Traditional Skyscrapers

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About Traditional Skyscrapers

Welcome!

This is a pool for all kinds of traditional highrises / skyscrapers and their historical roots as seen in many religious or other high buildings around the globe.

The concept of the modern skyscraper is usually associated with the West. Those get their fair share here. But this group is also focused on alternative approaches to skyscrapers and its predecessors found in other cultures.


Group coverage:

- 19th/20th century skyscrapers in traditional / classical styles;
- pagodas;
- gopurams;
- minarets;
- cathedrals;
- certain stupas;
- certain bell-towers;
- certain defense-towers;
- other traditional highrise architecture.


What kind of pictures are preferable:

- with the architecture of the building well-represented;
- with few non-related objects or none at all;
- pictures that signify the building as a highrise / don't belittle it as such;
- also, not only highrises are preferable - it could be a low-rise building with the type of structure that could be used in a high-rise;
- collections / ensembles of traditional highrises are allowed, as well as detail photos;
- interior images of highrise structures;
- historical images / postcards / views of highrises are welcome as well.



Sets (pm an admin to be included):

► none so far.

Galleries (pm an admin to be included):

► Indian Skyscrapers (AlexeiK).
► Romanian Architecture (AlexeiK).

Links:

► Sky Palace (collaborative collection of styles).
► Skyscraper City (discussion forum).

Related groups:

► Traditional architecture
► |...Classic Skyscrapers
► |....................Skyscraper
► Mosques and Minarets
► Temples of South India
► Stupa | Art Deco | Pagodas