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- Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat - Studies and reports on all aspects of the planning, design, and construction of tall buildings.
ctbuh.org
- Damien's Skyscraper Page - Damien Koh's drawings to scale of the world's tallest buildings make it easy to compare heights and construction. He also supplies photographs and facts on each one.
www.iinet.net.au/~paulkoh
- High Rises - A photo gallery by Matthew Armling of highrises, skyscrapers and towers in New York, Hongkong and Frankfurt.
skyscraperphotos.com
- Highrises in Movies - Ziggy's database of skyscrapers appearing in motion pictures. Search by building or movie. User input supported.
ziggy.wezine.net/him
- History of Skyscrapers - History Channel offers a brief history by Gail Fenske, history of the elevator, skyscraper architects.
www.historychannel.com/skyscrapers
- How Skyscrapers Work - This illustrated narrative by Tom Harris from HowStuffWorks explains that the main technological advancement that made skyscrapers possible was the development of mass iron and steel production.
www.howstuffworks.com/skyscraper.htm
- Jaybop's Skylines - Jason Gray presents aerial, high-view and panoramic photographs of cities across the world, which include skyscrapers.
geocities.com/jaybop42
- Man Made Net - Aims to chronicle monuments built by men to overcome their feelings of anatomical inadequacy. The focus is on high rise hubris.
www.fortunecity.com/victorian/dada/676
- SAM - Structure and Materials - Structural design of high rise buildings.
www.arch.su.edu.au/kcdc/caut
- ScraperVille.com - Chris Mayhew has photographs of skyscrapers and city skylines across the world.
www.geocities.com/scraperville
- Skyscraper Guide - Directory of high-rise and skyscraper related links, arranged in categories. Covers the world and some links are to non-English language sites. Advertising.
www.wolkenkrabbers.nl/pagina
- Skyscraper Page - Dylan presents an illustrated database of the world's tallest buildings. The illustrations drawn to one scale make it easy to compare heights internationally or within a city. Includes dates and architects.
skyscraperpage.com
- Skyscraper Picture Collection - Collection of photographs by Patrick Beckers of cities across the world and their tallest and most distinctive skyscrapers.
www.skyscraperpicture.com
- Skyscraper Statistics - Various ranking methods.
www.library.tudelft.nl/~egram/skystats.htm
- Skyscraper Web Ring - A web ring for all skyscraper enthusiasts around the world.
skyscraper.tripod.com/index.html
- Skyscrapers - Images, information, and 3D models of a selection of skyscrapers around the world from Great Buildings Online.
www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/skyscraper.html
- The High Rise Site - Information, pictures, and rankings of skyscrapers around the world, and biographies of notable modern architects.
high-rises.co.uk
- The Sky's the Limit - M. A. Dmac's database on skyscrapers across the world. Small views of famous skyscrapers, links, statistics per country.
www.geocities.com/WallStreet/Exchange/7601
- The Skyscraper Museum - Private, not-for-profit, educational corporation devoted to the study of highrise buildings. Exhibits and information on the architecture, materials, and physics of highrise construction.
www.skyscraper.org
- Skyscrapers.com - An international team maintains this huge database of tall buildings, navigated by map and list. Also lists construction companies and architects, and supplies news.
www.skyscrapers.com
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