The skyline of a city is also seen as symbol of the city’s influence and economy.
Here is a list of 25 cities that have the most impressive skyline in the world.
Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong is one of the world’s leading international financial centers.
It also boasts four of the 15 tallest buildings in the world.
Since 1890, eleven structures in the city having held the title of world’s tallest building.
A second skyscraper boom began about 1960.
As of 2004, there had been 6,704 buildings of 11 stories or more completed since 1990.
Since 2008, Shanghai has boasted more free-standing buildings above 400m than any other city (except Chicago).
After the Communist takeover in 1949 the city’s development was stifled, punished for its earlier capitalist excesses.
It is currently the tallest building in the People’s Republic of China and the third-tallest in the world.
It is also slated to be the second tallest building in the world after the Burj Khalifa.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo has been the site of many skyscraper construction projects in recent years.
Since 2007, 13 buildings rising higher than 180 metres (591 ft) have been completed.
As of February 2012, eight such buildings are under construction in the prefecture.
In total the city has 2,779 buildings higher than 12 stories.
Historically, Chicago has played a prominent role in the development of the skyscraper.
Singapore has over 4,300 completed high-rises, the majority of which are located in the Downtown Core.
In the city, there are 49 skyscrapers that rise higher than 140 metres (459 ft).
Toronto has 2,506 high rise building at present.
Prior to the Second World War, many buildings in the city were two storied.
Late modern and postmodern architecture began to appear in the late-1990s and early-2000s.
With the economic development, old buildings such as Bok House were razed to make way for new ones.
At the time of its completion, it also stood as the tallest building in the Middle East.
Beijing’s skyline gradually expanded upward at a modest rate for three decades.
This left ample room for and little opposition against the construction of modern high-rises in the city.
As of October 2011, there are 294 completed high-rises in the city.
