High rise buildings have an obvious effect on modern architecture. They raised an argumentation among various segments of society, specialists in forefront of them are architects and planners, in addition to an ordinary people. Administrative bodies and the public opinion involved many times in such matter especially in traditional character cities which have an architectural rootage. According to modern era features, high-rise buildings become a reality that couldn't be ignored worldwide, including developing countries. At the same time, it is not a destiny that couldn't be avoided, where many factors, cultural, social, economic, or technical, collectively or separately, plays a big role in adopting or avoiding such choice. Our research exposes this significant architecture subject, according to the principles and data of modern age, whereas it reviews the most important concepts and principles connected to it. Moreover, some of the most important experiments in this field are addressed through it the pros and cons that surrounded this topic especially in developing countries.