After 1981, with the advance of the economy and improvements in construction technology, architecture gradually broke through the previous height limit of around seven to twelve storeys and stretched up to the skies.
地小人稠是一般人對台灣的印象，民國七十年後，經濟的活絡加上建築技術進步，此地建築物漸漸突破以往約在七至十二層左右的高度，往天空伸展。