The 22 Best Architectural Drone Videos on YouTube

If you can’t wait to get away to the sunny climes of Rio, Dubai or Macao this winter, you can experience them via stunning aerial views thanks to drone videographers (and the internet).

Matt Shaw Matt Shaw

If you can’t wait to get away to the sunny climes of Rio, Dubai or Macau this winter, you can experience them via stunning aerial views thanks to drone videographers (and the internet). These forward-thinking photographers travel the world with their remote-controlled flying cameras and capture the world as only a small helicopter with advanced video skills can.

Drones get a bad rap in the press for their more nefarious talents, such as launching military air strikes in remote places, but they have become more and more common in architecture and urban photography. First-person view, as it is sometimes called, involves cameras mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or radio-controlled aircraft. Perhaps the leader in this art form for architecture is Iwan Baan and his famous aerial shots.

Here are the best drone and flyover videos on YouTube, for your aerial viewing pleasure:

Amsterdam

Venice

Istanbul

London

Château de Versailles / Champs Elysées, Paris, France

Providence, R.I.

Rio de Janeiro

Thailand

New York

Dubai

Macau

Hong Kong

Angkor Wat

New York Public Library

Reykjavik, Iceland

Fire Damage, Mission Bay, San Francisco, Calif.

Fireworks, San Francisco, Calif.

Milan, Italy

Portland, Ore.

Kansas City, Mo.

Pittsburgh, Pa.

New Haven, Conn.

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