Type of site | Forum |
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Available in | English |
Owner | Skyscraper Source Media Inc. |
Created by | Dylan Leblanc |
URL | SkyscraperPage.com |
Registration | 62,300+ [1] |
Launched | 1998 |
Current status | active |
SkyscraperPage is a website for skyscraper hobbyists and enthusiasts [2] [3] that tracks existing and proposed skyscrapers around the world. [4] The site is owned by Skyscraper Source Media, a supplier of skyscraper diagrams for the publication, marketing, and display industries, and is a publisher of illustrated skyscraper diagram poster products. [5] They are based in Victoria, British Columbia. [6]
The site has over 60,000 drawings of skyscrapers, other major macro-engineering projects, and tall structures around the world. [7] The scale of the drawings are one pixel per meter. [3] [8] The images are created using pixel art. [2] Using these diagrams, skyscrapers and other tall structures can be compared. General information is also given about each structure if available, such as the location, the year built, the height and the number of floors.
The site also hosts a discussion forum for skyscraper enthusiasts.
Sky City, or Sky City One, was an 838-metre-tall (2,749 ft) planned skyscraper in the city of Changsha, Hunan in south-central China. The prospective builders, Broad Sustainable Building, estimated it would take just 90 days to construct. Including the 120 days required for prefabrication before on-site work commenced, the sum of time needed was 210 days. Pre-construction activities were halted in August 2013 after government regulators required additional approvals.
SkyscraperCity, also known as SkyscraperCity.com, is the world's largest online forum on skyscrapers and urban related topics. The website, which currently runs on XenForo, was founded in 2002 by Dutch economist Jan Klerks running on vBulletin, in order to share and solicit comment on urban development in Rotterdam. It gradually expanded to include other city and country subforums, eventually encompassing the entire world.