Planning for tall buildings Introduction The tall building typology The potential impacts of tall buildings The emergence of planning frameworks for tall buildings Tall buildings in Liverpool : balancing conservation and change in the maritime mercantile city Tall buildings in Manchester : while Liverpool thinks Manchester constructs Tall buildings in Birmingham : the new image of the city Tall buildings in Oslo : the blue the green and city in between Tall buildings in Dublin : property led regeneration within an evolving conservation planning framework Tall buildings in Newcastle Upon Tyne : reconciling the past with the present Tall buildings in Vancouver : celebrating the cult of the view Conclusions