Favorite City Skyline Outside of the U.S.

[NCB]

My favorite skyline outside of the U.S. belongs to Sydney, Australia.

Its got great height, great density, the designs of the building's are great, and the skyline mixes in with the beautiful surrounding area very well.

[Viper]

Hong Kong

[asonj23]

I agree with you Viper. There isn't a city out there that rivals Hong Kong.

[PBA]

Waikiki, Oahu in Hawaii is my favorite skyline (out of continental US)

[EastSideResider]

1.) Hong Kong....

2.) Singapore

3.) Sydney

4.) Toronto

5.) Perth, AUSTRALIA

6.) Aukland, NZ

7.) Paris

[EastSideResider]

Favorite Buildings.....

1.) BURJ AL ARAB (Dubai)

2.) MENARA TELEKOM (Kuala Lumpur)

3.) TAIPEI 101 (Taipei)

4.) PETRONAS TOWERS (Kuala Lumpur)

5.) TUNTEX SKY TOWER (Kaohsiung)

[Recchia]

wow I really like Auckland's. Real cool looking and unique.

[EastSideResider]

wow I really like Auckland's. Real cool looking and unique.

^^ Yeah, me too!! It's not as big, but something just made me adore it.... (probably the uniqueness)??

**Something Funny...... I was just looking at the pictures I posted and ALL are on bodies of water.... strange?**

Maybe being near water is a factor a thriving and beautiful city needs. If that is the case than a lot of U.S. cities have a limiting factor (Charlotte, Memphis, etc.)...... (hopefully not)..... I wan't a lot of U.S. cities to eventually be like these cities! (ATL, NYC, CHI, LA, HOU, are already there in my opinion....)

[bryson662001]

I like London. I like the way the tall buildings are scattered all over the place and stick up randomly. It makes for a somewhat earthereal landscape.

[Lady Celeste]

I would have to go with Sydney, Australia as my number 1. The Opera House next to the water with the skyscrapers in the background is so sexy to me. I would choose Hong Kong as my second favorite. Although I don't like choosing something because it's bigger.....that doesn't always make it better.....Hong Kong is simply impressive. The height and density is amazing. The mountains in the background also lend an amazing backdrop.

[goodbye]

Hong Kong, hands down. I've always viewed it as the ultimate urban location based on skyline alone. B)

[ironchapman]

Toronto, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Frankfurt. London and Melbourne are pretty high up too.

Frankfurt pics:

[Ronald]

A few of my favorites:

Vancouver

Toronto

The skylines of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland are also my favorites outside the US.

[urbanvb]

The building in Dubai is indeed interesting. Did anyone seeing the pics of Andre Agassi playing a match of tennis on the helipad? INCREDIBLE! I have those if anyone wants to see.

[Chtimi]

Hong Kong, Sydney, La Defense.

The skyline of La Defense in Paris is good, I like the density, but it's not sufficiently high. People refuse a rival for the Effeil tower.

[ZachariahDaMan]

My favorites are definately Hong Kong and Sydney, it would be hard to choose which one I like more.

[MrSmith]

I love Prague

[NcSc74]

I tried to post this before so forgive me if this is a repost. But I was impressed with Tokyo skyline because it has several different buisness districts that have modern towers with nice height to them.

[NcSc74]

some more pics of Tokyo. Shinjukyu banking district in the sunset from the tower of Tokyo.

[asonj23]

Tokyo is THICK!!!

Does it ever end!?

Auckland, NZ is also a sweet skyline. It is very futuristic looking!

[habitat67]

Montreal

[monsoon]

Tokyo is THICK!!!

Does it ever end!?

Not really, the development goes to the horizon. The Metro is 32M and the urban area is about 50M. No other city on the planet is like this.

This thread shows the level of development about a 50 minute minute heavy rail train ride away from the area above.

[sunsetstripped]

Auckland..... a "modern" skyline..... this is true because our city has pretty much developed the skyline entirely over the past ten years!

^ Auckland Central from North Shore City ^

^ looking out across the city towards the harbour islands ^

^ ridiculous density ^

but for me... its gotta be Brisbane, Australia, simply because of the density... despite containing no especially tall buildings (yet). But watch this space! Brisbane has some HUGE building projects under construction/proposed, so in another five years, the skyline will probably be twice the size! ..something to look foward too.

^ BRISBANE ^

(BTW... most people would prefer, generally, the Sydney skyline to that of Brisbane..... but personally, I find Sydney a little too similar to Auckland to enjoy.)

[NCB]

Not really, the development goes to the horizon. The Metro is 32M and the urban area is about 50M. No other city on the planet is like this.

This thread shows the level of development about a 50 minute minute heavy rail train ride away from the area above.

Wow! That really is amazing.

BTW, that thread is great, monsoon. Thanks for posting those pictures.

[Cosocar]

My favorites are....

1. Perth

2. Auckland

3. Adeiaide

4. Frankfort

5. Brisbane

6. London

7. Melbourne