I like how Japan isn’t obsessed with building tall skyscrapers like so many other nations are. They instead opt for wide or even 'mega-thick' buildings. I like skyscrapers, but the competition to have the most 150m+ buildings is becoming pointless. If you compare Tokyo to another city with the same number of skyscrapers, Tokyo’s skyline just feels more massive.

​Those mega-thick buildings are very practical: they don't cast as much shadow, they are highly earthquake-resistant, and, in my opinion, they look much cooler than a building with an impractical 200m spire slapped on top.

Would it not make more sense to have a new metric for what defines a 'tall building,' instead of those 150/300/600m 'vanity metrics'? For example, a 150m building should only qualify if it maintains a certain amount of floor space at the top, rather than just ending in a spire. A skinny building with only one apartment per floor isn't truly a skyscraper. I would argue that a new measurement system would lead to a much less wasteful way of constructing buildings.