True, but the city needs like ten times the buildings under construction and needs to push for higher quality developments. There are tons of projects that should have already been done; the central park idea over train tracks, putting the Gardiner expressway underground, building a replacement for the Google/Sidewalk Labs "smart city", etc. Plus the city needs to push for more interesting architecture.
However, most apartments look the same. The office buildings aren’t so much impressive nor are there much in development (I believe only 2) most of our skyline are just condos and nothing interested. Also, street life sucks. In terms of being a pedestrian or living there. No life.
Shenzhen is currently building 80 skyscrapers - that's more than any other city in Asia or the world right now, and more than any city has ever built at once, at any moment in history. That's why the many other cities in Asia that people are asking after in this comments section are not featured in the video.
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@@Samuel_J1 London is already a mess and adding another hundreds of ugly towers can destroy this city .London should be more focused on building comfortable and dense mid rise development like Paris has got or Berlin does or Barcelona . Every of this city exceeds 4 milion people in it's urban area (Paris is 11 milion people and Barcelona 5 milion ppl )so every of them is a major city .So london should do that too. Keep it's European character
@@jakubtargosz9597 before the pandemic Melbourne was amazing and well planned. It backs up the towers with nice street level retail and trams/trains everywhere.
@@ChrisJohannsen Agreed - I was there last year, and it really took me by surprise how comfortable and inviting the cbd was thanks to the pretty facades and tons of street-level shops and things to do and see. And then you'd notice just how massive some of the towers are and it feels a bit surreal, haha.
I love your content. But please skip over everything China in the future. You see how many angry Indians are in here demanding Mumbai be named number one. They can have it. We are tired of this hatred against our country that they are spewing everywhere on the internet. We just want to be left alone and rebuild our cities in peace. Thanks.
Yeah, we get it - and its a really nice video. BUT. Theres a common pattern here - you tend to hyperfocus on the Western world in a way that can be seen as favourizing it - or ignoring Asian cities. Calling NYC the greatest skyline etc etc. This is sad because Asian cities, in particular Chinese cities obviously, has so many more, bigger, taller and just as architecturally interesting projects as the Western world.
I am glad Toronto got finally featured. It may not have some of the astonishing heights in Asia, but there is no city in the western world going through the building boom that Toronto is. The number of skyscrapers is fairly impressive but the number of 150m to 200m buildings under construction and proposed is insane. The entertainment district alone has 35 150m+ apartment buildings set to be built in the next 5 years. That alone would be an impressive skyline for most North American cities.
@Nunovia Gottdamnedbizzness "most are empty". Ya not true. And I didn't say they were beautiful but they shape the skyline drastically. Also, I'm also not a big fan of fairly generic glass towers with balconies either but they are the most preferred from the inside. Tons of light and a balcony. But my favorite recent 100m to 200m condo is the Selby near Bloor and Parliament. It's a gorgeous brick building.
True, but the city needs like ten times the buildings under construction and needs to push for higher quality developments. There are tons of projects that should have already been done; the central park idea over train tracks, putting the Gardiner expressway underground, building a replacement for the Google/Sidewalk Labs "smart city", etc. Plus the city needs to push for more interesting architecture.
@@MrEvanDavidson Agreed! Also it's been interesting to see so many hubs (square one, humber village, Vaughan metropolitan) coming up across the city but they need to start having some life other than towers and parking lots. And let's get the transit actually built! But if there's anything I'd really prioritize for the country, it would have a set of cities like Germany (a few major cities that compete and a dozen attractive urban areas) , as opposed to France or UK, where everything is in one main metropolitan. So in that sense, I'm hoping to see more growth in Montreal, Hamilton, Halifax, Winnipeg, etc.
@@globalfoodaction6748 While I agree, technically the Selby is a luxury rental tower. Not a condo. I'm excited for the Mirvish+Gehry Towers. I think they are going to be quite striking.
@@K1ddkanuck interesting, didn't know that. I'm not thinking too much about those towers. Until something's under construction, I'm not taking it too seriously.
@@pineapplesareyummy6352 Sydney's airport is located much closer to the CBD than Melbourne's, thus it is subject to height restrictions due to flight paths. Sydney's growth has also been trending lower than Melbourne's for many years now, and is expected to be overtaken in population some time around 2030.
@@slop123456789 Thanks for the explanation. I had to check the map to see the respective distances of the CBDs to the airports. I have been to both Sydney and Melbourne (I lived in New Zealand for many years) and didn't think there was a big difference, but I now see it's about 10 km in a straight line for Sydney versus 17 km for Melbourne. I guess flight path may play a bigger influence. Anyway, I also didn't realise Melbourne was growing faster and will overtake Sydney in population. That's new to me. I guess Sydney is hemmed in by mountains, whereas Melbourne is on flat land with plenty of space to grow.
@@pineapplesareyummy6352 There's also some cultural differences between the two cities for sure. Sydney's mixture of natural beauty and architectural icons have lead it to place less of an emphasis on the height of the skyline of its principal CBD (other smaller regional CBDs such as North Sydney and Parramatta have begun to soar upwards however). Melbourne's immediate setting is much less inspiring however, so the local government has tended to invest more into developing dynamic urban spaces to attract investment and human capital. As it started to gain international recognition as one of the most liveable cities on earth, this lead to one of the largest construction booms in the country's history.
Driving into Toronto is a whole experience in itself. It's like the shiny gates of high rise buildings welcome you into the city, then *boom* the CN tower reveals itself. After New York I didn't think anything else would phase me, but I must admit that was magical!
Thanks. As a Torontonian, I have seen the skyline change dramatically. The TD Towers dominated for years until the CN Tower arrived, and I remember it being built. Now, the skyline is almost unrecognizable. Thanks for showcasing my home city.
Just clarifying for anyone that could get confused about The One becoming the tallest building in Canada: CN Tower is the tallest structure, but is not technically a building since less than 50% of it's height can be used for habitable floors. CN Tower: 553m The One: 306m First Canadian Place: 297m (current tallest building in Canada) eh
My city, Edmonton, changed forever a couple years ago when two towers over 200 meters were built. The tallest before those was about 140 meters. Edmonton has the tallest building west of Toronto (250 meters), and I still like looking at it everyday.
I think Calgary and Edmonton were the best cities in Canada for skyline growth in the past 20 years other than Vancouver and Toronto. But by the looks of things, Ottawa could be trying to take that crown for 2020 to 2030 decade.
GlobalFoodAction Edmonton’s will continue to change over the next 20 years with the Blatchford Community taking over the city center airport. It’s going to fun watching it change.
thanks for talking about Goiânia, which is one of the only Brazilian cities that has been taking risks in engineering, now I know that it has been getting a little notoriety outside Brazil 👍
@@user-rv9um5xc3r tirei uma captura de tela pra recordar isso, mas enfim, vc não pareceu escroto mano, achei seu comentário bem gentil até, muitos quando corrigem vão na base da grosseiria, como se todos fossem obrigados a falar inglês fluente, vc ensinou ele e com cuidado, isso é ótimo.
@@marciodp1003 Ele começa falando de Balneário Camboriú, dizendo que lá tem mais prédios sendo construídos, mas que assim como NYC, o skyline já é bem busy, então não vai mudar tanto. Erro é ficar falando bosta de graça por aí...
Not entirely. While there is a big concentration of towers in Melbourne's CBD, Sydney, while having a healthy number of towers going up in its CBD and promised, the difference is the number of towers going up in suburban locations around Sydney, something which hasn't really impacted in Melbourne yet, though some are promised. Suburban centres such as Parramatta, Macquarie Park, Chatswood-to-North Sydney, Green Square, Rhodes/Sydney Olympic Park/Wentworth Point and even Liverpool and Penrith among others, have towers of 30 to 70+ storeys already up, on the way and promised. This is not a proSyd-antiMelb post as I love both cities and both are great places to live. I get the only 1 city per continent rule, however.
@@abeille3150 My comment was tongue in cheek, I do love Sydney and I did love our rivalry but now I don't really care about the competition any more TBH, we've both become gridlocked shitholes especially in our outer suburbs.
Brianpe Phipps I kinda get what you are saying but don’t understand it at the same time but hey, I live in Melbourne and I’ve been to Sydney like once (sorry) and it was kinda cool but I don’t remember it much and would love to go again. What my late grandfather did say though was that the roads were kinda complicated and Melbourne was just better but that was his opinion not mine.
@@EBGamez1 The rivalry is (was?) a bit of fun and it was a way for both cities to push each other to do better. It seems to have died off a lot in the last 10 years because both cities have realised having more people and traffic sucks and both cities are in a state of flux where Melbourne has become the main Australian city but Sydney still has the higher population but Melbourne wants that title without the problems it brings. In the end we both realise we're 2 of the best cities in the world to live in (as long as Victoria backs off with the Police State crap we've had for 20 years) and we're lucky to live in either one :)
Tbh, outside of NYC, not a lot of American cities are experiencing a building boom, and even in NYC, a lot of the buildings are low-medium rise buildings that dont really impact the skyline.
Melbourne has an identity issue. It has more culture than Sydney, but if I want Culture I’ll just go to Europe and Melbourne is just a cheap knock off. For all it’s faults, Sydney is just more unique and it’s just a better tourist destination. If I can totally see why one would rather live in Melbourne if Europe isn’t a choice for some reason.
Sloppy Toons agree, Sydney has it own uniqueness that Melbourne doesn’t. The reason people prefer Melbourne over Sydney is due to its lower cost of living and no wonder there are booming high rise residential projects. The New Year Eve fireworks with the iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House view is more unique than the whole of Melbourne
After living in both Melbourne and Sydney, Melbourne is definitely a better place to live. But if you were going to pick one to visit Sydney has way more famous attractions to see, and Melbourne has horrible beaches but is better for shopping, culture, cost of living, ect. Perth is still the GOAT city of Aus tho don't @ me.
also Rise Tower that will be 440 meters tall that is part of the recovery plan of the city in which 32 new mixed use buildings will be constructed. Insignia tower of 320 meters might be built in the following years there is also santa marica city center under construction.
Toronto is going to be such an amazing city in the years to come - so many cool pockets of culture, so many corporate HQs as well as small businesses. Like a smaller NYC
Nice to see a Détroit reference with the GM Renaissance Center. Détroit is going through a massive construction and building rehab boom that we haven't seen in decades.
I think London and Toronto are currently undergoing the greatest change. Not necessarily quantitatively, but visually. Cities like Shenzhen are already crowded with skyscrapers, so the visual impact in those places is limited.
Toronto is beautiful on its own but there are parts of Toronto now that have insane skylines as well like Etobicoke and Mississauga. When seen all together from the west it’s pretty remarkable
I’d be interested to see a mock up of Manchester’s skyline with all the plans in the city centre such as the 25 skyscrapers in Deansgate, the new developments planned at Salford Quays and the Greengate masterplan. When you see the developments mapped out on Google Maps it’s pretty impressive so much is happening.
In Nashville, about two years ago and still now, I’ve seen soooo many cranes building new glass skyscrapers. Most aren’t super tall or anything, but it was indeed crazy to see so many cranes at once.
lol, im from Goiania - Brazil. Feeling amazed to see my city in your video! Ya we already getting more and more skyscraper till 2025. It will be a the most change in view architecture in Goiânia.
My city, Timisoara, will also change its skyline quite a bit. Romania's first building over 150 meters is under construction (UBC 0). It is currently about 40% complete.
Same with Belgrade. There are many projects that will change the city's skyline. I know that those building are not impressive compared to projects mentioned in this video, but their impact on the city is really interesting. Too bad Belgrade is never mentioned in any B1M posts. 😊
The evolution of Seattle's skyline and the current arena, rail, and skyscraper projects underway in Seattle would be a very interesting topic for a future video!
This is the peak period of tall skyscrapers. After this period, in around 10 years, i predict that skyscrapers will be replaced by more useful, shorter buildings.
a lot of these super tall structures, like the shard and the burj khalifa, seem to be full of vacant office space. i wonder how they make profits on some of these buildings, is it mostly tourist revenue funding projects like these?
tomand The burj khalifa wasn’t made for offices..It was made to attract more tourism for Dubai and plus people usually prefer to have offices around burj khalifa not in the burj.
I think you're five years late already. There's only one building taller than 500 meters under construction anywhere, compared to a dozen or so back in 2015. And even that one may not be taller than 500 meters by roof height, as it is a little hard to tell from official information.
While everyone continues to brag about Toronto making it to the list rather then a US city. Am I the only one that thinks it’s cool that 3 pretty huge cities exist so close to each other...(NYC, Chicago, and Toronto)🤷🏼♂️👍🏻
My parents moved to Toronto in 1991. There was the can tower and 6 buildings making up the financial district. In 2010 onwards they say the city is completely unrecognizable to what it once was.
Glad to see Shenzhen! I always think one of the good things of being a Shenzhener is we can gain experience of living in different cities without actually move to other cities, cuz Shenzhen herself will make her own transfromation in a speed that can be clearly felt...
The capital city of Malaysia is also about to change it's skyline with the mega tall skyscraper PNB118, a few super tall skyscrapers and more under constructions. Can't wait too see what the future holds for Kuala Lumpur.
It is insane seeing the development and project proposals in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga alone! I would really enjoy a video from B1M about the transformation of suburbs into dense urban areas with impressive skylines of their own. B1M!! I have a new video idea for you!!!
it was not mentioned with such emphasis in the video, but the boom in Goiânia is quite recent, and in reality there are 9 skyscrapers under construction in the city, but the information for its buildings is difficult to find when not speaking Portuguese. In the coming months, several other skyscrapers will be under construction, as practically every week some tall building is launched in the city.
Well it's like a million times bigger and has the whole Chinese market with lightning and dirt cheap transport to work with. They bout to get insanely rich.
@@AndrewManook Shenzhen is just the core of the pearl River delta economic zone with 22 million people, and 113 million in the province total. HK will still be strong in the financial sector but overall, sz will overshadow.
That very brief glimpse of Philly at 0:21 was pretty neat. I remember working on a construction project in Camden near the Walt and seeing the new Comcast Innovation tower being built back in 2016.
I am onli 15 and I can say that in my short life time London has changed dramatically. 6 years ago when I first visited it was a totally different city from now. Today the skyline is one of a big American metropolis
Man imagine starting a 25 year sentence in Shanghai starting it 1987. You'd get out in 2012 and think you were in a different country, never mind the exact same city.
True, I live in London. Its also been proven that random tall buildings in various neighbourhoods gives the local community a collective feeling of pride that they have their own "landmark" so to speak. The problem with London's approach to tall buildings, however, is that they are reluctant to build anywhere in the outer zones. Most of the clusters are concentrated in central locations.
@@activeone that makes sense. The central areas are the economic hubs. In all cities, the richer and more economically productive areas require skyscrapers.
@@uzairhannure4886 that may be true, but the reason for London's clusters of skyscrapers is not economic, it's due to London have a variety of "protected" views as well as building restrictions imposed by the local councils and residents.
@@activeone I was literally about to comment this! I will just leave a link to Tom Scotts video here, its very interesting for those who are unaware! :) th-cam.com/video/AGXbiSwcqtM/w-d-xo.html
Cory yeah I agree that would be beautiful. I think people just like glass though bc when you are in them you get floor to ceiling windows which looks really cool from the inside.
The construction outlook looks positive for the next five years. This is a great example of how people working together transform our environments. I ♥️ the highlighting of different locations.
Cape Town was also going to get its tallest building going up in the middle of the CBD planned for next year. Not sure what the status is after our economy has taken a helluve knock & our government is riddled with corruption.
I live in Balneario Camboriu, if this channel existed in the 80's or 90's, you would talk a lot about it. The skyline is insane for the size of the city.
@@davidk.5141 Nein . This is just some bricky modern flats . Nothing to look at .There are hundreds of bigger projects in Europe . Especially in Russia , UK or Poland.
@fane babanu Reign of Dubai is almost over. Most of the mega projects in Dubai have been halted, the expat population is eroding and with corona even oil prices saw a huge hit.
@@tubester4567 isn't that crazy?! They come off as a first world great power but they can't provide their citizens with the most basic infrastructure... clean water. There is so much wealth on the coast but once you head inland the farmers who live out there are extremely poor. No electricity or running water poor.
The Toronto skyscraper boom is crazy to see in person. You can't really turn anywhere without seeing a crane
True, but the city needs like ten times the buildings under construction and needs to push for higher quality developments. There are tons of projects that should have already been done; the central park idea over train tracks, putting the Gardiner expressway underground, building a replacement for the Google/Sidewalk Labs "smart city", etc. Plus the city needs to push for more interesting architecture.
@@MrEvanDavidson Better than the super restrictive housing market here in Sweden at least.
the cranes are there to turn the people, like doug ford
MrEvanDavidson completely agree. Toronto born and raised. Yes, seeing this construction boom in person is beautiful
However, most apartments look the same. The office buildings aren’t so much impressive nor are there much in development (I believe only 2) most of our skyline are just condos and nothing interested. Also, street life sucks. In terms of being a pedestrian or living there. No life.
At this point The B1M qualifies as my morning coffee
Haha, thanks! Good morning and have a great day! ☕️
@@TheB1M Shenzhen has more skyscrapers than NYC. They passed them this February. Watch This: th-cam.com/video/smkN8TF70z8/w-d-xo.html
I wish I could have coffee while watching this
Couldn't agree more
I'm always eating dinner when I see their new videos, I'm in Australia.
Shenzhen is currently building 80 skyscrapers - that's more than any other city in Asia or the world right now, and more than any city has ever built at once, at any moment in history. That's why the many other cities in Asia that people are asking after in this comments section are not featured in the video.
I've been there once, Shenzhen is actually a very great place 😊.
Wish Mumbai was there !!
Awesome video! Love your channel. Just one point about pronunciation, Shenzhen is said closest to "Shen-jen".
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Yeah, but how many of these projects are currently mothballed?
Seeing the model visualisations of London and Melbourne really helped me to understand how these cities will look.
They'll be a mess.
@@JudeMarchisio why do you say that?
@@Samuel_J1 London is already a mess and adding another hundreds of ugly towers can destroy this city .London should be more focused on building comfortable and dense mid rise development like Paris has got or Berlin does or Barcelona . Every of this city exceeds 4 milion people in it's urban area (Paris is 11 milion people and Barcelona 5 milion ppl )so every of them is a major city .So london should do that too. Keep it's European character
@@jakubtargosz9597 before the pandemic Melbourne was amazing and well planned. It backs up the towers with nice street level retail and trams/trains everywhere.
@@ChrisJohannsen Agreed - I was there last year, and it really took me by surprise how comfortable and inviting the cbd was thanks to the pretty facades and tons of street-level shops and things to do and see. And then you'd notice just how massive some of the towers are and it feels a bit surreal, haha.
“Has seen these structures rise on every continent”
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@Broken Leg what would you put instead...?
@Broken Leg Exactly. TH-cam comment sections are basically being transformed into reddit with these unoriginal 《jokes》 and memes
Broken Leg no one cares
Broken Leg I don’t care that it’s in that format, I care about your comment, smart a**
Broken Leg ur an idiot you know that right? I’m saying no one cares that it’s in that format, except for you and some other guy. Read for once
The B1M never disappoints.
Thank you so much!! ✊✊
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Not even with the comment responses
@@TheB1M Isn't Mumbai also going to have a Change
Aditya V Singh Off course! But Mumbai has currently 200+ plus more skyscrapers and many are being built. But don’t know It is not included here.
1. Torronto
2. Melbourne
3. Shenzen
4. London
5. Lagos
6. Goiania
Mumbai!
Yeah, but this channel hosts quality content all the way, so we do not need this shortcut.
We watch it through and enjoy it through!
Don't under estimate Lagos.
Bro thanks for the spoilers.... 😒😒😡
Spoiler alert!
Last time i was this early Jeddah tower was still under construction
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Lmao
don't want to sound too offensive but when money comes too easily, it takes great skills to spend it wisely....
Ooh burn
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We chose one city per continent - and when it comes to Asia, Shenzhen wins. Hands down. That's why other Asian cities are not included here.
@@nolig2196 One per continent.
@@theviniso who the hell said him this is not a fair competition... We want country wise only
I love your content. But please skip over everything China in the future. You see how many angry Indians are in here demanding Mumbai be named number one. They can have it. We are tired of this hatred against our country that they are spewing everywhere on the internet. We just want to be left alone and rebuild our cities in peace. Thanks.
@@datawasatreacherousandroid6509 India is in Asia, so China beats it. They can always make a video for India though
Yeah, we get it - and its a really nice video. BUT. Theres a common pattern here - you tend to hyperfocus on the Western world in a way that can be seen as favourizing it - or ignoring Asian cities. Calling NYC the greatest skyline etc etc. This is sad because Asian cities, in particular Chinese cities obviously, has so many more, bigger, taller and just as architecturally interesting projects as the Western world.
I am glad Toronto got finally featured.
It may not have some of the astonishing heights in Asia, but there is no city in the western world going through the building boom that Toronto is. The number of skyscrapers is fairly impressive but the number of 150m to 200m buildings under construction and proposed is insane. The entertainment district alone has 35 150m+ apartment buildings set to be built in the next 5 years. That alone would be an impressive skyline for most North American cities.
@Nunovia Gottdamnedbizzness
"most are empty". Ya not true.
And I didn't say they were beautiful but they shape the skyline drastically.
Also, I'm also not a big fan of fairly generic glass towers with balconies either but they are the most preferred from the inside. Tons of light and a balcony.
But my favorite recent 100m to 200m condo is the Selby near Bloor and Parliament. It's a gorgeous brick building.
True, but the city needs like ten times the buildings under construction and needs to push for higher quality developments. There are tons of projects that should have already been done; the central park idea over train tracks, putting the Gardiner expressway underground, building a replacement for the Google/Sidewalk Labs "smart city", etc. Plus the city needs to push for more interesting architecture.
@@MrEvanDavidson Agreed!
Also it's been interesting to see so many hubs (square one, humber village, Vaughan metropolitan) coming up across the city but they need to start having some life other than towers and parking lots.
And let's get the transit actually built!
But if there's anything I'd really prioritize for the country, it would have a set of cities like Germany (a few major cities that compete and a dozen attractive urban areas) , as opposed to France or UK, where everything is in one main metropolitan. So in that sense, I'm hoping to see more growth in Montreal, Hamilton, Halifax, Winnipeg, etc.
@@globalfoodaction6748 While I agree, technically the Selby is a luxury rental tower. Not a condo. I'm excited for the Mirvish+Gehry Towers. I think they are going to be quite striking.
@@K1ddkanuck interesting, didn't know that.
I'm not thinking too much about those towers. Until something's under construction, I'm not taking it too seriously.
I see Melbourne in the thumbnail, I click
LOL same. I watch almost anything because we are back in lockdown
Ausmac09 I watch it because Australian Skylines aren't talked about much. I am from Sydney.
Lol it Mars planet 😂👌👌👌👌😂😂😂😂.
Same! Ya guys melbournians??
@@okokok1178 Yup!
Skyscrapers: *exist*
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Melbourne is appearing more and more often in your videos now, love it
Same!!!!! I can’t wait to get a video about the Green Spine under construction!!!
I assume you are Australian? Any ideas why Melbourne is pulling ahead of Sydney so much in skyscraper construction?
@@pineapplesareyummy6352 Sydney's airport is located much closer to the CBD than Melbourne's, thus it is subject to height restrictions due to flight paths. Sydney's growth has also been trending lower than Melbourne's for many years now, and is expected to be overtaken in population some time around 2030.
@@slop123456789 Thanks for the explanation. I had to check the map to see the respective distances of the CBDs to the airports. I have been to both Sydney and Melbourne (I lived in New Zealand for many years) and didn't think there was a big difference, but I now see it's about 10 km in a straight line for Sydney versus 17 km for Melbourne. I guess flight path may play a bigger influence. Anyway, I also didn't realise Melbourne was growing faster and will overtake Sydney in population. That's new to me. I guess Sydney is hemmed in by mountains, whereas Melbourne is on flat land with plenty of space to grow.
@@pineapplesareyummy6352 There's also some cultural differences between the two cities for sure. Sydney's mixture of natural beauty and architectural icons have lead it to place less of an emphasis on the height of the skyline of its principal CBD (other smaller regional CBDs such as North Sydney and Parramatta have begun to soar upwards however). Melbourne's immediate setting is much less inspiring however, so the local government has tended to invest more into developing dynamic urban spaces to attract investment and human capital. As it started to gain international recognition as one of the most liveable cities on earth, this lead to one of the largest construction booms in the country's history.
Driving into Toronto is a whole experience in itself. It's like the shiny gates of high rise buildings welcome you into the city, then *boom* the CN tower reveals itself. After New York I didn't think anything else would phase me, but I must admit that was magical!
Thanks. As a Torontonian, I have seen the skyline change dramatically. The TD Towers dominated for years until the CN Tower arrived, and I remember it being built. Now, the skyline is almost unrecognizable. Thanks for showcasing my home city.
As a Melbournian, it’s so exciting to see the city change. Melbourne looks to the future more often then most Aussie cities. Proud.
Yeah it looks like its set to steal the international spotlight from Sydney!
Just clarifying for anyone that could get confused about The One becoming the tallest building in Canada:
CN Tower is the tallest structure, but is not technically a building since less than 50% of it's height can be used for habitable floors.
CN Tower: 553m
The One: 306m
First Canadian Place: 297m (current tallest building in Canada)
eh
That's including the masts on top, 298m to the roof
My city, Edmonton, changed forever a couple years ago when two towers over 200 meters were built. The tallest before those was about 140 meters. Edmonton has the tallest building west of Toronto (250 meters), and I still like looking at it everyday.
It’s cool seeing other Canadian cities expand. I wish they did the same to Vancouver but due to height restrictions nothing impressive is being built.
Edmonton has some of the best skyline vistas in Canada imo.
I’m not from Edmonton but I do go on roadtrips there often and I have to agree with you! definitely one of the best skylines in Canada!
I think Calgary and Edmonton were the best cities in Canada for skyline growth in the past 20 years other than Vancouver and Toronto.
But by the looks of things, Ottawa could be trying to take that crown for 2020 to 2030 decade.
GlobalFoodAction Edmonton’s will continue to change over the next 20 years with the Blatchford Community taking over the city center airport. It’s going to fun watching it change.
thanks for talking about Goiânia, which is one of the only Brazilian cities that has been taking risks in engineering, now I know that it has been getting a little notoriety outside Brazil 👍
@@user-rv9um5xc3r tirei uma captura de tela pra recordar isso, mas enfim, vc não pareceu escroto mano, achei seu comentário bem gentil até, muitos quando corrigem vão na base da grosseiria, como se todos fossem obrigados a falar inglês fluente, vc ensinou ele e com cuidado, isso é ótimo.
@@andersonluna7551 Valeu 👊
👉 Alguém percebeu que ele disse Goiânia, porém mostrou as torres gêmeas que são de balneário Camboriú??? Erro heinn!!!!
@@marciodp1003 Ele começa falando de Balneário Camboriú, dizendo que lá tem mais prédios sendo construídos, mas que assim como NYC, o skyline já é bem busy, então não vai mudar tanto.
Erro é ficar falando bosta de graça por aí...
@@marciodp1003 Seu inglês deve ser ótimo né...
Yes! Also exciting to see the lack of plain glass prisms.
Yeah great point I just realized that!
Toronto is amazing
@Babz 007 Come move here then : ) Always happy to have more people
@@MrEvanDavidson yep
It looks beautiful, I would love to visit! What are the best months to visit Toronto?
@@dustin628 In spring and summer if you don’t like cold weather lol
Dustin The fall and spring are the best times because it gets really hot in the summer
Hooray! Toronto! Canada's on the MAP!
Glad Toronto finally got the recognition it deserves, it's not often we see it in these videos for what it is
Agreed!!
It was nice to see Toronto here instead of another US city. It was even better to see Melbourne continue to steal Sydney's limelight again :)
Not entirely. While there is a big concentration of towers in Melbourne's CBD, Sydney, while having a healthy number of towers going up in its CBD and promised, the difference is the number of towers going up in suburban locations around Sydney, something which hasn't really impacted in Melbourne yet, though some are promised. Suburban centres such as Parramatta, Macquarie Park, Chatswood-to-North Sydney, Green Square, Rhodes/Sydney Olympic Park/Wentworth Point and even Liverpool and Penrith among others, have towers of 30 to 70+ storeys already up, on the way and promised. This is not a proSyd-antiMelb post as I love both cities and both are great places to live. I get the only 1 city per continent rule, however.
@@abeille3150 My comment was tongue in cheek, I do love Sydney and I did love our rivalry but now I don't really care about the competition any more TBH, we've both become gridlocked shitholes especially in our outer suburbs.
Brianpe Phipps I kinda get what you are saying but don’t understand it at the same time but hey, I live in Melbourne and I’ve been to Sydney like once (sorry) and it was kinda cool but I don’t remember it much and would love to go again. What my late grandfather did say though was that the roads were kinda complicated and Melbourne was just better but that was his opinion not mine.
@@EBGamez1 The rivalry is (was?) a bit of fun and it was a way for both cities to push each other to do better. It seems to have died off a lot in the last 10 years because both cities have realised having more people and traffic sucks and both cities are in a state of flux where Melbourne has become the main Australian city but Sydney still has the higher population but Melbourne wants that title without the problems it brings.
In the end we both realise we're 2 of the best cities in the world to live in (as long as Victoria backs off with the Police State crap we've had for 20 years) and we're lucky to live in either one :)
Tbh, outside of NYC, not a lot of American cities are experiencing a building boom, and even in NYC, a lot of the buildings are low-medium rise buildings that dont really impact the skyline.
London mixes old and new architecture perfectly!
I was there before the world shut down and i can agree.
Definitely think Melbourne is the NYC of Australia
But Sydney still #1 don’t @ me
Melbourne has an identity issue. It has more culture than Sydney, but if I want Culture I’ll just go to Europe and Melbourne is just a cheap knock off. For all it’s faults, Sydney is just more unique and it’s just a better tourist destination. If I can totally see why one would rather live in Melbourne if Europe isn’t a choice for some reason.
Probably would live in Melbourne rather than Sydney
Sloppy Toons agree, Sydney has it own uniqueness that Melbourne doesn’t. The reason people prefer Melbourne over Sydney is due to its lower cost of living and no wonder there are booming high rise residential projects. The New Year Eve fireworks with the iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House view is more unique than the whole of Melbourne
After living in both Melbourne and Sydney, Melbourne is definitely a better place to live. But if you were going to pick one to visit Sydney has way more famous attractions to see, and Melbourne has horrible beaches but is better for shopping, culture, cost of living, ect. Perth is still the GOAT city of Aus tho don't @ me.
I was born in Toronto and lived in Melbourne for a while. Both beautiful places
There’s also two big projects rising in Monterrey,Mexico...
Armida and Diego Rivera District.
They will transform entirely the skyline of this city.
also Rise Tower that will be 440 meters tall that is part of the recovery plan of the city in which 32 new mixed use buildings will be constructed. Insignia tower of 320 meters might be built in the following years there is also santa marica city center under construction.
Toronto is going to be such an amazing city in the years to come - so many cool pockets of culture, so many corporate HQs as well as small businesses. Like a smaller NYC
curmudgeonaf why
Nice to see a Détroit reference with the GM Renaissance Center. Détroit is going through a massive construction and building rehab boom that we haven't seen in decades.
I lived for a couple of months in Toronto in 2009 and I was already in love with the city now it looks even more beautiful.
cant wait!
Toronto in the 2020's
I think London and Toronto are currently undergoing the greatest change. Not necessarily quantitatively, but visually. Cities like Shenzhen are already crowded with skyscrapers, so the visual impact in those places is limited.
Toronto is beautiful on its own but there are parts of Toronto now that have insane skylines as well like Etobicoke and Mississauga.
When seen all together from the west it’s pretty remarkable
Quality content as usual.
Also could you do a video on the most impressive skyscraper clusters in the world, like canary warf for example
Watching Melbourne's skyline grow is truly amazing! I'm so grateful that the B1M actually promote what a great city I live in!
It really is!
I’d be interested to see a mock up of Manchester’s skyline with all the plans in the city centre such as the 25 skyscrapers in Deansgate, the new developments planned at Salford Quays and the Greengate masterplan. When you see the developments mapped out on Google Maps it’s pretty impressive so much is happening.
If anyone is interested, you can see the development map here: www.urbinfomanc.com/manchester-development-map
In Nashville, about two years ago and still now, I’ve seen soooo many cranes building new glass skyscrapers. Most aren’t super tall or anything, but it was indeed crazy to see so many cranes at once.
I'm always proud to say I'm from Toronto.
lol, im from Goiania - Brazil. Feeling amazed to see my city in your video! Ya we already getting more and more skyscraper till 2025. It will be a the most change in view architecture in Goiânia.
This channel is teaching me more information and faster than school
not gonna lie ^_________^
this is a more niche subject compared to broader subjects in school.
My city, Timisoara, will also change its skyline quite a bit. Romania's first building over 150 meters is under construction (UBC 0). It is currently about 40% complete.
Same with Belgrade. There are many projects that will change the city's skyline. I know that those building are not impressive compared to projects mentioned in this video, but their impact on the city is really interesting. Too bad Belgrade is never mentioned in any B1M posts. 😊
I loved the view from Belgrade's Fortress last time I was there. I can only imagine it with some tall buildings. 😀
@@Adrian_Zgripcea If you are interested, google Belgrade tower, Belgrade Waterfront, West 65 tower, Skyline Belgrade, Ušće Tower 2 😊
I went to elementary school with an Adrian from Timisoara. Different last name though.
The evolution of Seattle's skyline and the current arena, rail, and skyscraper projects underway in Seattle would be a very interesting topic for a future video!
I am happy for Toronto. Beautiful city. Glad it is growing.
This is the peak period of tall skyscrapers. After this period, in around 10 years, i predict that skyscrapers will be replaced by more useful, shorter buildings.
a lot of these super tall structures, like the shard and the burj khalifa, seem to be full of vacant office space. i wonder how they make profits on some of these buildings, is it mostly tourist revenue funding projects like these?
tomand The burj khalifa wasn’t made for offices..It was made to attract more tourism for Dubai and plus people usually prefer to have offices around burj khalifa not in the burj.
I think you're five years late already. There's only one building taller than 500 meters under construction anywhere, compared to a dozen or so back in 2015. And even that one may not be taller than 500 meters by roof height, as it is a little hard to tell from official information.
While everyone continues to brag about Toronto making it to the list rather then a US city.
Am I the only one that thinks it’s cool that 3 pretty huge cities exist so close to each other...(NYC, Chicago, and Toronto)🤷🏼♂️👍🏻
Finally, Toronto in the thumbnail AND in the video itself!
That's Melbourne in the thumbnail
The Flying Grecko that’s Melbourne in the thumbnail, doof. You have insulted us Melbournians and you will pay for this you little ignorant.
The Flying Grecko nah jk you’re cool.
Oh yeah! More hyper real renders!
Haha, you're welcome!
Sounds like I may need to consider a move to Toronto
My parents moved to Toronto in 1991. There was the can tower and 6 buildings making up the financial district. In 2010 onwards they say the city is completely unrecognizable to what it once was.
Glad to see Shenzhen! I always think one of the good things of being a Shenzhener is we can gain experience of living in different cities without actually move to other cities, cuz Shenzhen herself will make her own transfromation in a speed that can be clearly felt...
from Shenzhen, this is the best channel for introducing Chinese cities, thank you very much.
thank you for correctly pronouncing Melbourne
Great content! Thank you once again I’m always very early to these videos! 👍
The capital city of Malaysia is also about to change it's skyline with the mega tall skyscraper PNB118, a few super tall skyscrapers and more under constructions. Can't wait too see what the future holds for Kuala Lumpur.
@Nischay Miglani Yeah, Shenzhen is also a really modern and fast growing city too. Can't also wait too see what Shenzhen can shows to the world!
@Demon king I can't deny that China is a fast-growing country!
It is insane seeing the development and project proposals in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga alone! I would really enjoy a video from B1M about the transformation of suburbs into dense urban areas with impressive skylines of their own.
B1M!! I have a new video idea for you!!!
it was not mentioned with such emphasis in the video, but the boom in Goiânia is quite recent, and in reality there are 9 skyscrapers under construction in the city, but the information for its buildings is difficult to find when not speaking Portuguese. In the coming months, several other skyscrapers will be under construction, as practically every week some tall building is launched in the city.
I love skyscrapers just as much as traditional buildings. I love how most cities incorporate skyscrapers into their cityscapes.
There's no doubt that Shenzhen will overshadow the nearby Hong Kong in years to come.
Well it's like a million times bigger and has the whole Chinese market with lightning and dirt cheap transport to work with. They bout to get insanely rich.
@@kugelblitzingularity304 Shenzhen has 11 million people, HK has 7 million, it isn't that much bigger.
@@AndrewManook Shenzhen is just the core of the pearl River delta economic zone with 22 million people, and 113 million in the province total. HK will still be strong in the financial sector but overall, sz will overshadow.
Ya, Carrie Lam and Uncle Xi kinda saw to that, huh...
aren't they going to be joined into a supercity (unless HK doesnt implode by then lol)
Austin has a massive skyscraper skyline change that is super underrated
I like tall buildings, there nice
Good
That very brief glimpse of Philly at 0:21 was pretty neat. I remember working on a construction project in Camden near the Walt and seeing the new Comcast Innovation tower being built back in 2016.
Shanghai kinda amazed me at how quickly that went. From 1987 to 2013 that massive change. That's actually insane.
I am onli 15 and I can say that in my short life time London has changed dramatically. 6 years ago when I first visited it was a totally different city from now. Today the skyline is one of a big American metropolis
The B1M is getting better and better with each passing video. Great work.
Man imagine starting a 25 year sentence in Shanghai starting it 1987. You'd get out in 2012 and think you were in a different country, never mind the exact same city.
Love all the Melbourne content you're posting 🤩
Mumbai really deserved to be in this list you know, there are more than 40 skyscrapers currently under construction in Mumbai
Omfg is one city from each continent and shenzen is building 80
So excited about what the future of Melbourne holds.
I want to visit all these cities in my lifetime.
Toronto!! My city
I prefer London's approach to skyscrapers, having smaller clusters of them spread out across the city.
True, I live in London.
Its also been proven that random tall buildings in various neighbourhoods gives the local community a collective feeling of pride that they have their own "landmark" so to speak. The problem with London's approach to tall buildings, however, is that they are reluctant to build anywhere in the outer zones. Most of the clusters are concentrated in central locations.
@@activeone that makes sense. The central areas are the economic hubs. In all cities, the richer and more economically productive areas require skyscrapers.
@@uzairhannure4886 that may be true, but the reason for London's clusters of skyscrapers is not economic, it's due to London have a variety of "protected" views as well as building restrictions imposed by the local councils and residents.
@@activeone I was literally about to comment this! I will just leave a link to Tom Scotts video here, its very interesting for those who are unaware! :) th-cam.com/video/AGXbiSwcqtM/w-d-xo.html
@@toamastar I personally think sightlines as well as the green belt should be thrown away.
I'd really like to see a resurgence in Neo-Gothic and Art Deco to modern skylines.
We really do need more beauty in high-rise buildings and not more glass blocks with fake trees around them.
Cory yeah I agree that would be beautiful. I think people just like glass though bc when you are in them you get floor to ceiling windows which looks really cool from the inside.
Two of the most important inventions that started the rise of skyscrapers: steel and elevators.
Its crazy how human creations changes the world 🌎 awesome vid 👌
The construction outlook looks positive for the next five years. This is a great example of how people working together transform our environments. I ♥️ the highlighting of different locations.
Do a video on South Africa, they have some pretty good stuff going on there.
Yo ma boi
Sandton right
Durban point right
Hopefully Nigeria can replicate what you guys are doing lol
You should teach us 😂
Cape Town was also going to get its tallest building going up in the middle of the CBD planned for next year. Not sure what the status is after our economy has taken a helluve knock & our government is riddled with corruption.
@@NikiBechusWTF I'm looking more forward to durban point and acsiopolis in sandton... Since durban point is government it can be a issue
Niki Bechus oooo who’s designing/building it?
As a urban city enthusiast, This channel is the best
I live in Balneario Camboriu, if this channel existed in the 80's or 90's, you would talk a lot about it. The skyline is insane for the size of the city.
Wow I'm from Goiânia and can't tell how surprised I got when it appeared on the map
The Shanghai transformation is mind blowing.
Love hearing about smaller cities like Goiania! Would like to see more interesting architecture from similar developing cities around the world
Toronto actually has more skyscrapers under construction and more residential buildings being built
Can you make a video about the Hafencity in Hamburg, Germany?
Warum?
@@kaifriedrich1763 Es ist das größte innerstädtische Entwicklungsprojekt in Europa.
@@davidk.5141 Nein . This is just some bricky modern flats . Nothing to look at .There are hundreds of bigger projects in Europe . Especially in Russia , UK or Poland.
Because of this channel I have become in love with skyscrapers, architecture and buildings😍
I've always found this channel interesting
I hope you guys can talk about Austin's skyline transformation in the near future
As long as China is there no other outside city would qualify in Asia.
@fane babanu Reign of Dubai is almost over. Most of the mega projects in Dubai have been halted, the expat population is eroding and with corona even oil prices saw a huge hit.
In most of China the drinking water is not safe.
@@tubester4567 that's why you boil it
@@tubester4567 isn't that crazy?! They come off as a first world great power but they can't provide their citizens with the most basic infrastructure... clean water. There is so much wealth on the coast but once you head inland the farmers who live out there are extremely poor. No electricity or running water poor.
@@tubester4567 Not true anymore.
Appreciate you featuring South America and Africa!
Thanks for the upload. Saw that quick shot of Detroit. Sadly there isn't a lot going on around here but would love to see one on Detroit.
Daniel McMullen Are you serious?
I love when you show the evolution of skylines around the world over the decades, so cool!
4:17
London hype! B1M staying true to its roots
Bro.. the Melbourne development looks soo good actually! 2:57
As someone from Goiânia, it was quite unexpected and shocking to see it make this list! 😁
I am from Brazil!! Goiânia!! Good video. Thanks!!
Another fantastic video 👏🏻
Thank you so much!!
Do a part 2. This video is what I need on a Wednesday
Nice video! Im form Belgrade first two skyscrapers over 150 are under construction not much but we are getting there ahha (: