Because it’s one of the few things Belgium does that is good: to *not* build a city full of fugly skyscrapers and let the historical skyline be it’s defining characteristic.
Belgians are too humble by nature. A high building would be too braggy. “Doe maar gewoon, da’s al erg genoeg.”
We have a small country you cannot compare this with bigger neighbours.
Look at it small scale.
Because their is no need for it.
But it will happen in Antwerp.
And also the NIMB attitude of people
Because we like to know what the sky looks like instead of looking at scyscrapers
Because of Brussels airport nearby
Vrt broadcast tower is 300m
Because we like to spread out horizontally (lintbebouwing) instead.
This structure in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw is 302 meter tall. It’s on the opposite side of Brussels Airport to have minimal hindrance.
Belgium is not a country, it is one large city.
We rather do lintbebouwing, it’s the same but horizontal
So Denmark is not a part of Europe anymore? Our tallest building is 143m, but it’s very unusual for us to build tall.
Have you been to Budapest? No building can be taller than the Saint Stephens Basilica.
Because we already have the tallest beers
Highest building in Ireland is about 90 meters
Denmark also doesn’t have a +200m building
I don’t think 200m scaffolding is wise.
Ik Antwerp the unwritten rule is that you can’t build anything higher than the cathedral (123 m.). The boerentoren would’ve been a bit higher but the bishop put a stop to that, and now it’s just 75 meters.
I think you are overlooking countries like Denmark and Ireland
LoL. Major country.
Because Belgians generally don’t suffer from (vertical) concrete dickmeasuring contest disease I assume.
I’m from Dublin. I found the skyscrapers very impressive when I first visited Brussels
I’d expect for the same reasons The Netherlands doesn’t build as many high rise buildings, because of the soil. It is just too expensive to build higher, because we must add more stability due to our mushy soil. In NL, we have some taller buildings, but these are prestige projects. Perhaps Belgians aren’t really into that kind of prestige and don’t want to deal with added complexity and costs.
A lot of Central Europe has a ground component problem in this regard. It lacks the stiffness and density required für such tall buildings.
Because almost all Belgians are against it. Almost all Belgians are also against urban sprawl (sacrificing nature). And all Belgians agree that housing prices are out of control. 🤔
For the same reason that Belgium is the only country in Western Europe with a supreme court building that is still under construction.
Do we really need such super-high structures? I feel they are mostly a wank to show off and serve no practical purpose – except maybe in extremely high-density areas like NY Manhattan, where the ground is hyper-expensive. But we don’t have that here.
Practical construction concerns. 22 stories are a limit for concrete pumps. Higher then that, you need extra pumping systems, wich make everything a lot more expensive. Also: real estate/land cost in Brussels/Antwerp is still very cheap in comparison to the big citys in other countries. So there is not enough of a pressure to go higher.
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Because it’s one of the few things Belgium does that is good: to *not* build a city full of fugly skyscrapers and let the historical skyline be it’s defining characteristic.
Belgians are too humble by nature. A high building would be too braggy. “Doe maar gewoon, da’s al erg genoeg.”
We have a small country you cannot compare this with bigger neighbours.
Look at it small scale.
Because their is no need for it.
But it will happen in Antwerp.
And also the NIMB attitude of people
Because we like to know what the sky looks like instead of looking at scyscrapers
Because of Brussels airport nearby
Vrt broadcast tower is 300m
Because we like to spread out horizontally (lintbebouwing) instead.
Mostly bad soil. They would sink.
https://preview.redd.it/rrifntbi2rse1.jpeg?width=859&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3456bc1483f08cc1a78797979c5eb130c23eee20
This structure in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw is 302 meter tall. It’s on the opposite side of Brussels Airport to have minimal hindrance.
Belgium is not a country, it is one large city.
We rather do lintbebouwing, it’s the same but horizontal
So Denmark is not a part of Europe anymore? Our tallest building is 143m, but it’s very unusual for us to build tall.
Have you been to Budapest? No building can be taller than the Saint Stephens Basilica.
Because we already have the tallest beers
Highest building in Ireland is about 90 meters
Denmark also doesn’t have a +200m building
I don’t think 200m scaffolding is wise.
Ik Antwerp the unwritten rule is that you can’t build anything higher than the cathedral (123 m.). The boerentoren would’ve been a bit higher but the bishop put a stop to that, and now it’s just 75 meters.
I think you are overlooking countries like Denmark and Ireland
LoL. Major country.
Because Belgians generally don’t suffer from (vertical) concrete dickmeasuring contest disease I assume.
Beter ne kleine plezante dan ne grote ampetante!
Because skyscrapers dont fit here
Tall buildings = small d
who’s gonna pay for that?
The shard in London is over 300m
Your statement is **FALSE**. The highest building in the Republic of Ireland is [Capital Dock](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Dock) at 79 m—well under 200 m.
I’m from Dublin. I found the skyscrapers very impressive when I first visited Brussels
I’d expect for the same reasons The Netherlands doesn’t build as many high rise buildings, because of the soil. It is just too expensive to build higher, because we must add more stability due to our mushy soil. In NL, we have some taller buildings, but these are prestige projects. Perhaps Belgians aren’t really into that kind of prestige and don’t want to deal with added complexity and costs.
A lot of Central Europe has a ground component problem in this regard. It lacks the stiffness and density required für such tall buildings.
Because almost all Belgians are against it. Almost all Belgians are also against urban sprawl (sacrificing nature). And all Belgians agree that housing prices are out of control. 🤔
For the same reason that Belgium is the only country in Western Europe with a supreme court building that is still under construction.
Do we really need such super-high structures? I feel they are mostly a wank to show off and serve no practical purpose – except maybe in extremely high-density areas like NY Manhattan, where the ground is hyper-expensive. But we don’t have that here.
Practical construction concerns. 22 stories are a limit for concrete pumps. Higher then that, you need extra pumping systems, wich make everything a lot more expensive. Also: real estate/land cost in Brussels/Antwerp is still very cheap in comparison to the big citys in other countries. So there is not enough of a pressure to go higher.
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