SkyscraperPage is a website that focuses exclusively on skyscrapers and other urban developments. SkyscraperPage's main feature is its diagrams. The website is sometimes used by news media as a source of information about skyscrapers.
Diagrams SkyscraperPage diagrams are collections of detailed scale drawings of structures from around the world, including built, under-construction, proposals, fantasy/vision, cancelled and demolished structures. Displayed on a horizontal grid representing one meter per pixel, individuals can view to-scale drawings of buildings side-by-side. What started in 1997 as a small collection of a few dozen simple black-and-white drawings, became a searchable database of over 26,000 drawings of skyscrapers, buildings, and other structures. Users are able to sort buildings by height, by regional location, by year completed or by many other criteria through the site's search function.
The drawings are created by an international volunteer community of illustrators who submit their work to the site. Anyone can submit a drawing to the SkyscraperPage diagrams.
SkyscraperPage diagrams have become a widely known and widely used resource for information on, and renderings of, skyscrapers. It's diagrams have been published in magazines and newspapers from around the world, including , The Boston Globe and Popular Science.
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