Photo © Nick Merrick | Hedrich Blessing
Architecture tells us a lot about economic history, as these charts by Martin Vargic show.
Vargic, a Slovakian artist and designer who runs the blog halcyonmaps.com, created six charts that document the history of the tallest buildings on six continents — Europe, North America, Asia, Africa, South America and Oceania — over the last 5,000 years.