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» Emporis  
An international team maintains this database of tall buildings, navigated by map and list. Also lists construction companies and architects, and supplies news.
http://www.emporis.com/
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» All About Skyscrapers
Explores a wide range of aspects of the skyscraper.
http://www.allaboutskyscrapers.com/
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» All Skyscrapers
Skyscraper and skyline pictures, information and news updates.
http://www.allskyscrapers.com/
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» Building Big
This site explains the construction process of tall buildings and covers facts of a collection of skyscrapers across the world.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/skyscraper/index.html
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» Great Buildings: Skyscrapers
Images, information, and 3D models of a selection of skyscrapers around the world from Great Buildings Online.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/skyscraper.html
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» High Rise Picture Gallery
A photo gallery by Matthew Armling of highrises, skyscrapers and towers in New York, Hongkong and Frankfurt.
http://skyscraperphotos.com
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» How Skyscrapers Work
This illustrated narrative by Tom Harris from HowStuffWorks explains that the main technological advancement that made skyscrapers possible was the development of mass iron and steel production.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/skyscraper.htm
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» How a Skyscraper is Made
Background, history, raw materials, design, and the construction process of skyscrapers, from Thomson Gale's How Products Are Made.
http://www.madehow.com/Volume-6/Skyscraper.html
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» MoMA: Tall Buildings
New York's Museum of Modern Art's permanent tall buildings exhibition presents a focused study of twenty-five tall buildings around the world. [Requires Flash 6 or higher and Acrobat Reader].
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2004/tallbuildings/
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» SkyScrapers.org
High Resolution Illustrations of Skyscrapers all over the World.
http://www.sky-scrapers.org
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» Skylines and Scrapers
Egbert Gramsbergen presents worldwide highrise statistics, using graphs and various ranking methods.
http://homepages.ipact.nl/~egram/skystats.html
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» Skyscraper Page
Dylan presents an illustrated database of the world's tallest buildings. The illustrations drawn to one scale make it easy to compare heights internationally or within a city. Includes dates and architects.
http://skyscraperpage.com
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» Skyscraper Picture Collection
Collection of photographs by Patrick Beckers of cities across the world and their tallest and most distinctive skyscrapers.
http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/
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» Stock.xchng: Skyscrapers
Royalty free stock photography community - images in the skyscrapers category.
http://www.sxc.hu/category/1081
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» Tall Building Teaching and Research Group
A group of international experts in tall buildings web site which features articles, images and field studies from across the world.
http://www.tallbuildingstarg.com
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» The High-Rise Pages
Articles, images and wallpapers of the tallest buildings in the world.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~hnetten
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» The Skyscraper Museum
Private, not-for-profit, educational corporation devoted to the study of highrise buildings. Exhibits and information on the architecture, materials, and physics of highrise construction.
http://www.skyscraper.org/
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» UrbanDB
A comprehensive database of Greater Toronto Area construction and skyscraper development activities.
http://www.urbandb.com
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» Wicked Tall Buildings
Drawings of skyscrapers from across the world. With a personal touch.
http://www.wickedtallbuildings.com/
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» Wikipedia: Skyscraper
A comprehensive article from the collaborative online encyclopedia on the skyscraper's historical development.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper
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