World's Best Skylines- Manila scores number 13

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a 90 degree Panorama of Manila Skyline (from wiki) including Makati and Ortigas buildings



World's Best Skylines

Ranking
[old] Points

update 2004, 2005, 2006 Country Buildings
>90 m highest scoring building
(height)



[1] 1 85285
Hong Kong China 2939 International Commerce Centre (484m, u/c)

[2] 2 35610
New York (inc Jersey City, Fort Lee, Guttenburg) USA 849 Freedom Tower (541m, u/c)

[7] 3 19409
Dubai UAE 268 Burj Dubai (810m, u/c)

[3] 4 18932
Tokyo (inc Kawaguchi, Kawasaki, Ichikawa) Japan 572 Mid Town Tower (248m, u/c)

[4] 5 18628
Shanghai China 549 Shanghai World Financial Center (492m, u/c)

[5] 6 15454
Chicago USA 321 Sears Tower (442m)

[6] 7 13756
Bangkok Thailand 382 Baiyoke Tower 2 (304m)

[13] 8 8955
Guangzhou (Canton) China 233 West Tower (432m, u/c)

[10] 9 8557
Kuala Lumpur (inc Petaling Jaya, Subang Jaya) Malaysia
215 Petronas Tower 1 (452m)

[9] 10 7431
Singapore Singapore 296 Republic Plaza (280m)

[8] 11 7401
Seoul South Korea 273 Tower Palace Three, Tower G (264m)

[11] 12 6885
Shenzhen China 199 Shun Hing Square (384m)

[14] 13 6864
Manila (metro inc. Makati, Mandaluyong, Ortigas, Quezon City) Philippines 183 PBCOM Tower (259m)

[12] 14 6706
Chongqing China 232 JW Marriott International Finance Centre (377m, u/c)

[15] 15 5499
Toronto (inc. Mississauga) Canada 207 First Canadian Place (298m)

[19] 16 5463
Moscow Russia 150 Federation, Tower A (448m, u/c)

[25] 17 5212
Beijing China 234 China World Trade Center Tower III (302m, u/c)

[20] 18 4907
Miami (inc Miami Beach) USA 109 Four Seasons Hotel & Tower (240m)

[18] 19 4787
Osaka (inc. Sakai, Amagasaka) Japan 124 Osaka World Trade Center (252m)

[16] 20 4653
Houston (inc Pasadena) USA 109 JPMorganChase Tower (305m)


What are the rules?

This list is an attempt to rank the impressiveness of city skylines. The score of a city is equal to the sum of all building heights (in m, without spires) after substraction of the minimum of 90m/295ft for each building. Freestanding towers (i.e. thin structures with no floors over most of their height) count for half their height.

Why this algorithm?

It measures a mix of height and breath of a skyline which seems to be honest as they are both important for the WOW! factor. Of course, people may think differently about their favorite skylines - see new! this poll or Luigi Di Serio's Top 15.


Egbert Gramsbergen and Paul Kazmierczak
used by the Almanac of Architecture and Design 2006