The Database of Skyscrapers
SKYDB is the world’s biggest database of skyscrapers and tall buildings. Its data is historically recognized as “the source” for information on major projects, as most of its information originates from primary sources such as blueprints. The database contains more than 174,000 listed high-rise projects in over 10,000 cities worldwide.
SKYDB has developed international standards for measuring tall building heights and maintains the World’s Top 1000 Skyscrapers list, a huge media archive, and the largest collection of building diagrams.
For reasons of automation and data consistency, SKYDB has implemented uniform data standards which are applied when editing, comparing, and exchanging data.
SKYDB is a joint project supported by many members of Phorio, SkyscraperPage, OSM Buildings, and other platforms.
Kunming is one of more than 10,000 cities in the database.
Quality Matters
The goal of SKYDB is to list all tall buildings of the world over their full life cycle and list verified data for each listed property. Instead of providing a deep editorial context like a news site does, the focus of SKYDB is to provide rich, deep, and structured technical data for every object (our so-called data backbone). For this reason SKYDB collects and maintains as much meta information as possible to ensure the highest accuracy, precision, and completeness of information. SKYDB is committed to making the data it collects universally accessible and useful for anyone.
Driven by Passion
SKYDB is made possible by a thriving community of experts, a few hundred individuals who have been collecting and publishing information about tall buildings on the Internet since 1996. Only people with a track record and passion for buildings can join the team. Many of our editors also work for companies in building-related industries.
Our members visit construction sites and
engage with the building community.