The Moscow Foreign Ministry (complete with giant Hammer & Sickle motif) Photograph: Mike Bessant
Four differently shaped skyscrapers, against the blue skies in symmetry Photograph: Manfred Schweda
Taken for the interesting shapes formed in this view Photograph: Arthur Boustead
A number of towers under construction in China, covered in Bamboo scaffolding Photograph: Philip Oldfield
Residential towers in Hong Kong, from Victoria Peak. Colours slightly adjusted in this picture Photograph: Ian Mulholland
This photo was taken on a bright November day, just after being on site and looking down at the city below Photograph: Lucy Carruthers
Looking into sky on a lovely spring day in 2009 Photograph: David Bauer
For me, the best tall buildings are most impressive from the inside - and then the expanse of this large Gothic church is hard to beat, with rising pillars seemingly hanging down like lianes Photograph: Mark Hoogslag
It was nothing like this a year ago!
Photograph: Lena Sharpe