To respond on the idea of Yerevan's tallness CHERCHILL is suggesting to look back to a non of current interest and very old-fashioned subject of the original formation of Moscow's skyline: Stalin's seven skyscrapers.
Although along with the last decade's construction boom Moscow seem to have doubled his height, Stalin's "seven sisters" are still dominating over the city perspectives. If you drive about an hour (in a non-traffic hour) around Moscow's main avenues, ring roads and along the Moscow river you will count tens of amazing perspective views of these buildings, which are perfectly drawn over their surrounding bits of city.
Architecturally their typologies are pretty week in comparison to their origins: the Manhattan skyscrapers, which were connected to the urban fabric in multiple scales, while "seven sisters" seem to be segregated and ignoring their direct neighborhood. But what is still astonishing is the way they integrate to the larger image of the city, its topography, river and horizons.
In 2009 situation of Moscow, they should be compared with the new development of Moscow City. The heights of new skyscrapers are definitely way higher than Stalin's buildings, but what is amazing, is that you will not find one perspective view of this big bunch of towers in the city to be compared with the old ones. The views of Moscow City you can achieve from the top floors of some suburban high-rises or metro railways.
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