Tall Building Websites

3 The Bangkok Skyscraper Page - Lots of information, comprehensive ranking and excellent photos of skyscrapers in Bangkok

3 Bangkok Tall Building Photo Page - an excellent collection of Bangkok's modern architecture

3 The World's Tallest Building Page - One of the best skyscraper's site on the web; many useful info. including tall building rankings, news on major projects and excellent photo galleries.

3 The Skyscraper Page - This site contain many excellent diagrams of tall buildings, including a nice panoramic shot of Bangkok; also well linked to other skyscrapers site around the world.

3 The Highrise Site -  Another good website; contain skyscrapers pic from many countries.

3 Jorg Weigel's High Tower Page  - An interesting collection of tall towers from around the world.

Design Firms

3 Foster and Partners (UK) - Projects by the famous UK architect Lord Norman Foster, designer of famous buildings such as the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank; Commerzbank (Frankfurt); Millennium Tower (Tokyo); Chek Lap Kok Airport, Hong Kong; Barcelona Telecommunication Towers; The New Reichstag (Berlin).

3 TR Hamzah & Yaeng's homepage - Dr.Ken Yaeng (Malaysia) is the author of the 'bioclimatic skyscrapers' a groundbreaking look at green skyscrapers'. Not many projects, but worth visiting.

3 Ove Arup & Partners -structural engineers behind famous structure such as the Sydney Opera House

3 Cesar Pelli & Associates -designer of the Petronas Towers (Kuala Lumpur), Canary Wharf Tower (London), Hong Kong Central Station. This site will be officially opened later this year.

3 Skidmore Owing & Merril -designer of Sears Towers and John Hancock Tower (Chicago), Jin Mao Tower (Shanghai) and other famous skyscrapers around the world.

3 Minoru Yamasaki - designer of the World Trade Centre tower and the proposed World Vedic Centre towers (Sao Paolo and India).

Must Read Skyscraper Literature!!!

Delirious New York (1973)
Author: Rem Koolhaas