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Dedicated to documenting tall buildings, Emporis is the world's largest publicly available database on architectural and building data. News, photographs, renderings, and firm data are collected by over 700 editors for more than 50,000 cities worldwide.
Emporis Building Database. A database of basic information (including photos) on tens of thousands of tall buildings worldwide. Includes a FAQ on tall buildings, lists of the world’s tallest buildings, rankings of city skylines, related statistics, and information on current construction projects.
Hello! I saw that the Emporis database recently was shut down in September. I loved this site as I used it to track high rise construction in my metro area. It’s map and info was great, but now that it’s gone, is there any alternative I can use? Haven’t had much luck.
- Jackie Craven
- The Skyscraper Center. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is a respected international network of architects, engineers, urban planners, real estate developers and other professionals.
- The SkyscraperPage.com. Lots of nifty diagrams make Skyscraperpage.com fun and educational. While covering an enormous amount of material, the site is also friendly and accessible.
- Building Big. From the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), "Building Big" is the companion Website for a TV show by the same title. You won't find a comprehensive database, but the site is chock full of interesting facts and trivia about tall buildings and other large structures.
- The Skyscraper Museum. Yes, it's a real museum. A real place you can go. Located in Lower Manhattan, the Skyscraper Museum offers exhibitions, programs, and publications that explore the art, science, and history of skyscrapers.
- Architectural Top. This is the most common way to measure a building. The architectural top of a building includes any building structure or ornaments, like spires or parapets, but it does not include what the CTBUH considers “functional-technical equipment.”
- Highest Occupiable Floor. To count as the highest occupiable floor, it must be a conditioned space designed for people to legally inhabit it on a regular basis.
- The Tip. The tip of the building is the highest possible point, no matter its material or function. For example, Willis Tower’s architectural top is the roof level at 1,451 feet (442 meters) but its tip measures in at 1,729 feet (527 meters).
- Estimated Architectural. In order to estimate a building’s architectural height, Emporis may calculate the height based on a list of known values. For example, the structure’s approximate height taking into account floor heights of buildings with a similar location and usage.
dbo: abstract. Emporis GmbH was a real estate data mining company that was headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. The company collected data and photographs of buildings worldwide, which were published in an online database from 2000 to September 2022.
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Apr 12, 2024 · Emporis was a real estate data mining company with headquarters in Hamburg, Germany. The company collected data and photographs of buildings worldwide, which were published in an online database from 2000 to September 2022. [2] Contents. History. Emporis Skyscraper Award. See also. References. External links.
