^totally. It does actually have the biggest buildings by average floorpsace in the world,
but they have to keep below a strict 750ft (or much lower) height limit. Thus they have
to spread outward more than up.
Towers such as the Mori have almost as much floorspace as the Sears Tower, but are
a fraction of the height:
Even though theyre so tall, look how blocky, wide and conjoined the major office buildings are-
and with not a single tapering tower or spire due to optimisation of space.
Anywhere else such as NYC or HK and these buildings would be half as wide and twice as tall, with many of them nearing supertall status:
In short if it weren't for the height limits Tokyo would have the tallest skyline I'm sure. Huge demand for
office space (more Global 500 companies than anywhere else) combined with land prices at a premium,
in a very crowded city, and the natural progression would have been to build skyhigh - unless youre in a seismic zone.