The Greatest Skyline Transformations by 2025

no other structure has had a more transformative impact on our cities than the skyscraper from their birth in the united states in the 1880s to their domination across asia in the 2000s a shift to a more urbanized society has seen these structures rise on every continent but while our cities used to gradually evolve the rate at which we now build skyscrapers is transforming skylines before our eyes traveling to each of the six inhabited continents we've looked at the cities which will undergo the greatest skyline transformations over the next five years [Music] with so much currently uncertain we've assessed each city based on the number of projects it currently has under construction as well as future projects that form part of economic recovery plans with a high chance of becoming reality [Music] though new york city currently has more skyscrapers under construction than toronto the big apple's already crowded skyline makes any overall change harder to notice while canada's largest city already boasts an impressive skyline with 67 skyscrapers and the iconic cn tower toronto is in the midst of a skyscraper boom with 30 new schemes under construction with a recent report claiming that toronto has overtaken chicago to become the fourth largest city on the continent it's not surprising that residential towers make up a large proportion of these new developments at 306 meters the one is arguably the most notable and is on track to become the tallest building in the country when it completes in 2022 with the canadian economy already bouncing back and with toronto weathering the pandemic better than other north american cities of similar size the city's skyscraper boom looks set to continue well into the 2020s with more skyscrapers under construction than the rest of australia combined no other city in the region is said to transform more dramatically over the coming years than melbourne currently in the midst of a decade-long construction boom the skyline has already changed considerably and is set to continue to evolve up to 2025 as the 23 skyscrapers currently under construction reach completion despite the city recently returning to lockdown the victorian government's fast-tracked approvals process has seen a slate of new towers approved to help kick-start the economy having secured the green light in april 2020 developers behind the 354 meter green spine have renewed confidence in the local market announcing plans to start construction in 2021 and for the twisting super tool to dominate the skyline by 2025 [Music] with 80 skyscrapers currently progressing on site more than any other city at any time in history shenzhen has pulled the head of dubai and is about to dramatically transform despite the city's tallest building the ping and finance center completing in 2017 shenzhen still has 11 super tall towers under construction that's more than in the entirety of the united states but while the next five years will be a period of great change for the city a recent notice from the chinese government significantly restricted the construction of tall buildings and when this current crop of projects completes the skyline of shenzhen like all chinese cities is likely to remain unchanged for decades to come [Music] despite europe's historic reluctance to build tall buildings the 21st century has seen more cities embrace the skyscraper while london has typically consisted of two major financial calls and an assortment of isolated towers recent developments focusing on residential projects have seen several mini skylines pop up across the british capital with a further 17 buildings over 150 meters already under construction and a host of smaller high-rise projects set to line the thames in the coming years london will look quite different by 2025 [Music] though there are no buildings taller than 150 metres currently under construction in lagos africa's largest city will still undergo the greatest skyline transformation on the continent in the next five years with the 25 square kilometer echo atlantic now more than half complete work has begun on the first batch of buildings on the newly reclaimed land set to contain 10 districts for commercial residential and entertainment purposes the coming years will see lagos take on a completely new feel as it transforms into africa's commercial gateway while the resort city of belnierio canberrayu currently has more skyscrapers underway than the brazilian city of guayenya like with new york it's hard for these new projects to make much impact on an already crowded skyline despite a population of more than 2.5 million people goyanya has just two skyscrapers and only broke away from the mid-rise buildings typical of many brazilian cities in 2018. goyania is now going vertical and with five more skyscrapers under construction the city's skyline is said to be transformed in the years ahead this video was made possible by bluebeam find out more at the link below and as always if you 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Length: 6min 34sec (394 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 19 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/SecondAccount404]

These videos are my crack

[u/SomeJerkOddball]

Melbourne looks exciting. Not as sure about London though. That might ruin the character.

[u/128e]

Melbourne changes by the month, It's just crazy to see. It might slow down again now but who knows, It's a real big boy these days.

[u/Lil_hugh_mungus]

These videos are very fascinating to watch. It's amazing the growth Shown here Greater cooperation between our colonies will only lead to more growth I can only imagine what the skylines would look like then