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Night view of the skyline of Hong Kong, which has over 500 skyscrapers. The list of cities with most skyscrapers ranks cities around the world by their number of skyscrapers. A skyscraper is defined as a continuously habitable high-rise building that has over 40 floors [1] and is taller than approximately 150 m (492 ft). [2]
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[6] [7] It has become one of the most common types of buildings in the city, making Hong Kong the world's highest concentration of pencil towers. Hong Kong's most notable towers are the 72-story Highcliff Tower, which has a slenderness ratio of 20:1, and its neighbor, The Summit , a 65-story residential building.
Original - A panoramic view of the Hong Kong skyline just after sunset Edit1 - selective curve adjust + local contrast enhancement Edit 2 - not for voting.A quick-n-dirty version of this panorama stitched from only the neutral exposures (not -2 / +2 exposures blended), as a demonstration that while it differs slightly, the original is not particularly overcooked Edit 3.
Hong Kong. A skyscraper is generally defined as any building that is more than 150 metres (492 ft) tall and has more than 40 storeys. [1] [2] The following is a list of countries with the most skyscrapers. Other structures like observation towers or lattice towers are excluded on this list.
At present, Hong Kong has the world's biggest skyline with a total of 7,681 skyscrapers, placing it ahead of even New York City, despite the fact that New York is larger in area. [8] Most of these were built in past two decades. [8] Many skyscrapers in Hong Kong feature holes in them called "dragon gates".