25 Cities With the Most Impressive Skyline (Part 2)

Jakarta has seen more rapid growth than Kuala Lumpur, Beijing and Bangkok.

San Francisco boasts 21 skyscrapers that rise at least 492 feet (150 m) in height.

Panama City, Panama

Panama City has the most prominent skyline in Central America.

The more modern areas of the city have many high-rise buildings, which together form a very dense skyline.

There are currently more than 110 high-rise projects being constructed, with 127 high-rise buildings already built.

The city holds the 40th place in the world by highrise buildings count.

The city sits on the hillside tops of two converging rivers.

All eleven of their skyscrapers that tower over 200 meters were built after 2004.

Nevertheless, before the year 2000 the city became one of largest skylines in the United States.

Sydney is famous for its harbour, often referred to as the most beautiful natural harbour in the world.

There is no architecture style that entirely characterizes the whole of Sydney.

Nevertheless, a number of successful and iconic skyscrapers dot the downtown Los Angeles skyline.

As of July 2011, there are 505 completed high-rises in the city.

Melbournes Central Business District (CBD) boomed in the 1950s and 1960s.

Its first skyscraper, ICI House, was completed in 1958.

Some municipal laws limit the construction of large skyscrapers for reasons relating to vehicular or human traffic.

That’s why the tallest skyscrapers are located in three different regions.

As Shenzhen’s highrise construction boom progressed into the 1990s, the skyscrapers erected in the city became taller.

Guangzhou, China

Guangzhou is a historical and cultural city that is over 2,000 years old.

However the skyline is very modern.

The interestingly shaped Guangzhou West Tower is a grand 438 meters.

This city is considered the 8th tallest in the world.

Article based on ranking byEgbert Gramsbergen and Paul Kazmierczak,Luigi Di SerioandWikipedia, and my own good judgment.