Why Europe Doesn't Build Skyscrapers
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B1M > I think you missed an important point....Paris and London are so old they have 15 levels underground of sewage, catacombes, old subway systems and pipelines built a long...long time ago....and they wouldn't support the weight of a 80 story Skyscraper
That's great! What do you think about the question raised? We think that Classical and Gothic architecture has more character than modular skyscrapers.
Africa does not build skyscrapers either
I see you man of culture as well
comments like these are so unoriginal now, it's infuriating...
You know you're in a European city when a church is the tallest building.
Lmfao same
And it's not even finished, though it shouldn't take much longer (haha...)
I can't believe it burned down. Did anybody know who did it?
It's a freakin war crime!
@@joppekim What burned down? And where..?
@@joppekim ^
Short answer: Europe likes to preserve its historic architecture.
While America doesn't have historic architecture, so they came up with sky-scrappers.
It's not a matter of either/or. Both The Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building in New York are considered important historic structures. Also, while it is no longer considered a skyscraper today, the Flatiron Building also counts, too.
Edward J. Cunningham Totally agree. I wouldn’t call it a rivalry as such. Architecture is very dynamic and this is just a perfect example of that.
Which is why London is a shithole.
Also why Notre Dame conveniently burned up like a VC getting napalm dropped on his head.
@@eddiejc1 New York city destroyed the old Penn station. It shows USA dosn't care for culture.
Europe not having skyscrapers is actually one of the reasons why is beautiful.
And certain places being mainly skyscrapers makes me wish to visit much less.
I wish instead of the glass towers of Dubai they had built a city filled with traditionalist Islamic architecture, it would actually make want to visit.
@@walterroux291 skyscraper are boring tbh.
@@walterroux291 Arabic architecture you mean? There is no particular Islamic architecture, Muslim peoples build in style of their ethnicities, like mosques of Chinese Hui Muslims look like traditional Chinese buildings, Tatars in Russia in 18-19 centuries built their mosques in classial European style, African Muslims have African style etc.
@@mrobocop1666 yes! Geography and Religious Studies just happened to be my two worst subjects in school aha. Thanks for the education. I would love to see a whole city filled with traditional Arabic architecture, especially taken to the same degree they have taken their skyscrapers and reclamation islands.
I've seen in Morocco in parts of the old cities that are mostly like this, but I've never seen a whole city with architecture like this, but if someone were to build it I would imagine it a far sight more beautiful than Dubai.
@@walterroux291 I agree, enough soulless modern architecture
After visiting Europe, I realized how valuable those old buildings that witnessed different historical events. They are phenomenal!
American cities are very boring compared to European cities. Those are amazing and every countries capital has unique design. Like Munich is a lot different than Rome or Amsterdam.
@@jankees4037 You must be 40 years old or something... I live in Germany and I am so fucking bored, there is nothing to do and even if there is something to do its expensive as hell so you just get drunk and thats it. As a student I would love to live outside of Europe or at least Spain or something were its more exciting to live.
@@xonai7 What are you on about? There is so much stuff to do. Cinemas, theatres, operas, museums, art gallerys, concerts, clubs, parks, restaurants, whatever. It's not Europe's fault, you don't know what to do with yourself. Plus, it's not going to change if there are more skyscrapers in an area.
@@pjn-je4hb Yeah but all of the things you named are expensive as fuck. You can't go outside and do these things regularly, in the US its a whole different story. And I never said skyscreapers would change anything where did you read that?
@@xonai7 That's not true. Prices for living in the US are higher than in Germany. Every statistic says the same.
Just imagine how horrible a skyscraper would look next to the Acropolis or the colloseum.
Yes, and also Europe makes a lot of money with tourism, so it's better to leave it the way it is
Oh god no, I’m not even used to the louvre pyramid yet 😭
Actually there are laws limiting building height around the Acropolis and I assume there are similar policies in other EU countries
@@apostolispouliakis7401 And since when law has ever been a problem in Greece? Laws here are for poor people, not for the rich...
Eventually skyscrapers will build in both Italy and Greece. Just not near acropolis or collosum
because they don't want to ruin their beautiful historical cities
So China and India, which are far older than Europe, have ruined their historical cities?
@@ayushgupta4376 they have not preserved their history as those in Europe...instead they are full of modernist ugly skyscrapers and the like
@@andres6868 😂😂 I doubt if your knowledge of history and geography goes beyond Europe.
@@ayushgupta4376 I'm talking about how Asian cities today have not preserved their historical heritage as compared to European cities. I don't think there is anything controversial about that
Well said. Some sky scrapers are nice but why pollute the beauty of our historic city centres?
i lived in czech republic for many years, walking home from school, i loved the feel of the historical buildings and the cobble roads. the trams and the gaps of sunlight made it such a core memory. how something so simple could be a dream for others
I mean Prague is just incredible. There a re not much similar cities like that in Europe
I’ve lived all my life in Europe. This video made me realize only now that we don’t have skyscrapers and that i’ve never actually seen one.
And never missed one
Some people must go out a bit more, a lot bit more
@@rob5197I ho out everyday and I don’t see any skyscrapers in my city in southern France😢
@@rob5197 I visited almost all Europe from Ireland to Balkan and a large part of North Africa. I never see a skyscraper but thousands of churches, mosques, and all kind of wonderful buildings that are more than 5 times older than USA. I prefer going to places with history rather than culturless shit hole filled with barbarians that eat industrial tasteless garbage
@@rob5197 that’s not the point lol the person probably is just used to these buildings so they didn’t notice
As a European I would like to say, I don't miss sky scrapers here. At all.
As an american I'm starting not to like skyscrapers anymore. Accept for dubai and la. la because of my nostalgia with gta 5. Also your cities look like true art tbh. And a skyscraper would ruin it tbh.
@@theventman9227 you are right, not just building sigle family homes helps. Also non-euclydean (
Skyscrapers are actually really expensive to maintain. It is way cheaper to have a 10 story building.
I love old european cities
As an American, I really hate skyscrapers. We've got too many of 'em. Europe doesn't need skyscrapers because they've already got such beautiful buildings that can accommodate the people.
In short: America had basically no historically or culturally relevant architecture tradition so they could build whatever they wanted without spoiling the cityscape
Europeans try so hard to hate on America and it’s people to feel better about themselves. Like it’s actually sad, like get a life. Imagine a world where we all loved each other. Europeans won’t let it happen. They’re so rude to Americans because we’re different.
@@Tech-cy9yo But its true, the USA has no Historicaly relevant buildings before 1500 because... THERE WERE NO HISTORICAL BUILDINGS???
@@Tech-cy9yo Well, that's the truth even if you don't wanna agree .
@@Tech-cy9yo it’s just the truth, admit it
@@Tech-cy9yo why are you so offended by that? Its the truth and there is nothing wrong with it
I've visited la défence in Paris recently, and I must say I like the fact that the whole skyscraper-based architecture has its own designated area.
It keeps the old cultural sites feeling old, while having the newer, high-rising segments have their own little space to grow.
I wouldn't say I dislike the style, as long as there's some originality, I kinda like it, but It doesn't fit well with the older parts, which I'm also quite fond of
So yeah, having designated areas for higher, more modern buildings is definitely nice imo
It's weird the that video tries to sell skyscrapers as modernity, when the general perception of La Défense in Paris is that it's an undesirable zone, home of only old school outdated companies. Most startups are in the historic center of the city, fighting for the most charming and ancient low-rise buildings and the proximity with small restaurants and shops (not global chains).
By the way, La Défense is not in Paris ;)
Paris is a shithole. Go outside of the downtown and there is only dirty streets, weird people, unsafe surroundings and ugly buildings
Melbourne obviously doesn’t have buildings as old as Paris, but many parts of the city have the kinda traditional old style of buildings combined with modern skyscrapers. Brisbane too, to a lesser extent.
What's fascinating is that "modern" startups are avoiding setting up in these "modern" areas (La Defense, EuroLille, etc...). Public transport servings are bad, you share floors with competition, there isn't a lot of restaurants in the area, it's far from your employees houses, etc...
As we transition our old ways of thinking into a more practical and productive approach, we'll see less and less need for offices anyway. So many startups are adopting "online offices" where employees can work remotely, and the solutions for those startups are getting better by the day, it's just bound to happen. Why would companies refuse cheaper activities, more productive employees and why would employees refuse more practical lives ?
I think people are forgetting what the world looks like. This determination to cover everything in concrete has led to entire swathes of people not even knowing what the night sky looks like. I lived in a city with only "mid-rise" buildings for two years and I missed the stars every night. I couldn't imagine having to be trapped between skyscrapers like that. We don't even know what we've lost.
You nailed it down pretty well here.
We should be careful, because if we don't watch out we might well end up destroying our own history, culture and so much more.
Sometimes when I meet city folks it makes me sad, they often have no connection or appreciation toward nature or anything of the sort.
We are heading down a gloomy road, I want to live in a human society, not a storage unit that is part of what feels more and more
like a huge messed up cooperation that has no values to speak of.
I don't understand people who phrase things like the way you've done now. We aren't 'determined' to 'cover everything in concrete' for like the funsies lol. It's not a recreational indulgence. It's the effect of capitalism and urbanization. Unless you have solutions to multiple different crises including unemployment, urban migration and housing crisis, this what is to be done for the thousands of people migrating to cities for jobs. And sadly you can't increase land area magically so we must build upwards. It's necessity for almost complete part. You are lucky if you live in a place where you can afford house and land and enjoy your night sky and stars, it is a true privilege.
@@arshiyaamreen5808 I don't understand people who willfully misunderstand strangers for funsies. Pointing out that we are facing these issues we created wholesale and therefore we have no choice but to make our world worse isn't the hot take you seem to think it is. I WAS lucky to grow up in the hills, yes, and that's how I know what is being lost. Capitalism, among other things, is wrecking our world, and our societies and some people specifically+personally are invested in keeping it that way. We should fight against it, not accept it as inevitable. But first we have to remember what we stand to lose, or we have no reason to resist.
As I'm neither a politician nor a billionaire and have exactly 0 power to implement solutions myself, I'm not sure what your point is. I do have ideas, but I very much doubt you'd like them. Would you be rude like this to someone you disagreed with irl? I doubt it.
Again, I'll reiterate, I agree with your 2nd message. Your main one is what annoys me. We don't do these things for pleasure, it's our increasingly bad choices that has put us in this position. Your first message implies there is a sort of pleasure humans derive from building skyscrapers. We must fight all what capitalism stands for but for many cities is all they have to survive and in return, more cities will be built to accommodate them. It's anything but pleasing, to be forced to live in concrete swathes to ensure food goes into your stomach and roof stays above your head consistently. People haven't lost touch with nature yet, there are still plants grown on 14th floor tall building's balconies. These are necessary for current people's current needs.
That's what I've been saying for years : open your window and what you see another window - - lucky to see the blue sky, never hearing a bird and , hardly knowing which season is
My history teacher once told me something: The best view of Paris is from Montparnasse (a big skycraper). Why? Because you can't see the Montparnasse skycraper from it
P.S.: I'm French
You're right !!!! Paris made a big mistake with that ugly one. But on top of Tour Montparnasse you got a nice view on Tour Eiffel
French who speaks English?!
What is this? a miracle?!
LoL, but I have to agree though, that building is an eyesore to all people living or visiting Paris
Some say Montparnasse is the box the Eiffel tower was delivered in :D
yes, I agree, I say the same.
waleed ziad I wonder if the the montparnasse will ever be seen in the same light as the Eiffel Tower, since the Eiffel Tower was also once seen as an eyesore.
I live in a small Village in a House that was build in 1710. It's older than the US. Still standing strong!💪
-Germany
Light Yagami that’s really cool
I live in a double storeyed house that was completed 2 years back.
-India
@@TheWhale45The 4. Juli 1776
, does this ring a bell? This is the date the USA was founded. Thank GOD that an european knows ur history way better than u. :)))
@Happy Dude Germany has got the biggest art heritage with France in Europe after Italy and Spain... The history of Germany started with Roman times (Treviri has got cool romans monuments)
Happy Dude Einstein, Goethe, Schiller etc. etc.
A lot of European cities nowadays have historical and financial districts that have laws regulating what you can and cannot build in certain areas. I think a good example is Bratislava, Slovakia. While the "skyscrapers" are only 100 meters tall, they are built appart from the historical center and they look very good as their own skyline.
I feel like it also helps with traffic. I moved to the Netherlands from Malaysia and let me tell you its a huge difference. In Malaysia, the residential areas are packed with HUGE 30-50+ story condos but all the roads are 2 lane or sometimes 1 lane roads. Pedestrian walk ways are also not optimized for... pedestrians, honestly I don't know if they count as pedestrian walkways. In the Netherlands the homes are much less dense and so are the commercial buildings. Plenty of space for people to walk or cycle and public transport connects everything very well. It would take me longer to talk across the street in Malaysia to a local restaurant than it takes me to get to the city center from my apartment by bike in the Netherlands.
Welcome to our little froggy country. Have a bike and a apple and enjoy the rainy weather in your small cozy apartment
@@Mizu-Takasuuu It's legit a vibe. But takes 3 years to warm up to it hahaha 😂
@@WhatComesAroundTM true true 😭🙌
I'm italian and I can't think of a single major city's center where a skyscraper would look good. Venice, Florence, Rome... just no
Why is your comment the same as Cartina Stro's: th-cam.com/video/EVJ_rgEUSJE/w-d-xo.html&lc=UgxvMr7lf9rqlBVNRXJ4AaABAg ?
Your language is really beautiful, I'm learning Italian at school!
Tanto mancano pure i soldi e c'è decremento di popolazione anno dopo anno, il settore immobiliare è fermo, nei prossimi 10 anni al massimo ci saranno altri 2-3 grattacieli in più a Milano al massimo, non di più.
@@aleksandros6965 A Milano ne sono in costruzione 11 entro 5 anni 🤷♂️
I love Italy!! I was really shocked that Europe has no skyscraper, but I totally enjoyed the old cities with horizon line and beautiful sunset.
The world does not travel to Europe to look at skyscrapers
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Birmingham,
The beautiful historic city
when i was younger, as a canadian, i thought it was so bizarre, and a little behind the 'times', that europe was still so 'flat', but now i really appreciate and envy it. not to mention, the pandemic has caused so many of my city's skyscrapers to sit empty (now if only they'd fill them with affordable housing/community resources but 🙃) and with the uptick of people working from home, which hopefully continues, huge office buildings really seem like such a waste of money and resources
European architectures are beautiful and no modern countries will ever beat Europe's beauty and charm. It's just stunning!
It's true if you talk about new york nothing will suffocating you when you live in stupid asian countries not all asian countries have skyscrapers but bloody china japan korea Singapore uae kuwait qatar and other east asian countries build as a hell otherside pollution is too much here i hate my asia 🤮🤮 i love European countries.
Right!
@@alfiemandella2258 i hate asian countries but i love the peoples there lol i like asians the most but true i hate to live in asia too
😂 it's mostly a backwater dump
@@jbloun911ur mostly a dump for no brain😂
Europe is like the mature rich 50 year old guy with lots of asset wealth but no one knows about it because he doesn’t need to show it.
Dubai is the teenager in his modded Corsa with extra loud exhaust pipes.
Best description ever. Wasting money on useless shit.
Dubai can buy Europe
Or the guy that flaunts with superficial to mask his shortcomings being personality and teeny weeny. Same goes with north american contintent.
Europe is too busy with its anti-immigration politics...
When will you non-europeans understand that europe you genius is a continent. Not a country.
So western europe which is part of the so called "western world" together with north america is wealthy.
But eastern europe? Do you have any idea what you're talking about? Have you ever even been there?
ukraine is a third world country. Surrounded by second world countries.
Why are you people always comparing europe with one single country.
When the local bakery is older than the US
Lol
xD
RainyPople You’re saying “you guys” as if your ancestors aren’t European lol.
@@Dididhehshdu Lmfao I'm guessing your like 10 years old and yet to realize North America was built by Europeans.
RainyPople you should delete your comment lmfao
@@Dididhehshdu bro u r kid yet,,,go n check your history book again😂
I live in Italy and I have to say that I love how our capitals are being treated, our continent is really old and so our cities have to be preserved but, even in that spirit, there's space for skyscrapers to rise between historical structures and it is that unique blending of history and progress that makes our cities unique; of course Rome is far behind London and Paris given how difficult it is to build between roman ruins but eventually we'll get there.
I used to be one of those people who thought old-looking cities should replace their buildings with modern skyscrapers to look more like a true city. Now I really admire and appreciate European cities preserving their architectural heritages and cultural identity within the architecture. And let's not forget that some European cities are among the best in the world in terms of urban planning.
When your house is older than the whole US...
That means you're special right?
@@superstandard his house is special
😂✌
when you burn your house down for insurance money so you dont have to have a roof made of grass
You mean the buildings?
Americans seeing a 200 year old building as a museum
Me a normal European living in a 700+ year old house
So basically Europe is a museum where you can actually live in?
@@guilhermel9149 basically
hchtae can confirm
Imagine Chinese or Indians living in cities made during 1400bce-500bce.
@@abhisheknanda9956 The infrastructure for most Indian cities at least is still quite certainly BCE.
Cities are museums; history is imprinted in buildings. It is necessary to preserve buildings of all eras so that descendants can touch history and feel how their ancestors lived, what they experienced, what influenced (what events) the style of architecture and the appearance of buildings.
That's what Paris did. They left the center unchanged and made a really beautiful skyline in the suburbs. The best of both worlds together.
Thank you so much for this video!! I didn't know I needed this info
Don’t remove Historical buildings,remove those rusty 60s apartments.
Oh god the 60s and 70s styles are horrid
60's was a time for change and it's history. Everything post 2000's is garbage tho.
@Dongs europe was still rebuilding itself from ww2 in the 60s people needed cheap, affordable and quick houses
Big Chungus And now we can make ones that don’t look shite
Jake Commonty yes
When your local pub is almost 4 times older than the US
I think Ireland has a pub that's as old as Rome
My house is older than the US as well lol
@Abel i'm from munich and many breweries are from 1400 ad or so
@@bene3301 ah that’s so cool. I’m teaching myself German right now, I’d really love to visit Germany some day.
My secondary was founded before the first world war it is considered a new one and i have this random house in my neighbourhood dating to the tudors im from England
I grew up in the Netherlands and Germany and whenever I had internships and corporate jobs, they usually where in old town homes turned into offices. It had a certain charm to it.
Very good video. Thank you for creating and sharing😊
You forgot to mention that the highest point of European towns and cities were reserved for churches and cathedrals. Back on the day it would be considered sacrilege to construct a taller building.
I was about to comment the same thing :D
Yeah! This is one of the most important points. Only young cities established after 1800 have buildings taller than the central church/cathedral. London is an exception because it’s original cathedral burnt down and the new one was not designed to me tall... still, it’s still significant in the skyline.
Thomas McBride what about Portsmouth?
Rededed Portsmouth was only granted city status in 1923. It was primarily a port so it’s infrastructure will differ from inland cities and towns anyway
Proof that God himself has a small penis complex :)))))
The fact that the Europe doesn’t have “modern” generic skyscrapers but rather preserve historic buildings and city structures from its past is what makes this continent stand out from the rest of the world. There is a certain atmosphere of elegance when you walk old streets of some old European city that modern cities, with all the tall glass buildings and newest technologies will never have. You can argue all you want, but it’s true.
That and the fact they dont feel the need to enter a dick sizing contest. Skyscrapers are supposed to be PRACTICAL. New York has a practical reason for their skyscrapers, land is at a premium, and in order to grow, they need to move upward. Most cities in the world arent like that. Shanghai and Dubai are DEFINITELY not In the position New York is or was.
@@Rao665 And New York has a large majority of actually good looking skyscrapers rather than big glass objects with weird shapes.
@@froglover4203 Yea, it's as if alot of these cities are arbitrarily building glass buildings. New York just seems more natural.
@@Rao665
The Population per square km in Dubai and definitely Shanghai, isn't that different from New York's when it first started building skyscrapers.
And that mentality right there is what's wrong with humanity. The fact that we're more concerned about protecting the past than the future. Your past achievements are irrelevant and you are unnecessary. What you do now is what will determine your fate.Sure look at your past. Admire it for the good. Condemn it for the bad. Learn from it and move on. Don't stick with it. There's a reason why time only moves forward.If you look any kind of close you'll find that more people would rather conserve the eiffel tower, the colloseum, the Taj mahal, the London Bridge and the Buckingham palace just to name a few over 50% of the rainforests on the surface of the planet. People(especially in Europe) tend to bask in their past history and are woefully ignorant of the atrocities committed. Let me ask you a question. What do you think of when someone says Winston Churchill? I am not blaming or degrading you. I'm just pointing out the way you think. The way most humans incline to. Europe was the king of the hill once. It sure af isn't now. So either you keep bragging about how you preserve your amazing cultural history or you preserve the future. The choice is up to you.
As someone who lives near Prague and goes to school there I can say that seeing a skyscraper there would be a nightmare...like we have some tall buildings but it still isn't that big I think
I come from a country which had the most dramatic change within the last 50 years. My hometown was created on what used to be farmlands about 45 years ago and recently the buildings originally there are getting old so all the buildings surrounding my home recently got demolished for a redevelopment. Yes, a very active redevelopment means that real estate value is skyrocketing and could mean something good financially but having grown up in the town it is very sad now I will have to solely rely on my memories of how surroundings used to look. Almost all friends of mine moved far away due to the place now priced too expensive for young people to afford or either their parents got sick and tired of the overcrowded city and moved suburb. This is a tragedy man.
Of course I also think modern skyscrapers are part of our history and some people might admire their surroundings evolving, leaving the old buildings behind. But in my opinion, it is the best to leave residential areas with traditional homes which would last for centuries so people with preference like me could be born and raised and die in the same surrounding, at my home town. Well, which is not happening in my life this time.
Because we live in beautiful cities and we want to preserve them. Imagine Rome or Florence with skyscreapers. No way.
P.d. i'm from Venice. Imagine my unique Venezia with modern buildings... Never ever!
It should be a crime if someone just comes up with that idea
Ew
Ricdo agreed
Well Rome has them, they are just not ghastly
That's why Rome looks shit looks like as if U have walked in the 15 th century
We don't need skyscrapers. Look. USA has beautiful skyscraper downtowns, and we have beautiful old cities. It's simple as that
@Chris Wings It oldish? they are older then the US 😂
sky scrapers take a lot of money time effort and land also they have to destroy historical places that are beautiful just to make a useless skyscraper.
@@warcriment7298 well skyscrapers arent useless lol
@@mattjones2003 sorry worded it wrongly there are just alot of downsides
Except downtowns in America are often the most run-down districts, full of junkies and homeless. I'll never forget the shock of walking down the streets of San Francisco.
Thank you for the interesting Videos.
I enjoy to watch them.
This video unintentionally showed how much more elegant European cities look compared to the ones in the US with their skyscrapers.
“Why Europe doesn’t build skyscrapers?”
Why we need them?
It's the same like that one quote "you obsessed over whether you can or not , so you never asked whether you should or not" or something like that. If skyscrapers are not absolutely needed like in honkong (I don't think I wrote it correctly) for example then I'd say don't build it.
@@thurqs1938 do u mean the quote from jurassic park?
@@thedje4407 yeah i think that's the one
exactly,
rents in dublin for instance are insane.
demand is too high.
skyscrapers would alleviate it.
Personally, as a person who was born in Scandinavia and now lives in Southeast Asia, I love seeing the history and the architecture from the past. I honestly love the very rustic and old-timey feel, it's so nostalgic when I see those buildings along with the nature and forests that still thrive in some areas. I hope they don't build any skyscrapers any time soon.
Bro lives in asia 💀
How did you get to south east asia, I think I wanna move there too
Hundred of years later and the architecture of our churches and cities still hit different🙏❤️ I am not sure if you can say the same thing about American/Asian skylines in one hundred years…
Because europe doesn't have spiderman
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I like spiderman but is spiderman real
@@NRG.2969 no it's not real at all
@@plagah don't lie !! i know you work for the government and is trying hard to hide the evidence.. i know Spiderman is real ! even the battle of New York was real
Minecraft Gaming If you believe than yes
Old European architecture is way better than boring skycrappers.
Fingol firn I like the look of skyscrapers.
si Markeyan Haha modern numbers made by muslims
Stuart Riddle Indians*
@@blanche1935
*brahmins
@@blanche1935 not yet proven. also the Indian book does not have a difinition to zero as a number and numerical digit.
Contrary to what people often believe skyscapers don't offer more floor space than lower buildings due to the huge free space required around the skyscraper. Except in a very few places skyscrapers don't make much economical sense.
@@cc-000 You must substract utilities like lifts, but you cannot limit the area of the skyscraper to the land directly below. You must take into account the large streets surrounding the skyscraper and the height limits that the skyscraper imposes on sourounding buildings. To get the real density do you math on a larger area containing multiple buildings.
@@cc-000 just the fact that paris is denser than manhattan tells you you're wrong
@@goncalodias6402 well yeah only rich people live in Manhattan, they take up like a whole floor with one apartment and arent efficient at all. But when you move to the poor/middle class areas the skyscrapers become lot denser and more efficient.
We don't want our precious sky scrapped
I like the concept of Paris for example, where skyscrapers have their own district away from historical sites and the direct city center.
That really is the only acceptable way to make skyscrapers happen in europe.
Wish they had done this is London rather then just having them everywhere
Agree, alot of European cities are doing it wrong by allowing taller buildings spread out and it looks wierd and out of place.
Meanwhile in Montparnasse...
Disney em pt-pt lol
Europe has some of the most beautiful buildings and cities in the world , it would be a cultural catastrophe if they pulled it down and made it look like Miami
Exactly
As someone that lives in Europe. You're absolutely right! I am seeing more highrise buildings and skyscrapers, but they're build away more from the historical centers :)
You are correct!
Miami has some great looking art deco building though
@@combatantezoteric2965 used to be more though.
The European style I like more than the American style, as the cities of Denmark are very wonderful, and there is harmony with nature, the environment and the trees, and it gives a beautiful look to the cities
Same
Danish cities are awful
1st Why we don’t build skyscrapers because Europe is beautiful 🤩 2nd Warsaw has also a skyscraper
As an european, whenever i get to see skyscrapers im always amazed, but i would never live in a place full of them, i prefer my life as a country person
basically every regions of european countries are province and it's good to see that you preserve them well i hope you can keep it up always
I live just outside Sydney Australia and I feel the same way whenever I visit Sydney. I look up in awe at the height of the buildings and then I look down in discomfort at all the crowded noisy cars and people. Actually I kind of want to move out even further than I am now.
Yeah, same here! ^^ I getcha!
Agree, NYC looks claustrophobic and looks like it will give me some anxiety. I live close to the beach in S.Africa (close to cape Town), I prefer the openness even though I love and admire architecture.
Same here
i love how the thumbnail makes it look like Europe isn't a part of the world
By the way that is a picture of Berlin on the Tumbnail ^^
@@legolars5122 Well, that is accurate! Berlin thinks they're Europe!
He could’ve written « rest of the world » instead of « the world »
Lego Lars Berlin is on of the biggest cities in Europe but other cities like London have more history cause WW 2 destroyed many buildings.
Skyscrapers are ugly. That is why.
Amazing Video!!
The skyscraper was the embodiment of the spirit of America - based on notions of progress, invention, and expansion. A lot of the most famous American skyscrapers were built by business tycoons, looking to create a tangible center for their wealth. "Oh, how American of them!" Rockefeller Center, the Chrysler Building, the insurance, banking, and publishing headquarters buildings downtown. They remain as iconic monuments to a different economic era.
We just prefer sunshine instead of living in a constant shadow.
looks at the sundeathbeam skyscraper thing
survey corps
@@davidl.8722 Eye of Mordor?
Skyscrapers causes wind tunnels too, trapping CO2 between the buildings and people just gets blown out by strong winds.
@@relaxingeverything8720
And The Wings of Freedom
We wanna keep our historical cities, with that skyscrapers all cities look the same.
Viva España
that is true, but not the architecture in Oxford street looking like Paris lol
@@epg96 they have a lot of immigrants whatchu talking about. Another factor can be they don't have other resources to get money from beside tourism. For etc Dubai got their oil money to build tourism to get tourist money, but they use foreign workers to build their land, if they're out of tourist money no prob they still have tons of oil. If Europeans want skyscrapers and they have money, they would pay these immigrants or foreign workers to build it
Europe is more beautiful without Skyscrapers. The Architecture of Europe is really beautiful though most of buildings are older than the newly made cities.
viva españa
because europe understands that blanket medium density is better than low density mixed with extremely high density
It’s great for us to be able to choose between the two when we go on vacation. To go to a country where skyscrapers are everywhere, and another where buildings have cultural significance and long history
Imagine a skyscraper in Prague.. that single building would ruin it all.
yep!
there are certain areas where it wouldn't mind
Not if it's designed right
Or in Rome...
or budapest
You see, we have a thing called history and culture.
So does Asia, your point is?
Big Rarded he never mentioned Asia. This video is about Europe. If you want an Asian one go make a video on it. There’s your point
@@guyurine What?????? Where did you get Asia from? But yeah, parts of Asia does.
Big Rarded He just Said in the video that northern states of America and rich asian states embraced the idea of building skyscrapers 🤷🏻♂️
And in that history, Europe invaded many nations, killing off a lot of culture and instating imperialism. Your point is...? 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
I'm a Melbournian from Australia. Our inner city is filled with a weird combination of our renaissance style traditional architecture and our tall modern glass buildings, all side by side and coinciding in the strangest ways. Some days I love it, but most days I'm upset by the giant commercial buildings and wish they weren't so tall and blocking the view of our best architecture.
Yeah, I have been in Melbourne several times, it is strange to see a church or old government building next to a tall skyscraper. Also the old trams running Melbourne doesn't fit with the glass skyscrapers. Somehow it is a weird city center.
@@jankees4037 yeah, so strange but filled with such personality. I love it
@@TryinBin8889 I’m born and bred Melbourne (Sandringham area). The place has become a hole - CBD is a windswept, soulless, perpetually shadowed wasteland. I can’t wait to leave.
Europe is a land of art, culture, and history. They don't need fancy tallest building+structures in their cities. A continent of deepest roots from the past and cradle of modern human civilization.
It is 'the' cradle of modern human civilization.
@@blazer9547the industrial revolution created modern civilization
America : Saw European system as outdated.
Also America : we are going to use feet for measurements
u forgot about their public transportation. Their trains are outdated compared to the European system.
The Queen Because most people here rely on cars. Trains aren’t used much.
Comrade Chungus How...?
To be honest when you comment bad about a thing it’s either because your insecure it’s better than your so you say something bad about to make yourself feel better, I’m not just talking about this I’m also talking about everyone thing on the internet, people hate Fortnite soo much because it cartoonish and goofy but it’s beating top games and they don’t like that so they type things that make them feel good saying the game is dead, when people say Fortnite is dead it’s kinda a god thing because, if the game is dead and I’m still seeing it everywhere imagine the game when it’s not dead so if you say Fortnite is dead your just promoting it
@@kekw5153 - What trains? We have a big freight train system... There is almost no rail travel here. Buy a car or rent a car. Go where you want when you want.
skyscrapers r cool but there is a reason Europe has far more tourists than anyother continent
That's right
Nah the main reason is that europe is safe
@@arthurm9785 lol, and thinking europe put the world in war... twice
@@fackarov9412 wait which year is it currently?
stop being stupid, mate.
@@fackarov9412 Historically Europe may have been dangerous, but America takes the cake of taking their threat to a new extreme abroad and to their own people. So yeah, Europe is safer in this prospect.
I hate how in America we will completely renovate an older area with history into some modern domino table
Can you also do a video on how in Europe builders are not allowed to block the view. For example in Seattle builders can build high and block your view of the water or mountain but in Italy they can not block your view of the water
Why Europe does not build skyscrapers:
Quality over quantity
What do you mean quantity ? Being able to house more people is a problem ? You'd rather have people living in the street because they can't afford an horribly high priced apartment in "historical buildings" ?
+Red Pilled Fox What?
mnk. Very few
E Wok. Homeless? Are you talking about New York City? LA? SF? India? China? Tokyo?
"Quality" is a misleading
description.
If anything, I would argue that new buildings have more quality, as they are more practical, safer, and cleaner.
I think the word you are looking for is authenticity or beauty or something.
As a european, I see a 10 story building a skyscraper, because they are the tallest buildings in our cities
Which is great
@Astolfo Desu pretty much everywhere but London though
The tallest building in my city is 6 stories tall :)
@Astolfo Desu Bath is a great city, Liverpool is almost untouched by modern architecture aswell
I hope this type of system will happen in my country land, Philippines, to prove that our country title still deserve it to us, Pearl of the Orient Seas. But we majority use the authentic architecture of every region in the Philippines as we have different ethnic groups.
I personally don’t think it’s the old buildings but the fact that all the buildings seem to follow a theme and although are different in their own ways, build upon each other’s architecture. Modern cities can do this when their buildings aren’t just glass blocks that look like what a child would design. And yes it is harder and perhaps less efficient in the short term to actually design than to make every single building similar but also unique, but if you wanna build a box then you shouldn’t be allowed to build at all, and if you actually live in a place that’s beautiful you can feel the difference.
I love how TH-cam is answering all the questions that I never asked.
I have question.
@@ArchYeomans what is it?
I Love youtube because the comments
I'm always on the edge between doing something productive or getting answers to questions I never asked
We live in a fantastic time
Ah yes the two areas on Earth: The World and Europe
Yes Europe and earth perfec
It is like we are back in the age before 1600.
What are you trying to say?
Haha without europe America wouldnt exist in that way
@@sevsev4078 that it’s making fun of the thumbnail because it says Europe and the rest of the world???
when the world said "it's skyscraperin' time" and skyscrapered all over the place, I cried. truly one of the moments of all time
Such an emotional moment
I think that that's the wrong question. Insted it should be: "Why there are so many skyscrapers in America?" The answer is zoning laws. In America most space is taken by suburbs and one family houses. In places where that zone ends, high rises and skyscrapers start. There is nothing in between that could serve as cheaper housing or office spaces. If there were then a lot of suburbs areas would be unnesesary because families can live more densly and cheaply without losing comfort and that free space could be used for other buildings. More space means cheaper prices and that means that buildings other than skyscrapers become a viable option.
I live in Sicily, my home town, Palermo , has been “founded” thousands years before Christ. Just imagine how badly a skyscraper would look in the middle of the historic center...
Immagina che schifo i grattacieli a Roma
Io penso che dovremmo integrare anche questa fase dell'urbanizzazione nelle nostre città. Ci vuole gusto nel farlo ed integrare qualcosa non vuol dire farlo diventare predominante né stonato.
Love ur city and whole Sicily 😄👍
A Roma ci potrebbero stare grattacieli in periferia ma nel centro storico sarebbero orribili
Concordo con tutti voi
Europe - 218 skyscrapers
New York City - 274 skyscrapers
dubai?
@@survun2440 I'd say more than 3
@@survun2440 about 108 skyscrapers
is kabah in mecca the first skyscraper?
Sur Van Dubai doesn’t have as many skyscrapers as New York City.
Title: Why Europe has no skyscrapers?
Me: Have you never visited London, Barcelona, Paris, Istanbul, etc?
I'm European but gotta say, I never thought about that. It was just normal for me to look up only for churches or some random and rare buildings in Berlin, London or any other city I visited. This blew my mind lol
Europeans: Not everything has to be the big, culture and environment is more important.
Americans: *confused screaming*
soo true
What is the big
"culture and environment is more important." Culture and environment don't put a roof on peoples head. The old model of cities is quickly becoming unsustainable, particularly with the population growing so fast, we need to start building higher.
@@vee1766 european population in a lot of countries is either stagnating or lowering so there is little to no need of new homes
Marius Tychon where did you hear that?
That’s because we like the sky and don’t want to get it all scraped up
Well said bruder
Badum tssss
Was that a pun??
I never been to skyscraper city. I wonder how it feels like.
Fantasticly logical!
I always loved the way it is cause I feel it’s a bridge between the new and old world style of architecture.
I like Europe preserving their heritage. It's also nice looking up at an unobstructed view of the sky.
when you have 2000 years old buildings you can't drop a concrete tower anywhere without ruining the landscape
true. I was in Milan recently and they don't have a massive amount of tall buildings, but there's that one incredibly ugly concrete tower thingy near the cathedral (it's not even that tall) and I just looked at it for half an hour, thinking of how much better the city would look without it.
@NOOKEY69 Hard!! "Maybe". Weren't you taught history at school?
@NOOKEY69 Hard!! The most famous building in Greece is more than 2.000 years old.
@NOOKEY69 Hard!! Theatrum Marcelli in Rome is still there after 2033 years, just to name one
Well...that escalated quickly.
"Everyone deserves the sun." said by a European friend when I asked him this question. :)
not alot of sun if you live up north lol
@@S444nndd Good for u that u find this funny. Good luck.
@@katet7313 is that sarcasm?
@@S444nndd I was thinking about what you wrote. I supposed »up north«, the light is at a more acute angle? Daylight should on average be the same everywhere, so…
@@dueldu70 no I just ment it’s more rainy and cloudy
We used to build towers in the middle ages competing for the tallest one to show off the power or the wealth of each family/corporation/institution, but we've largely grown out of it during the Renaissance
Thats why europe is better
I like seeing modern skyscrapers in US cities, however I also love seeing the amazing historic architecture in European cities. I've lived in the US most my life, and getting to spend a few years in Germany, and traveling through other EU countries, these "old" cities can absolutely take your breath away. I certainly hope that this won't change just because more people want to live there.
Tbh I have a secret admiration for US architecture
People like to say the skyscraper is ugly, but when it first hit NYC, and Chicago, the facades of buildings like the Woolworth Building, Knickerbocker hotel, and the plaza hotel, adorned the skyline (and the prior examples still exist), yet many more were torn down rather beautiful buildings like Hotel Astor and the Singer Building, 1910 NYC photos are gorgeous, when skyscrapers were first introduced, they looked like magnificent monuments.
It's just regulations and market values, as well as challenges of restarting mass facade crafting with stone, plaster, brick, and marble are expensive, and large ballrooms, 2-3 story high ceilings, take up a lot of market space if not given tax exemptions, rather than cities looking at, and us plebs wanting more services, and not wanting to pay too much for them, so maximum efficiency is the norm, rather than beautiful, intricate, enriching textures, colors, and architectural symbolism that are now relegated to the rich.
@Raffel greener look up the plaza hotel, when it was first introduced, by disposable income it was the modern equivalent of $60 a night to stay in the hotel, even with it’s ornate interior and exterior
@Raffel greener there ain’t no such thing as stolen land if so we should all be in Ethiopia
@Raffel greener They stole what someone else stole also what do you think the natives would’ve done to the Europeans if they came over to Europe?
I like how in big European cities skyscrapers have their own district in a far-away corner. I love the older architecture of Europe. Keep it up Europe. You're doing great! Greetings from Colombia.
Drmcx hi Columbia ☺️☺️☺️☺️
Buena Colombianito!
Here in Frankfurt the skyscrapers occupy large parts of the centre, but I like it.
Drmcx I hate communism that built commie blocks in my Belgrade, they are atrocius...
i too love european style, dutch especialy.
La Défense... Paris business district.
Colo... what? Oh, you mean Colombia, the Cocain and drug country. Big crime, not safe there.
Live in a Scandinavian city dating back at least 1300 years. We just got our first skyscraper, it had a lot of contention around it during planning and early construction, but due to the unique situation around placement and such it honestly isn't terrible. However I wouldn't want anything like it placed in the city center.
It has been placed on what is basically reclaimed land out in the sea in front of the old city, rather than in the old downtown itself. Everything around it is new and modern, so it doesn't clash with anything nearby. The city itself is also placed in a valley which equalizes the height between the sea level skyscraper and the city behind it, so the skyscraper doesn't noticeably jut above the city skyline and clash with it. It is mainly visible looking out towards the ocean or coming in from the ocean.
After it has been built I have noticed some of the biggest detractors turning around and going "it's actually not bad." I personally never cared either way given the place it was being built, but I would still be against something like it built in the ancient parts of the city itself.
From my residence I have basically full view of the city skyline from the southern side of the valley, can see all of the city and even the ocean from my windows, and honestly the new skyscraper looks much better than the industrial harbor beyond it currently, or the old industrial harbor it replaced.
To me, a Belgian, the most luxurious way of living is in a quiet neighborhood in a spacious enough house with a garden and near the forest and a beautiful walking route while still being less than 5 min away from the downtown of the municipality or any supermarket. Basically, where I live now. Don't like cities, too many people and noise.
*Belgium*.good joke
@@RedRocketthefirst You obviously either haven't ever been in Limburg or just are a typical Flemish kid from an urban neighborhood not knowing how beautiful it is in the Eastern side. ;-)
Me a spanish that lives in a city founded by the fenicians 2800 years ago: idk men, we kinda like history
Good for you ur living in nostalgoa
@@wynignatius9289 the 80's is nostalgia, the ancient times are history, which I understand you may not value if you live somewhere with a lack of it, but like Jose, I live in Naples, italy an ancient greek colony founded before the roman empire, there's more history in 50 square meters here than you will ever see in.your lifetime, and that's how a population keeps their cultural identity
Me, an italian who lives in Rome: Yes.
Phoenicians?
Jose Maria C R. What city?
The answer in one word: history
@@epg96 Because the population has drastically grown in Asia and therefore the space for construction has reduced, while not in Europe. A skyscraper's objective is to maintain a large number of people on a reduced space in a cheap way.
@@epg96 I thought europe was older
@@epg96 I think every continent has the same age. Asia, especially the Middle East was one of the earliest civilizations. (Except Egypt). But Europeans have developed far faster. Have traveled and controlled the world. Asia has a very ancient history thats true, but Europe has nevertheless been the center of the earth since the birth of Rome.
@@-Eisenfaust- For the large majority of human history, Asia has been home to the largest cities, most developed economies and technology. The sphere of influence didn't really start to tilt towards Europe until the age of exploration and European colonization.
Also Elegance
i love how they preserve historical things
great video
I live in a small village in Germany. The church was built in 974 and we had to replace some foundation stones. Each stone was carved from the original source as 1000 years ago and did cost the same as a medium sized car. However, there was a 100% approval from the residents to do it exactly that way.
good! i hope we all learn from it!
That’s wonderful! Glad to see history being preserved well!
You're living my dream 😊 Do you like living in a small village in Germany?
@@rumudinc3057 Yes, I absolutely do. We are part of the district town that has a population of only 20.000 but it has almost everything. Multiple hospitals, education and care facilities, train connections, all roads accompanied by cycle paths, lakes etc..
Also, the unemployment rate is near 0% but, now comes the drawback, the wages are low and the jobs are rather uninteresting for someone with a higher education.
So, I worked abroad most of the time and just came back in 2015 to care for my parents. I took over the house but continued working for a car manufacturer 400 km south in Germany. Thanks to Corona, I work now entirely remote like my team that comes from all parts of Germany as well.
@@marsa74 Wow, it sounds amazing! I would love to live in a rural area in a self-sufficient county. Coronavirus has been awful but I actually enjoyed working from home most of the time. And if i had a cute cottage house and green areas to go on walks or have a picnic, that would be the goal 😄 The only thing I wouldn't like is that Germany doesn't have seaside cities and I'm in love with the sea. But I bet you guys travel a lot 😄
Europe has history and culture (thousands of years now), we don't have to prove anything with skyscrapers...
Europe has good environments and nature. But unluckily people only care of stupid buildings and prefers visiting a big crowded posioned city instead of going to the mountains or the sea
Exactly
We should remain unique
Simon Heat but what about rooftoppers? Dont leav them alone, they vant skyscrapers
Yeah we don't need skyscrapers, our historical dicks are big enough!
Man watching this in 2022 hits very different
Fun fact: the europe picture for the thumbnail is Berlin. The large tower is the Berliner Fernsehturm (Berlin TV Tower) located in Alexanderplatz
Keep those classic buildings Europe, that’s what I love about European cities the most. The history and culture is preserved and gives it a unique look compared to the rest of the world.
awefawef awefawef I’m not even European, I’m American smart one. That’s partially why I enjoy European architecture so much, I see skyscrapers and modern buildings everyday in Houston, Dallas, Seattle, or every other city I go to in the US. When I visited Europe, I loved the cities and architecture because it was something different than what I was used to seeing back home. If all cities in the world looked alike that would take away from classical architecture, enrichment in culture, and history behind every city.
@@ultron-5600 while the buildings are nice, its the lack of highrises that has caused a housing shortage in many of the major cities in europe which in turn results in absurdly expensive apartments that no one can afford.
awefawef awefawef I never said they weren’t efficient DUMBASS, I simply said the buildings have history and culture behind them in Europe. I have nothing against modern buildings I just simply appreciate classical architecture and think each city should keep at least one historical monument/building. That’s not to say that a modern city can’t be unique without classical buildings, a good example of this is Dubai since while they have some of the most impressive modern buildings in the world, the city still has a unique touch to it with its other buildings that were built the more traditional way. Also a lot of Latin American cities have become more modernized but I highly doubt you’d agree that Latin America is better off than Europe.
Alastriana Teregov I agree with the point you made on the housing shortage, but I still believe every city should keep at least one classic building for historical purposes. Also thank you for making your point in a respectful and intellectual manner, instead of choosing to just start your comment with insults, unlike the commenter before you.
Europe don't build skyscraper cause it just a scrap