SELECTED ASPECTS OF TALL BUILDING VISUAL PERCEPCION – EXAMPLE OF EUROPEAN CITIES

Abstract

The article provides a preliminary analysis of selected factors that influence city visual perception, in particular tall buildings, in the cityscape. The research area includes selected European cities of a diverse urban structures and cityscape types. The cities also represent various strategies for the development of tall buildings. The article discusses tall building observation parameters, perception conditions and urban composition and geometry. It also describes techniques of digital cityscape analysis used by the author in her planning practice.