Height chart
Landmark Height Charts
These pages are built around the chart value shown in each visualization. The goal is simple: keep the number readable, keep the silhouette legible, and show both the original chart and the human comparison chart on the same page.
The first batch covers twelve landmarks with different shape profiles, from open-frame monuments to solid mass structures and extremely tall vertical towers.
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How the pages stay consistent
The methodology page explains how chart values are recorded, which image pair appears on each page, and how updates are handled when a source image or chart value changes.
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Height charts
Browse landmark height charts, each with a standalone chart view and a human comparison chart.
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Arc de Triomphe
5,000 cm164'0.5"A broad arch form that reads through opening size as much as top-point height.
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Big Ben Clock Tower
9,600 cm314'11.5"A narrow tower form where the clock face and taper make vertical scale easy to read.
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Burj Khalifa
82,800 cm2716'6.4"A pure vertical rise with a stepped taper that keeps its height legible even at extreme scale.
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CN Tower
55,300 cm1814'3.7"A slim observation tower with a strong central shaft and deck ring, closer to a needle than a massed building.
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Christ the Redeemer
3,800 cm124'8.1"A statue whose outstretched arms change how height feels compared with a narrow tower or arch.
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Cologne Cathedral
15,700 cm515'1.1"A dense twin-spire outline that reads through facade mass as well as height.
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Dubai Frame
15,000 cm492'1.5"An open frame landmark where the void is as important as the top-point height.
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Eiffel Tower
33,000 cm1082'8.1"An open-lattice tower that feels lighter than a solid skyscraper at the same scale.
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Empire State Building
44,300 cm1453'4.9"A stepped skyscraper mass where bulk and setback rhythm shape the read of height.
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Great Pyramid of Giza
14,600 cm479'0"A low-slope stone mass that reads through width and volume rather than a narrow point.
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Leaning Tower of Pisa
5,600 cm183'8.7"A tilted tower where lean changes perceived balance and makes height feel less vertical than the number suggests.
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London Eye
13,500 cm442'11"A wheel-shaped landmark where circular span changes the way users read height on a chart.