couple to stand out, then i would have given it a 8 or 9

NOTHING TO SAY !!!!!!!
10/10

It's the Hong Kong of South America! :D Nice and dense ;) Sadly, no real tall ones though that's why the skyline is really large and spread out. And there's no real focal point too :bash:

8/10

Great, it is super dense, but it needs a place where all the tall buildings are toghether, like in Rio
8/*10

Seems very ugly, just a sprawl of like-sized, squat buildings with a lot of forgotten space scattered here and there. There are some nice central avenues though.

Doesn't look all that "super-dense" overall with such wide roads and big empty areas and fields. Nothing like Tokyo or HK in that regard. Impressive only in how it seems to never end.

5/10

8/10

Sao Paulo's skyline is a classic!! I like the density. Too bad there are not enough green areas, but that's a different story since I dont take trees to be part of the skyline... :D I'll give it 9/10.

I just don't like Sao Paulo.
Most of the buildings are white and short.
5/10.

If about 7 or 8 250m+ towers were built along with another 4 or 5 300m+ towers, it would look great

Anyway, 9 for SP :)

8/10 In terms of mid-rises buildings, SP looks like Tokyo or Buenos Aires... or should I say Tokyo and Buenos Aires look like São Paulo in this aspect??? :D

MY GOD! That's amazing. I love it. Who needs enormous buildings when everywhere you walk there is another high-rise. It looks like a sea of concrete...my paradise. I think this more accurately resembles the future of cities...all the buildings are about the same height and hopefully allowing for numerous skywalks.

I think it all looks very impressive.Altough there are no really very high towers it still looks amazing.
8.5/10

9/10



One of the better in the world it just need some real tall ones.

8.5/10

it need 200+ skyscrapers

Maybe Sao Paulo never gets a 300m tall bldg, but we are building taller, in the 90´s and in this new century, Sao Paulo got about 6 or 7 of its new top 10, another 162 m tall office, and two others with 140m in Sao Paulo new office area Berrini.

And BTW São Paulo has about 600 buildings under construction:guns1:

This is one of the cities that I have to visit one day!!!
it's a unique case in the globe, so dense, is a true building jungle. Ok, the buildings don't have 300 or 400 m, but that's not important, and anyway, I think the city will have them in a very near future. I give 8.5 or 9 to the jungle!



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Ha, but many small cities have so much taller buildings than SP. Nearly every small city in the US has a skyscraper with 200+ meters. SP hasn't even one!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is my city, but I give it a 5! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

It's damn HUGE!:eek: and extremally chaotic :nuts:
I give 7.5/10

One of the most ugliest cities i've ever been to...
A 6 for the skyline... But ppl, let's not forget the important things... I can tell you all that São Paulo has some of the nicest ppl in the world and the atmosphere is so fucking great, it's my favorite city and i'd commit a murder to live there, beau-ti-ful malls :D

I think that's because of the chaos, the ugly/old/dirty buildings and the fact that the skyline just isn't pretty :( or people are just jealous of the amount :D

9. SP is amazing:eek:

Its big... Its Dense...



hmmmm... 8.5/10


-1 for architecture
-0.5 for height

Very dense!
But not high enough to be the skyscraper's city
There is no single building of 200m+ more heigh there.
Just one of the biggest in the world.

high density of buildings!
maybe......... too many???
7/10

10

One of the five 10/10's that I will vote. Definitely one of my must-sees of the world, I love Sao Paulo has a great skyline which deserves many more taller buildings. Needs a more defined core though (although that would have to be huge) but I just love the density and tallness.

10. Man, the city is imposing!

10/10 I love this city

a huge mess....lots of buildings, but i dont like the overall look of the skyline. 6/10

Impressive skyline and very high density

Definitely deserve 10/10

very massive. 7/10.

check out this thread here for more images, there are some of the old downtown and some of the new development areas, including some images taken from street level

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=107668

7/10
It is....big.

Concrete Jungle is a good description. Parts of it reminds me of a greener Manhattan. So dense. But it is lacking in height and SP needs a couple of really talls to anchor and help locate the downtown for skyline shots. I gave it a 6.5 for the sheer density of the city.

Very dense but,many small ugly buildings 8

I love SP, but this photos...
More large photos, please.
I know, SP is better than this...
10.

Quantity, but not much quality. 6.5.

10.0 Density, 6.0 height. Score is 8.0. Surprisingly, Sao Paulo has had tremendous density for almost 30 years, but has not had any skyscraper that stands out from that density. I do like the old Bank of Sao Paulo building, but it doesn;t stand out. You have to hunt for it to find it. But I have been to the city, and the density is amazing,

10.0 Density, 6.0 height. Score is 8.0. Surprisingly, Sao Paulo has had tremendous density for almost 30 years, but has not had any skyscraper that stands out from that density. I do like the old Bank of Sao Paulo building, but it doesn;t stand out. You have to hunt for it to find it. But I have been to the city, and the density is amazing,


actually, São Paulo has a great density since the 30 and 40s. You can find some pics of that time in the forum. In that time, São Paulo had a defined skyline, with the Banespa tower and the Martinelli building standing out. But then another buildings about the same height or just a bit lower appeared all over the city... and they disappeared in the mess...

The only standing out skyscrapers I can think of São Paulo are in the CENU area...

I think these pics have not been posted yet

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i have to give it a 10!!! come on did you guys see the density of that megacity??? man i'm telling you i have been there before and so have in new york and the energy is just crazy... never seen so many building before all in the same city ... really great city!!!

10/10 Just An Amzing City

10/10.
Absolutely fantastic!!!
Congratulations.

10/10 wow

Very impressive... São Paulo is São Paulo... Nothing more to say...
10/10

God it's so amzing!!! Like a dream city indeed!!!! 10/10

Density's impressive... wish there were actually some interesting buildings to make the skyline standout. .. 6.5/10

its just massive than ny , but the skyline is ugly
4 marks

9.5/10!!! The density and pure extent of Sao Paulo's skyline are unbelievable. Up close, many of the buildings are so light, cool, and colorful, matching well the Brazilian climate and lifestyle. It seems like every single block would be a new and interesting world to explore. The only reason I didn't give the skyline a 10/10 is because it needs a few more defining buildings to standout from the rest.

What I don't understand is how poor Sao Paulo's ranking is and the relatively small amount of respect it receives. Sao Paulo deserves way more respect and should be in the top ten, not way down at #130. Boston, Denver, Seattle, and San Francisco all have nice skylines, but they don't come close to Sao Paulo. And having Houston, Tampa,FL, and Louisville, KY, ahead of Sao Paulo? Those skylines are so weak, you'd have to be delusional to rank them higher than Sao Paulo. Perhaps the most perplexing of all was SteelCity32 giving a cursory 5/10 ("nothing impressive") rating for Sao Paulo. Not surprisingly, SteelCity32 ranked his/her home city of Pittsburgh's skyline as a 10/10. Concededly, Pittsburgh has a nice, tight skyline, but that little cluster of buildings is a drop in the bucket in Sao Paulo's mind-numbingly huge skyline.

9.5/10!!! The density and pure extent of Sao Paulo's skyline are unbelievable. Up close, many of the buildings are so light, cool, and colorful, matching well the Brazilian climate and lifestyle. It seems like every single block would be a new and interesting world to explore. The only reason I didn't give the skyline a 10/10 is because it needs a few more defining buildings to standout from the rest.

What I don't understand is how poor Sao Paulo's ranking is and the relatively small amount of respect it receives. Sao Paulo deserves way more respect and should be in the top ten, not way down at #130. Boston, Denver, Seattle, and San Francisco all have nice skylines, but they don't come close to Sao Paulo. And having Houston, Tampa,FL, and Louisville, KY, ahead of Sao Paulo? Those skylines are so weak, you'd have to be delusional to rank them higher than Sao Paulo. Perhaps the most perplexing of all was SteelCity32 giving a cursory 5/10 ("nothing impressive") rating for Sao Paulo. Not surprisingly, SteelCity32 ranked his/her home city of Pittsburgh's skyline as a 10/10. Concededly, Pittsburgh has a nice, tight skyline, but that little cluster of buildings is a drop in the bucket in Sao Paulo's mind-numbingly huge skyline.

Wow! Very well said! 100% your opinion! :okay: :) :cheers:

I've seen Sao Paulo's skyline get so much undeserved criticism about the alleged poor quality of its architecture. If you don't believe me, then here are the words from a few misguided souls:

De Snor - "More variety in architecture would be very welcome here."
ganjavih - "Huge... but loses a bit due to less-than-spectacular architecture."
drah - "Seems very ugly, just a sprawl of like-sized, squat buildings with a lot of forgotten space scattered here and there."
alex3000 - "Most of the buildings are white and short."
Gambini - "...ugly/old/dirty buildings"
brianchee - "its just massive than ny, but the skyline is ugly"

This is pure nonsense. Just look at these photographs taken by Borini at
http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=3102032#post3102032

Downtown São Paulo, Brazil

10
amazing city

9.5/10!!! The density and pure extent of Sao Paulo's skyline are unbelievable. Up close, many of the buildings are so light, cool, and colorful, matching well the Brazilian climate and lifestyle. It seems like every single block would be a new and interesting world to explore. The only reason I didn't give the skyline a 10/10 is because it needs a few more defining buildings to standout from the rest.

What I don't understand is how poor Sao Paulo's ranking is and the relatively small amount of respect it receives. Sao Paulo deserves way more respect and should be in the top ten, not way down at #130. Boston, Denver, Seattle, and San Francisco all have nice skylines, but they don't come close to Sao Paulo. And having Houston, Tampa,FL, and Louisville, KY, ahead of Sao Paulo? Those skylines are so weak, you'd have to be delusional to rank them higher than Sao Paulo. Perhaps the most perplexing of all was SteelCity32 giving a cursory 5/10 ("nothing impressive") rating for Sao Paulo. Not surprisingly, SteelCity32 ranked his/her home city of Pittsburgh's skyline as a 10/10. Concededly, Pittsburgh has a nice, tight skyline, but that little cluster of buildings is a drop in the bucket in Sao Paulo's mind-numbingly huge skyline.

You think that the skylines of Boston, Denver, Seattle and San Francisco are weak??? My god, those cities are just amazing!

And believe me, Brazil´s climate is awful...very hot, sunny and in the right moment that you dive in the pool, it starts to rain...

Thank god if Chicago was my hometown!

"rafaelfnunes - You think that the skylines of Boston, Denver, Seattle and San Francisco are weak??? My god, those cities are just amazing!"

Sorry, but if you read my comment more cafefully, you'd see that I said Boston, Denver, Seattle and San Francisco all have "NICE" skylines, I just don't think they can be ranked ahead of Sao Paulo. I did, however, say that Houston, Tampa,FL, and Louisville, KY do have "weak" skylines--a comment I stand by.

7.5/10

10/10
amazingg skiline!!!!!!!

5/10 mostly residencial

It's effortless the city looks horrible from the outside. But this city hides A LOT of secrets. I like it a lot
But we must recognize that it lacks height. It's the main problem with the skyline!
Rating THE BUILDINGS I'd give it a 5. The city, a 7,5. So I'll give it a 6,5/10

5/10 mostly residencial

I see a fair bit of commercial. Cities don't function without a mix of commercial, residential and industrial. Some of those images look actually quite commericial to me... or didn't you look at those?

"sao paulo da garoa, sao paulo terra boa" Wonderful city!! 10!!!!

10/10

I saw here some peaple saying that the city doesn't have a beautiful skyline because the city doesn't have the tallest buildings in only one place, or something like that. But i think this a very "american skyline opinion". I like very much the brazilian style of skyline, with an endless sea of buildings, for me is much more interesting than a few one tall buildings in the downtown, or in only one small space, for example. Even though Sao Paulo gets tallest buildings, probably they won't be constructed in only one place. Only because the style that the city was constructed will not make this possible, and because this is not the brazilian style of skyline. :okay:

I give to Sao Paulo 10/10. :)

Eventhough Sao Paulo has quite extensive amonut of buildings. But I am not sure that the skyline can be seem from the city. Too dense and equally high lower it to 6.5/10

Poor Sao Paulo - it's one of the most underrated skylines in the world. It continues to amaze me everytime I see new pics. Soon I'll be down there, in the midst of all that insanity, barely able to find the sky.

7.5 Huge, massive, looks like a big Brazilian LA but at the same time the buildings look the all the same

The best darn density in any major world city, guaranteed. :D
I give it a 9/10. :okay:

the Amazon Rainforest of Skylines! A 10!

Fuckload of slabs right there

8/10 just for the density. Despite of being so dense, it lacks of good quality skyscrapers: they're just ugly boxes

8/10 for being in Latin America. If Sao Paulo jus had a few 200m+ towers in its downtown than I would have given ti a 10.

Ahhhhh! Where does it end?
I hope they have great mass transit! :eek2:

10/10. :banana: :banana2: :banana:

the idea is not quantity, but quality

This may not be the most beautiful pic, but it is jawdropping:

http://www.kauai1.com/images/WebSiteButtons-Images/SaoPaulo2.jpg :cheers:

u can't see architecture in this city, what a waste of concorde. feel sad for the largest city in s. america, is like hell aand heaven compare to new york shanghai hongkong.......

The ones who says there's no "architecture" in Sao Paulo definetely have never been there. It is a veeery interesting city with an enormous variety of buildings, BOTH residential AND commercial.

That's the reason I gave it a 10!

6.5/10 very too much

I had no idea brazil had such huge cities. I'm really impressed 9/10

a 10 ofcourse.. who ever been there knows it deserves it! ;)

8/10

This may not be the most beautiful pic, but it is jawdropping:

http://www.kauai1.com/images/WebSiteButtons-Images/SaoPaulo2.jpg :cheers:

it looks really depressing.

you'd be better off with 10 really nice towers than all that grossness.

Good skyline 9/10

For some awesome photos of SP's various central business districts, see this thread: http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=228994 It's been closed because a Rate the Skyline thread for SP already exists here and there was no proper voting section set up. But it has some fantastic pics, IMHO!

Sao Paulo has an incredible number of skyscrapers. They may not have any supertalls, but they have huge numbers of towers. 9.5/10. Why the height restrictions, though?

There is a point where a skyline becomes too much or too big. This is an example.
7/10

- Flyer Fan

Sao Paulo has an incredible number of skyscrapers. They may not have any supertalls, but they have huge numbers of towers. 9.5/10. Why the height restrictions, though?
There are several reasons: blocking immobile speculations, prevent dark apartments due to too much height (since it is possible to build 500m, but the ground would have to be 8 times bigger than that!!!).
Some districts were liberated last year. There are now some tall buildings being projected like two 400m+ towers and other 300m+ and several 200+es. The only problem is the unstable market. It is dangerous to invest in a building with a construction time of 4 years, if you don't if it will be needed when construction ends... That is the reason why many projects rather have 3 30 storey towers the one 90 storey tower. Because if one of the other towers isn't needed, you stop to build the other one and just conclude the the one under contruction... :cheers:

The Latin MEGALOPOLIS... 10 points..!

:nocrook: :booze: :okay:

Lots of boxes, 7/10

8/10, it has its urban chaos related charm :p

Great. 6/10

8/10.

9/10

8/10

9/10

I gave it a 10!! :okay:

phenomenal density, but needs a few tall buildings to make the skyline really stand out.
8/10

8/10

One of the most impressive cities in the world...
Impressive, but scary,... ;)

Never ending skyline, I love it. 10/10 go brazilian bros!!

8.5/10
needs taller and more uniquely/modern designed buildings.
i feel like im back in the early 90's

Very massive :drool:
But poor quality buildings :(
9/10

FLASHLIGHT...back in the early 90s??? If you take into consideration all the architecture and time periods concurrently...you will realize that early 90s is VERY MODERN..

8/10

Dense, dense, dense and that's all. No variety in heigt. 6/10

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More of São Paulo.
Info: São Paulo ( Saint Paul in portuguese) is Brazil's largest city and the financial center of the country.
It's home to 10 million people.

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amazing! brilliant collection. Sao Paulo has some great new bldgs!
thanks

just one pic of berrini and marginal pinheiros ...

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/berrini5.jpg

# 1 in South America. 9/10

8/10 I love the density but the towers are pretty much bland.

It's dense and hugh skyline in Sao Paolo. More glassy buildings than other cities in South america. I would vote 9/10.

The Berrini area is in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and is one of the main business areas in the city.
How do you rate it ?
* Consider that Brazil is a poor country.

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http://img171.echo.cx/img171/7186/saopaulo0795vn.jpg

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/5118/saopaulo0875bq.jpg

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/6839/saopaulo0938sv.jpg

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/5052/saopaulo1078ki.jpg

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/7228/saopaulo0789nh.jpg

http://img238.echo.cx/img238/6250/farialima3gc.jpg

http://img244.echo.cx/img244/8702/bluetreefarialima7lg.jpg

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/9489/10002204ks.jpg

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/215/10002248dh.jpg

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/508/10002272co.jpg

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/3853/10002312sc.jpg

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/3938/10002323kq.jpg

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/1746/10002449zo.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/JK/04JuscelinoPlaza.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/JK/07JKFinancialCenter.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/JK/30.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/JK/38.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/JK/39.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/JK/40Birmann31.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/JK/51.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/JK/59HSBCTower.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/JK/60.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/JK/68Dacon.jpg

http://www.arcoweb.com.br/arquitetura/fotos/568/caixilharia.jpg

http://www.arcoweb.com.br/arquitetura/fotos/567/espelho.jpg

http://www.arcoweb.com.br/lightdesign/fotos/32/bank_boston.jpg

http://saopaulo.grand.hyatt.com/saogh/picsbig/saogra02p004.jpg

7/10- i like it's density and massiveness, but it doesn't have many skyscrapers.

From the air looks like a white grass, but some nice scattered buildings
7/10

I love Sampa. I give it a 9.5 for the skyline because it still can't top HK or NYC. But it would be a 10 for skySEA :)

7.5/10

7/10

Not bad!!! I gave 8. I'd love to go there!!!

9.5!

Even though i live here, and LOVE sampa more than anywhere else, i cant give 10/10!

Its far from perfect!

This city is so underrated. Lots of interesting-looking buildings!! Its actually one of the best in the world!! 9.0

Sao Paulo is AMAZING! 9/10 from me! The towers are stunning, and the simple immensity of it is mind blowing.

the concrete jungle rules.................... it's amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10/10 !!!

Wow, wow and finaly WOW! 10 out of 10 for me. this is the biggest bad ass skyline on the planet.

Sao Paulo already has a Rate our Skylines thread.

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28366
U should go to that thread ... and then take a look at post #144 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6540194&postcount=144) :D :D :D

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São Paulo is so chaotic.... And dense, impressive... Everytime i go there i feel the same thing, the crazy atmosphere, and the traffic is so fucking cool! It's unique.

The concret jungle rocks!!!!

I give it a 10!

I love Sao Paolo, and gave it a 9.5/10!! The sheer immensity of it is breathtaking. Here
is my favourite picture I took downtown, in an area that reminded me a lot of New York
City!

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/1236/march06asaopaolodowntownscene7.jpg

9/10

Even if the buildings are dull, the sheerness makes up for it.
8.5/10

10/10 São Paulo MEGA , giant !!! Rules

OMG! very very dense.

9.5/10

Too dense. Yet I give it a 7.5.

Sick, wicked and nasty;):)....9.5

very dense and massive 9/10

Sao Paulo looks amazing, hopefully I'll be able to visit it eventually...

http://img277.imageshack.us/img277/6742/saopaulo0ws.jpg

http://img277.imageshack.us/img277/3578/img01790pk.jpg

http://img277.imageshack.us/img277/1628/692pxhelicopterdowntownsaopaul.jpg

More of this city
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/6152/sp12ig.jpg

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9703/sp22hq.jpg

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1328/sp33rn.jpg

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8417/sp45dc.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8505/sp54oj.jpg

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/5490/sp60st.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8797/sp78an.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9459/sp88ha.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/562/sp91bt.jpg

Thanks for the pictures Monkeyronin, amazing!!! My São Paulo, it is hard not to give a 10 to the city that I love!!!!

Where's the *skyline* ?? :dunno: 6.5/10 just for the impressive amount of buildings...

whoa... yeah, Sao Paulo has 3,833 highrises (3rd most in the world after HK and then NY)

Looks ok in parts but too often appears to be one almighty shanty town, sorry.

6,5/10

10/10 The true megalopolis! :eek:

By far, my favourite city! =D
Not only because it´s my home town, but also because it impresses me every single day... it´s unbelievable how a city can have so many different faces, so many unknow treasures just waiting for you to find them...
I give it a 10/10!

Now that right there is pure skyline...7.5/10.

7/10

8/10

Amazing concentraion of high rises the buildings seen to stretch as far as the eye can see, but there aren't any notable skyscrapers here at all.

10 :master:

Very, very impressive city!! 10/10

9/10 dense and massive

8/10

Truly a concrete jungle
7/10

oooui!! muito bela sao paulo!!! eu amo muito sao paulo!

Massive one of a kind skyline. A great mixture of old and new, commercial and residential. I love it. 10!

Amazing skyline, I voted it 7th in my top ten. But needs glass-and-steel highrise structures. Perhaps a cluster of it.

8.5/10.0

Sampa the Great. It isnt in my Top 10 Brazilian cities but I give it an 8 (the other Brazilian cities got a 10!).

8.5/10

10/10
perfect!!!

9.5/10 the city needs higher bouildings beacause i see biuldings with same high. but the city has density.

9.5/10

its density its impressive but not that many tallest............so an 8.5

massive skyline! 7.5/10

I must say Sao Paulo has the second best skyline in the world (right after Hong Kong). What an amazing city... 10/10 of course :cheers:

10/10

9/10

superb!! :D

Some of my pictures:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/do%20cenu/pan01m.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/do%20cenu/pan02mc.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/flat%20marco/pan01m.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/Topo%20Copan/pan02m.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/Topo%20Copan/pan01m.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/topo%20mirante/panmir03m.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/topo%20mirante/panmir01m.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/blue%20tree/cenusp.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/HDR/004.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/UPC/upc1.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/sampa453/flat06.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/sampa453/flat02.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/noturnas%20italia/nita28.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/noturnas%20italia/nita07.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/noturnas%20italia/nita06.jpg

Wow! Really amazing pictures of São Paulo Gutooo.
The city really deserves a ten for its density!

^ i only agree with u 40%
yes, sure, some pics are really nice and really good quality
but the panos are too small for my liking they should be at least 800 in height instead 293;
and the last 2 nightshots show way too much of the sky...
i prefer to see more of the buildings instead a nightsky, even if it show the stars

so i like the 7th pano most

but oh well, different ppl have different taste :)

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^^
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/do%20cenu/pan01gg.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/do%20cenu/pan02ggc-1.jpg

I have all of them in hi resolution :D

^^ :banana2:

thx a lot, gutooo !

my suggestion for next time is, to show the small version and set a link for the big version.

like this:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/Topo%20Copan/pan01m.jpg
click here for bigger version (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/Topo%20Copan/pan01gg.jpg)

:)

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Sampa its huge!

Amazing photos! Superb :okay:!

9/10

Quantity of the buildings - 10/10,
But...Where high skyscrapers ??

7.5/10 -)

7, too massive

9/10 massive!

10/10

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/Main%20II/070316chuva_sp_f_034.jpg

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5069/10001648vkji6.jpg

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1513/imagem327nv9un6.jpg

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3641/10001668ekhj5.jpg

sao paulo is dense and big enough, but lack of tall building..... if some tall buildings construct in this megapolis, then i will rate 11/10.

Amazing city.

fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10/10

a big mess this skyline!
cheap buldings and all the same height!
a 7

7.5/8

10/10

We don`t need big towers to be powerfull!!!

6/10 becouse to much of the buildings look a old and dirty

10/10

We don`t need big towers to be powerfull!!!
you can't bild big tower, hehehe

Damm! you brazilians really over rate your skylines!
but its ok, we love your women, your futbol, and your amazing scenery

so...8.5 / 10

6 for density but not much else, lacking quality.

We don`t need big towers to be powerfull!!!

I agree! :okay: 9,5/10

I live in SP...was born here and I still live here, it´s an amazing city, but in several parts it could be much better. But I give a 10/10, because it´s my city.

Some people might disagree with me, but I think in therms of Megalopolis, there´s nothing like Sao Paulo in Latin America, not only the city Sao Paulo, but the whole state of Sao Paulo. A recent reasearch reveals that If the State of Sao Paulo was an independent country, it would the 24th richest country in the planet, so you can imagine how rich this state is.

About the architeture, "paulistanos" forgive me but the city could be a lot better. I have some radical ideas, so If I could change some architeture things, I would change a LOOOOT of things.

Nice 7/10 :)

I live in SP...was born here and I still live here, it´s an amazing city, but in several parts it could be much better. But I give a 10/10, because it´s my city.

Some people might disagree with me, but I think in therms of Megalopolis, there´s nothing like Sao Paulo in Latin America, not only the city Sao Paulo, but the whole state of Sao Paulo. A recent reasearch reveals that If the State of Sao Paulo was an independent country, it would the 24th richest country in the planet, so you can imagine how rich this state is.

About the architeture, "paulistanos" forgive me but the city could be a lot better. I have some radical ideas, so If I could change some architeture things, I would change a LOOOOT of things.

:okay: magnificent answer!!!

Amazing no doubt, but i wish it had more of a central core, or at least that it could be more noticable. 6/10

10/10 Very impressive! Brazilian cities fascinate me. Even though the buildings aren't that tall, the density always makes them look good.

Brazil looks like a very nice country however if there wasnt the violence and drug problems it would become great tourist destination

I love Sao Paulo, and can't wait to go back. The people of Brazil are wonderful and the cities are amazing.:cheers:

8.5/10

4.5

the antennas on the roofs are truly ugly

4.5/10 It's full of cheap 60's and 70's crap... Upgrade the developers greed from that corrupt time.

What is impressive is the sheer number of highrises. The quality isn't there, the height isn't there, there is no focal point, but it really is monstrous. It goes on and on and on.

Im givin 9.5, the only thing i dont like about sao paulo is the old builduings in downtown and the chaotic traffic.

9.0 :cheers:

9/10

some interesting numbers of são paulo>

Number of vehicules: 5.037.418
number of helicopters: 350 (2 in the world, lose to NY)
number of theaters: 120
number of Malls: +50
number of taxis: 32.686
number of Buses: Aprox. 15000
kms of subway and metropolitan Train: 179.00 km (111 miles)
Museum: 70
Number of restaurants: 12.500
produces more then 1000000 pizzas in a day.

very interesting and amazing numbers, thanks.

6
Sao Paulo need a true skycraper.Unfortunatelly,the city has many ugly buildings too.But,I love SP.In the future,I believe that our biggest city will has incontable and wonderful skyscrapers.

p.s.Sorry my awful english.

6
Sao Paulo need a true skycraper.Unfortunatelly,the city has many ugly buildings too.But,I love SP.In the future,I believe that our biggest city will has incontable and wonderful skyscrapers.

p.s.Sorry my awful english.

i dont think saopaulo is ugly, on the country, it's very beautiful. it's famous for sea of highrises, the city detail shows a developed city.

I don't think it is ugly at all, either... I think it is a very beautiful city, and I think it is under-rated on SSC.

Sampa girls are too beautiful....just imagine how many pretty girls living in those buildings!!

However the best girls in Brazil are in Porto Alegre and Curitiba...those women make Rio cariocas look ugly.

7/10 Amazing density, but it needs more style and height to be an 8 or above. There are so many buildings that have very small windows or with blank walls.

THE ENDLESS CITY!!!!

9/10

One of my favorites in America, 8.5

9.5/10 for me!!
My fave top ten skyline

Sao Paulo is just amazing as a city of concretes.
Miles and miles..sea of buildings.
Truly a world beater.

The only reason why SP does not get a perfect 10 is just because it lacks character due to its humongous size.

the endless city 8.5/10

UFO!???
What is that in the sky?? :0

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/sampa453/flat02.jpg

^^ obviously it is a long-time exposure
so it is just a plane flying thru the pic.

that was a funny question.
but it doesn't mean that i don't believe in UFO's...
i mean, i never saw one, but i can't imagine that we are the only ones in the whole universe.

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back to topic with some pics from panoramio

http://static2.bareka.com/photos/medium/113041/instituto-tomie-ohtake.jpg
^ original version(1536x2048) (http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/113041.jpg)

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/404837.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/1002255.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/1103091.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/112325.jpg



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9 good dence

10/10 amazing density stretches for miles i ether direction

9/10 for Sampa. :D

10/10 for density but overall 8/10

A monster. A far greater expanse of skyline than that of New York City. More skycrapers in sheer bulk than even Hong Kong. It would be an easy nine if there were *something*-- say a few 300m plus buildings -- to really catch the eye and break the sheer monotony.

7.5

This is the TRUE megalopolis...!

Crazy no ending sea of buildings ! :shocked:

Beautiful place

9/10

The most developped city in Brazil
10

Very density

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2306/1572465301_fab20d4ed3_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/109/257803579_6c4b15d657_b.jpg

8/10

10 - 2 = 8

10 density
-2 builts

10/10

9.5/10

Sao Paulo is the best in South America for me interm of skyline.But many buildings look too old....anyway I still love it and give 9.5 for this city.:cheers:

More pics of this impressive city...

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/1-1.jpg


Megalópole
1
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/2271805480_77d44c840f_b.jpg


Alto de Pinheiros
2
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/344092467_c812e11ed6_b.jpg


Ibirapuera
3
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/255140207_fb1bf4d902_b.jpg

4
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/301951514_6fd2ca00c7_o.jpg

5
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/460941371_03132ac4e3_o.jpg

6
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/ib1.jpg


Parque Burle Marx
7
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/1518787083_b542bfa58f_o.jpg

8
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/166598770_7029994e02_o.jpg

9
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/bm1.jpg



BankBoston Headquarters
12
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/003_51505.jpghttp://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/30876938_69cd57a913_o.jpghttp://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/bb1.jpg


Marginal Pinheiros
13
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/marginalpinheiros2006out22brooklin.jpg

14
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/worldtracecenter.jpg


CENU
15
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/2166219604_cfd2ffac95_o.jpg

16
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/ATgAAACb5PCvRhmIGmBEEAiW9b8JOHixDBs.jpg


Faria Lima
17
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/285743124_86cd50d95f_o.jpg

18
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/968291229_e824cc0619_o.jpg

19
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/251476109_b9d470252c_o.jpg


Skyline Berrini
20
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/2261654926_d62b4a6035_b.jpg

21
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/119386296_ceb017d2a9_b.jpg

22
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/240452453_c422630b33_b.jpg


Skyline Ibirapuera
23
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/2305440760_d343585ca5_b.jpg


Skyline Itaim
24
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/10012816bz.jpg


Skyline Jardins
25
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/10013107gx.jpg

26
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/10013182ht.jpg


Skyline Paulista
27
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/649859976_95b4a3d78d_b.jpg

28
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/1572828130_fd60550196_o.jpg


Skyline Centro
29
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/2275203114_bd76ba17a1_b.jpg


Terra da Garoa
30
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/369789349_ac155b807b_o.jpg


São Paulo
31
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/505279115_0828c3b001_b.jpg

:)

The Endless Concrete Jungle

Looks pretty small for the size of the city. Should have some Bangkok-style tropical skyscrapers then it would look fine!... 5.5 points.

Amazingly dense!!

8/10

9.0:).

10 but I bias :) :) :)

Its just a neverending sea of buildings. The only thing is that none of them are very high and they all look rather squat.
Edit: thats 8.5/10 btw

Megacity! 10/10 :)

The only thing what this fantastic metropool is missing is a few supertalls So you can focus somewhere in this skyline. Every pic looks like a mega jungle of buildings. All on different places or all from the same area? Really amazing is the pic from above you can see nearly all of downtown Sao Paulo, a few megaclusters of highrises, im really impressed. 9,5 points

9/10

it's look like simple-nice

gave it a 9! needs one supertall for a 10. a very dense city, im in awe.:cheers:

Actually, despite having height restriction all over the city, there is a considerable number of buildings above 100m (not sure how many, but I think that is something around 50 or more buildings). No buildings over 190m thought (only TV towers).

It have around 50 buildings over 100m, and around 200 buildings just from 90m to 100m.

:cheers:

São Paulo's HDR
Avaliable in flickr.com

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/2690583651_c5bdb1e476_o.jpg

is this city has more highriese than shanghai? urban eara bigger than shanghai?
9/10!

6/10

10/10... just because it's my home, sweet home. sorry, i'm biased y'all!:okay:

Its density is a 10
The Way it looks is about a 5 or 6
Its size is a 10

Ill give it a 7

I was born there, and I say with no problem: this is one of the ugliest places I've ever been in the world. Huge, nothing but this.:ohno:
5/10