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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 library now covers twenty-four landmarks with different shape profiles, from open-frame monuments to solid mass structures and extremely tall vertical towers.
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Landmark charts
Landmark 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
9,630 cm315'11.3"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
55,333 cm1815'4.6"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
15,738 cm516'4.1"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
44,320 cm1454'0.8"A stepped skyscraper mass where bulk and setback rhythm shape the read of height.
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Great Pyramid of Giza
14,660 cm480'11.7"A low-slope stone mass that reads through width and volume rather than a narrow point.
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Leaning Tower of Pisa
5,667 cm185'11.1"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.
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Great Sphinx of Giza
2,022 cm66'4.1"A limestone monument that stretches low across the ground.
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Himeji Castle
4,630 cm151'10.8"A castle keep with layered roofs and a broad base that shows both height and ground coverage.
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Notre-Dame de Paris Facade
6,900 cm226'4.5"A Gothic cathedral front with twin towers and a wide frontage.
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Parthenon, Athens
1,372 cm45'0.2"An ancient temple with a low roofline and broad width.
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Saint Basil's Cathedral
6,500 cm213'3.1"A cathedral where the domes and towers spread the front across a wide area.
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Space Needle
18,440 cm604'11.8"A slender observation tower with a narrow shaft and small top deck.
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St. Peter's Basilica
13,657 cm448'0.8"A Renaissance basilica with a broad front and a dome that carries much of the height.
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Statue of Liberty
9,299 cm305'1"A monument where the pedestal adds much of the total height.
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Sydney Opera House
6,500 cm213'3.1"A performing arts center with shell roofs that spread wide over a low base.
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Taipei 101
50,800 cm1666'8"A supertall skyscraper with stepped setbacks that narrow the tower as it rises.
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Washington Monument
16,926 cm555'3.8"An obelisk monument that rises almost straight up with a small taper.
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World Trade Center Twin Towers
41,700 cm1368'1.3"A twin skyscraper pair with matching heights and side-by-side spacing.