High points in history

Both "representative of spatial economy and a symbol of power", skyscrapers have dominated skylines around the world for more than a century. ArchDaily has picked 17 of the most significant and influential and told their stories.

As a building typology initiated and popular in US cities, it's perhaps unsurprising that most of those selected are American - but it might have been nice to have had more examples from Latin America and the Middle and Far East.