Dr. Mostafa Behzadfar Armanshahr Architecture & Urban Development 2008-5079 18 52 2025 11 22 Examining the Impacts of Tall Buildings on the Urban Landscape from the Perspective of Experts Examining the Impacts of Tall Buildings on the Urban Landscape from the Perspective of Experts 57 77 232556 10.22034/aaud.2025.497296.2939 FA Pooria SaadatiVaghar Assistant Professor of Architecture, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Malayer University, Malayer, Iran (Corresponding Author). 0000-0002-2606-8244 Mehrdad KarimiMoshaver Professor of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran. Esmaeil Zarghami Professor of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran. Abdolhamid Ghanbaran Associate Professor of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran. Journal Article 2025 03 13 Tall buildings with diverse forms are an inseparable component of contemporary urban life and influence citizens' moods, psychology, and visual perception of urban landscapes in various ways. In recent decades, this issue has received less attention. In contemporary cities, we are witnessing the excessive issuance of permits for high-rise construction along low-capacity, constrained urban streets. The present study focuses on the psychological impacts of tall buildings on citizens who encounter them daily in urban settings and are involuntarily affected by them. In the study's evaluation, the Perceived Restorativeness Scale (PRS) was first localized, and this localized version was used in subsequent stages of the research. Next, using the expert-oriented Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) decision-making method and the goal of psychological restoration, the importance levels of architectural and vegetative variables that form the landscape of tall buildings were ranked. The present study found that the stepped-like form of tall buildings resulted in the highest level of psychological restoration, while the pyramidal form produced the lowest. Analysis of the effect of vegetation cover on psychological restoration indicated that horizontal vegetation cover was the most effective, whereas vertical vegetation cover was the least effective. In addition, vegetation distribution in the middle and upper parts of the building (compared to the lower part) had a more significant impact on psychological restoration; however, in the vertical distribution of vegetation, placement at the center resulted in greater restoration. Tall buildings with diverse forms are an inseparable component of contemporary urban life and influence citizens' moods, psychology, and visual perception of urban landscapes in various ways. In recent decades, this issue has received less attention. In contemporary cities, we are witnessing the excessive issuance of permits for high-rise construction along low-capacity, constrained urban streets. The present study focuses on the psychological impacts of tall buildings on citizens who encounter them daily in urban settings and are involuntarily affected by them. In the study's evaluation, the Perceived Restorativeness Scale (PRS) was first localized, and this localized version was used in subsequent stages of the research. Next, using the expert-oriented Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) decision-making method and the goal of psychological restoration, the importance levels of architectural and vegetative variables that form the landscape of tall buildings were ranked. The present study found that the stepped-like form of tall buildings resulted in the highest level of psychological restoration, while the pyramidal form produced the lowest. Analysis of the effect of vegetation cover on psychological restoration indicated that horizontal vegetation cover was the most effective, whereas vertical vegetation cover was the least effective. In addition, vegetation distribution in the middle and upper parts of the building (compared to the lower part) had a more significant impact on psychological restoration; however, in the vertical distribution of vegetation, placement at the center resulted in greater restoration. https://www.armanshahrjournal.com/article_232556_b8f3466425b1f81720cde44565c523d4.pdf