Asia's biggest skyline

[km-sh]

:) :)

[Triumph Speed3]

HK!
then Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, Shanghai, Dubai

[Butcher]

This is a hard one cause it says "biggest" not "best". I don't know quite how big Seoul's skyline is, I know Singapore has a small skyline, so I am going to go with Hong kong because it is the one I am most familiar with.

[maree_sulphur]

Hong Kong for it's extreme density, then Dubai, for the future when the Palms finish and when the developments in Jebel Ali have finished.

[km-sh]

Shanghai

http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn:8000/PIC/1113070805137630.jpg

http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn:8000/PIC/1113071041133010.jpg

[Nongkhai_tong]

Shanghai

http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn:8000/PIC/1113070805137630.jpg

http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn:8000/PIC/1113071041133010.jpg

That the reson why you made this poll right?

[km-sh]

That the reson why you made this poll right?

no,I just want to know which city has bigger skyline

[SUNNI]

Seoul - Tokyo - Shanghai

[Azn_chi_boi]

Hong Kong because, of all those tall and close to each other, yet some ugly residental buildings

[Ten]

I think BKK skyline is pretty big as well though not as many outstanding buildings as it supposed to have. This is quantitative question requiring measurement for the right answer. Best nominates are HK, Tokyo, Seoul, Shianghai and Bangkok.

[defi]

Well, how do you define 'big' in terms of a skyline? No. of buildings? Height of bldgs? Area covered by highrise bldgs?
Or did you mean which city has the most stunning skyline? 'Big' might be the wrong word.

[silly thing]

hong kong skyline is not big indeed in terms of the total area, but extemely tall
the biggest should be tokyo

[Franzl]

I don't like the chinese skylines because they have loads of big buildings wich just aren't beautiful - except for example Jin Mao Tower, and of course Hong Kong - wich is imo asias best skyline, than seoul, tokyo, singapore, kuala lumpur, shanghai, taipeh, dubai,...

[InitialD18]

Depends on definition
The statistics for cities like tokyo, shanghai, beijing and seoul are so imcomplete ... and also should we only used city-figures or larger metro figures?
and where do you draw the larger metro line ...
what you consider a skyline ...does it only consists of skyscrapers??? or smaller buildings like mid-rise and churches ... 12 story?20 story? 90m?
Just some thoughts ...

In terms of the larger metropolis with no height variable ... I am guessing Tokyo, Seoul, shanghai and Beijing ...
as they are the largest metro in asia ... henceforth the most buildings
Larger tokyo itself has like 36+million with many cities put together ... i am sure each one has a place to live ... so theres really no view where you can capture the whole place ...
in terms of city and height I am guessing hk ... almost all the developed land are skyscrapers ...

[kiku99]

Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Bangkok, Seoul, Singapore,...

Bangkok-Sukhumvit area (one part of the skyline)
http://www.christian152.com/IMG_0626.JPG

[waterloo]

^I agree with you, but take out Singapore.

[asman]

^I agree with you, but take out Singapore.

fuck you.. :)

[Imperfect Ending]

Quantity:

1. Hong Kong
2. Bangkok-Shanghai-Singapore
3. Seoul-Tokyo-Malaysia

Quality:

1. Tokyo-Hong Kong
2. Seoul-Shanghai
3. Bangkok-Malaysia-Singapore

IMO so please don't get mad anyone :D

[RafflesCity]

Singapore skyline is bigger than many here on SSC anticipate ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/tppano2.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/queenstown_pano02.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/pengui/ssc/pano_blk105_henderson01.jpg

[babystan03]

I know Singapore has a small skyline

Small skyline?? Seems small ........:yes:

[Donkie]

asman = rokey


Singapore is amazing :eek2:

[London™]

If we are talking about the sheer quantity (i.e. buildings over 12 stories), then it's definitely Seoul as it has more than 20,000 flats within the city limits (618km2) and additional 15,000~25,000 in its metro. If we're talking about skyscrapers, it's either Hong Kong, Shanghai or Tokyo. Honourable mention would go to Singapore and Bangkok :)

[asman]

("-__-) y-~~ :bash: :runaway:

[InitialD18]

Honestly the data for these aforementioned asian city are
so imcomplete ... even for hk its already very
imcomplete ...
so u could imagine how imcomplete it is for much larger cities like seoul, shanghai, beijing and tokyo ...
specially in larger metro data ...

Seoul did suprised me a lot when i went there ...
theres a lottttt of highrises there ... it may not be as
tall as the ones in hk ... but theres a lottt of them ...
Tokyo is massive and i am quite sure if we are counting
all kinds of buildings it would only be logical that Larger tokyo is the biggest but its relatively much shorter than seoul, hk and shanghai ...

[km-sh]

Tokyo is on the earthquake zone.

[Huhu]

Tokyo
http://img63.exs.cx/img63/7303/carrot-14.jpg

Seoul
http://sin.zio.to/zboard/data/sky_Image/27cherish_9.jpg

Hong Kong
http://www.pbase.com/image/24535132.jpg

Shanghai
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/570/1214pudong_2003_1.jpg

Singapore
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/2/103sing.jpg

Taipei
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/556/3877taipei_101_1748.jpg

Kuala Lumpur
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/6708dsc02382b.jpg

Bangkok
http://www.kohsamui.org/Bangkok.jpg

Manila
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/2/441makatisunset.jpg

[spotila]

I don't think Shanghai is _quite_ like that yet ;)

[rokey1140]

- World 3 skyline city -

1 .Hong Kong

2. New York

3. Seoul


http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/sr/

[rokey1140]

Seoul

Yongsan Station - space9

http://dc2.donga.com/zero/data/building/space9_zhinho.jpg

Yongsan - Youno Plaza

http://img226.exs.cx/img226/9913/dsc01689b6sw.jpg

Olympic bridge

http://dc2.donga.com/zero/data/6/Dscn1287_copy.jpg
http://dc2.donga.com/zero/data/6/Dscn1280_copy.jpg

teheranro

http://dc2.donga.com/zero/data/6/1113242494/1.jpg
http://link.okfoto.co.kr/L_storage6/220680/2004120913211816.jpg
http://bingoimage.naver.com/data2/bingo_2/imgbingo_4/seojuhun/18051/seojuhun_17.jpg

Gangnam
http://www.antikorea.com/zboard/data/antikorea/south_seoul.gif

[Huhu]

I don't think Shanghai is _quite_ like that yet ;)
Well at first I couldn't find a half decent, non-granulated pic of the main skyline, but I found one so I changed it. :)

[baqthier]

Singapore's skyline is very big. I believe it has the most number of buildings over 12 storeys in SE Asia regardless of the compact area size. 2nd would be Malaysia from my observation.
As for quantity for the whole asia, I think either Beijing or Tokyo.

[InitialD18]

i think theres several reasons why tokyo doesn't have as much highrise aside from earthquake ... its also because that japanese architecture relates to nature far more than other cities ...

i am not so sure if singapore has most 12+ in SE asia ... what about bangkok? or KL? probably most 24+ in SEA ... while HK prob has most 24+ in all of asia ... city wise at least ... who knows in metro ...

[A42251]

Who has more 12 story buildings, Seoul or Tokyo?

How do they compare to heavywieghts in other parts of the world, such as New York and Sao Paulo?

[samurai_401]

Tokyo's companion is New York or Paris or London,.

[Chad]

If talking about the whole asia region, compettion might not be in South East Asia but North Eastern side like Tokyo, Shanghai, Seoul or Hongkong for example.

[km-sh]

Shanghai
http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn:8000/SJTUNews/1113446183113141.png

http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn:8000/SJTUNews/1113446233113600.png

[km-sh]

Shanghai

http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn:8000/SJTUNews/1113446332113490.jpg

[km-sh]

Shanghai

http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn:8000/SJTUNews/1113446561114900.jpg

[km-sh]

Shanghai

http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn:8000/SJTUNews/1113446624117790.jpg

http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn:8000/SJTUNews/1113446961119910.jpg

[Alex Pox]

Biggest???
But I like Tokyo the best in terms of vibrancy.
Some commercial highrises look pretty "huge" in some pictures of Tokyo.
Hong Kong has too many ugly "skinny" residential highrises.
Shanghai looks pretty boring in most parts of it except the Pudong district.
I don't feel anything particular about Seoul and Singapore........

[InitialD18]

nice pics km ...

i think all asian cities urban built form are very interesting in their own way ... from tokyo with its continous unlimited urbanity scattered in a quiet chaos ... to hong kong with clashes of hyper dense organic forms in an energetic ways ... to the super orderly, finely crafted and fully preserved westernized singapore to lastly the city which can be described as a true dragon which has fully awaken from a few hours of sleep in a revolution by the name of shanghai ...
Theres really too much in asia to explore ... beijing, shanghai, hk,tokyo, kyoto, seoul, singapore, KL, taipei, bangkok, saigon ... the list goes on ...

[cydevil]

Number of high-rises:

Hongkong - 7,828
Singapore - 3,885
Seoul - 2,944
Tokyo - 2,445
Bangkok - 851
Osaka - 800
Shanghai - 631
Kuala Lumpur - 619
Beijing - 341
Taipei - 158
Jakarta - 123
Saigon(Hochimin City) - 122

Points based on heights of the high-rises:
Hong Kong 114,199
Seoul 15,590
Singapore 12,947
Bangkok 11,080
Tokyo 9,212
Shanghai 8,517

[npinguy]

none of the shanghai pics so far do it any justice.


Now it is personally not my favourite skyline. Hong kong is.


But the biggest?


Why don't I let the picture do the talking:


http://www.dubbadoo.com/cities/shanghai_pano.jpg

[InitialD18]

nice pic ... but i don't think theres a view where you can capture the whole shanghai ...

those statistics are bull ... hk statistics are not even complete ... so u can imagine how imcomplete it is for metros like shanghai, seoul, beijing and tokyo whose metros are like 20 times bigger than hk ... with 2-3 times more people
hk is probably tallest but for most buildings i am sure those aforementioned metro have way more buildings ...
and even for city statistics those are way way off ...

[km-sh]

that pic is just shanghai ,haha
nice pic ... but i don't think theres a view where you can capture the whole shanghai ...

those statistics are bull ... hk statistics are not even complete ... so u can imagine how imcomplete it is for metros like shanghai, seoul, beijing and tokyo whose metros are like 20 times bigger than hk ... with 2-3 times more people
hk is probably tallest but for most buildings i am sure those aforementioned metro have way more buildings ...
and even for city statistics those are way way off ...

[Skybean]

http://img61.echo.cx/img61/1983/32583046panovictoriaharbourr4f.jpg

[samsonyuen]

HK has the densest and highest, Tokyo and Seoul have the largest footprint of tall buildings.

[normandb]

Photo by DUDZ

Makati Central Business Districts, One of the skylines in Metro Manila

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/makati%20view/IMG_0497c.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/makati%20view/IMG_0495c.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/makati%20view/IMG_0499.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/makati%20view/makatidusk1.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/makati%20view/IMG_0510r.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/makati%20view/makatidusk4.jpg

[Monkey]

@npinguy

That's a stunning panorama.

[rgen]

Shanghai

http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn:8000/SJTUNews/1113446332113490.jpg

OMG this is damn beautiful....

[rocky]

makati is nice.

shangai, thats the most impressive skyline but its so ugly. looks like another bigger pyonyang.

[Zarkon]

HK has the biggest skyline... And than Shangai, Tokyo, Singapore and Taipei

[sunystory]

in terms of largest, seoul probably wins the game
http://myhome.hanafos.com/~kyoungsoo/seoul%20(11).jpg
http://myhome.hanafos.com/~kyoungsoo/seoul%20(56).jpg
http://myhome.hanafos.com/~kyoungsoo/seoul%20(79).jpg
Scroll back and forth

[mumbojumbo]

^^
1. Seoul
2. Tokyo
3. Hong Kong
4. Shanghai

[mumbojumbo]

Seoul:
Jungro:
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/659/1600gangbuk2.jpg

Gangnam:
http://balzzac.caost.com/YS/DC%20uplode/DSC_5788.jpg
http://dc2.donga.com/zero/data/5/seoul.jpg
http://i.photo.empas.com/codnjsdlsp/codnjsdlsp_2/sp/65/Teheranro.jpg
http://i.photo.empas.com/codnjsdlsp/codnjsdlsp_2/sp/46/Gangnam2.jpg
http://img115.exs.cx/img115/5390/uberseoul5xd.jpg

Yeouido:
http://galleryimage.naver.com/1/2004-12/21/44/28m3351m1.jpg
http://www.lhyhome.com/zeroboard/data/seoulskyline/1081426246/youido03.jpg

Borame park:
http://img165.exs.cx/img165/8977/gallery109236423460052sb.jpg
http://www.lhyhome.com/zeroboard/data/seoulskyline/1081426708/borame02.jpg

Mokdong:
http://www.antikorea.com/zboard/data/antikorea/P4101890rs[1].jpg

Ilsan (Seoul-metro)
http://dc1.donga.com/zero/data/city/1109642719/ilsan.jpg

[BHK25]

Awesome pictures everyone!!. Hong Kong is my fav.

[null]

my answer:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/hiddendragon99/ShanghaiSuburb/ChangNing/cn30.jpg

[tiger]

shanghai,without doubt

[ILOVEYOU-]

maybe beijing

[staff]

Bangkok, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Shanghai have amazingly large skylines. So does Tokyo and HK, but that we already knew. :)

[sunystory]

1. Seoul
2. Tokyo
3. Beijing
4. Sanghai
5. Hongkong
6. Singapore

[aranetacoliseum]

metro manila is composed OF LARGE CBD SKYLINE:

the makati skyline
the ortigas skyline
the globalcity
the baycity


SO FORME METROMANILA THE BEST

[h4nh4n]

i'm jealous with all of u :(

Jakarta too small :(

here some Jakarta Pics :(

http://img78.exs.cx/img78/1899/pc3000070eo.jpg

http://home.arcor.de/jaystar07/jakarta/DSC01911.jpg

http://img227.exs.cx/img227/5438/dsc015850mr.jpg

[VansTripp]

Prolly HK

[Imperfect Ending]

Its Hong Kong.. The whole city is skyscrapered

[redstone]

Actually most of Singapore's highrises are outside of the 'city' and in the suburbs and towns. :D

Towns like Sengkang and Punggol, the 2 newest towns are building very nice highrises... :cool:

[redstone]

http://img257.echo.cx/img257/8295/s18gw.jpg

http://img257.echo.cx/img257/6206/s25mk.jpg

http://img257.echo.cx/img257/6794/s31hp.jpg

http://img258.echo.cx/img258/1361/s42vt.jpg

http://img258.echo.cx/img258/7109/s56ht.jpg

http://img258.echo.cx/img258/1717/s69lz.jpg

http://img248.echo.cx/img248/4383/s77zc.jpg

http://img252.echo.cx/img252/7087/s81qm.jpg
Un-pano-rised pics from 40 floors up the tallest public apartment towers!!!

[hkskyline]

http://tinypic.com/6tfk90.jpg

http://tinypic.com/6tfmhj.jpg

http://tinypic.com/6tfqjp.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/alex1030/image/29586223.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/alex1030/image/40417504.jpg

[takurasa]

TOKYO - No doubt here.
OSAKA - Much bigger than any cities in China.
NAGOYA - Look above.
Seoul - Quite big.
Hongkong - Obviously Asia's number one in skyscraper wise.

[Effer]

HK

[dom]

I've been all over Asia apart from Shanghai.

Tokyo seems to have a far far larger skyline than any other city. Its in a different league to be honest. Especially if you include the metropolitan area (including Chiba and Yokohama). Minato Mirai in Yokohama alone compares favourably to many cities in Asia alone!

Also why isn't anyone mentioning Osaka? The Kobe, and collective impact of the Umeda and Namba skylines from Mount Rokko are huge and compare to Hong Kong from that angle!!!

I guess its because hardly anyone has been to Osaka on these forums. I'm not Japanese by the way... I'm from London so I have no bias... just suprised that a city with a metropolitan economy which exceeds Canada's is ignored so freely!

Hats are doffed to Makati City (some great scrapers there nice one Philippines!), Jakarta which is just immense, Bangkok which just goes on for ever (rather like Osaka) and Singapore for its ever-so-tidy skyline.

[silly thing]

because the buildings in japan are not tall and the skyline is not appealing enough

[asianguy]

I think the comparison for biggest urban area is between Shanghai & Tokyo.

I've been in Shanghai for about 1 day, it's definitely much larger than Hong Kong maybe 2.5x the size, 4x the size of Singapore, and 8x the size of Kuala Lumpur. Unfortunately, i've only been in Tokyo for less than 90 minutes (transiting between Narita and Haneda airport), so i can only guess that Tokyo is about the same size as Shanghai.

[Nongkhai_tong]

you guy need to see this pic of Bangkok

http://www.travelsthailand.com/Pic/Chaddy05.jpg

[normandb]

Awesome pics of BKK....

[Q-TIP]

HK for density

[aranetacoliseum]

SEOUL FOR ME!!


METROMANILA ALSO HAS A HUGE SKYLINE

NOT ONLY ONE skyline area BUT ACTUALLY manila has lots of skyline CBD area and one of that is

MAKATI SKYLINE:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b278/aranetacoliseum/grabehnaito.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b278/aranetacoliseum/MAKATI.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b278/aranetacoliseum/MAKATI2.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b278/aranetacoliseum/PBCOMMMMMMMM.jpg




another is:

ORTIGAS SKYLINE:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b278/aranetacoliseum/ORTIGAS.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b278/aranetacoliseum/ORTIGAS2.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b278/aranetacoliseum/ORTIGASSSSSSS.jpg

[ShanghaiSkyline]

shanghai

[ShanghaiSkyline]

Shanghai

http://images3.fotop.net/albums3/taco1rodriguez/taco1rodriguez/a_27719.jpg

[(((myx)))]

singapore has lots of low rise buildings...

[slerz]

Singapore

[Khanabadosh]

Shanghai.

[RAS85]

Either Tokyo or Shanghai.

[ejd03]

Who has more 12 story buildings, Seoul or Tokyo?

How do they compare to heavywieghts in other parts of the world, such as New York and Sao Paulo?

probably seoul kk.. because Seoul got millions of apartments

[PotatoGuy]

Tokyo or Shanghai.. but Hong Kong is the nicest w/ the hills :)