One of the latest fashion trends among some architects designing skyscrapers is an unusual sinuous shape that changes intricately to the very top. The first modern curved skyscraper was Turning Torso in Malmö, Sweden. The structure is built in nine segments of five-story pentagons, which are displaced relative to the previous base. The construction of this building was featured on the Discovery Channel TV program "Extreme Engineering". The tower also received some publicity when Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner parachuted from its top on August 18, 2006.
Continuing a series of articles about the most beautiful skyscrapers, let's move on to a story about unusually shaped buildings. After the successful completion of Turning Torso, designers began to propose similar bold structures elsewhere. Many projects have been shelved, others have been approved and built, and several of them are currently in the works. Here we explore some of the most unusual projects skyscrapers all over the world, but first, a few photos of the tower that started it all. You can also visit a separate article dedicated to this skyscraper. 
The Turning Torso project was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and officially opened on August 27, 2005. The tower reaches a height of 190 meters with 54 floors. Includes 147 apartments, entertainment complexes, wine cellar, accompanied by a 24-hour concierge service 365 days a year. Each floor has an unusual pentagonal shape revolving around a vertical core which is supported by an external steel structure. Torso is the tallest skyscraper in Sweden and all Scandinavian countries, and the third tallest residential building in Europe.
2. Infinity Tower, Dubai
The Infinity Tower is 306 meters high and has 76 floors. It is currently under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. When completed, it will be the tallest helical building in the world with a 90-degree twist. The tower was designed by the same architectural team that built the Burj Khalifa and Trump Tower in Chicago. The unusual skyscraper in the form of a spiral will have residential apartments, conference rooms, tennis courts, swimming pools, a modern gymnasium and a resort. 
3. Twisting Avaz Tower
Avaz is a 176 meters high skyscraper within Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. With a twisted façade and interesting design, this is the headquarters of Dnevni Avaz, a Bosnia and Herzegovina media company.
4. Absolute Towers in Canada
Absolute Towers is a residential complex of two skyscrapers in Mississauga, Ontario. One skyscraper reaches 179 meters high, while the other reaches 161 meters. Due to the unusual design of the building, they called the tower "Marilyn Monroe" because of the beautiful shapes.
5. Kuwait Trade Center
The Kuwait Mall, also known as the Al Tijaria Tower, is a magnificent skyscraper at 218 meters tall and is currently the tallest building in Kuwait.
6. Revolution Tower, Panama City
Revolution Tower is an extraordinary complex with a corkscrew-shaped tower for modern offices in Panama City, just a few minutes away from the banking center. The 242-meter reinforced concrete tower has 52 floors and rotates 360 as it rises.
7. Hadid Tower in Milan
The winding tower designed by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) is currently under construction in Milan, Italy. As part of CityLife, Milan's new masterplan, located in the historic district of Fiera, the Hadid Tower (Torre Hadid) will reach 170m in height with 44 floors. The new complex will be connected to the metro station, the Hadid Tower is being built next to the 220-meter-high Arata Isozaki & Associates skyscraper and the 150-meter Daniel Libeskind Tower.
8. Evolution Tower in Moscow
The Evolution Tower is currently under construction as part of the Moscow International Business Center, a modern architectural landmark in Moscow. Each floor will be curved 3 degrees relative to the previous one, for a total of 135 degrees. Construction of the tower began in 2007 and was scheduled for completion in 2013. Since April 2013, work has been underway on the 42nd floor of the building. The tower was designed by architect Tony Kettle.
9. Gehry skyscraper in Hannover
The Gehry Tower is a nine-story building located in Hannover, Germany, built by renowned architect Frank Gehry. Built from stainless steel, the skyscraper is unique in its external façade.
10. Opus in Hong Kong
Opus in Hong Kong is another winding building designed by Frank Gehry. The building consists of 12 residential units including two semi-detached houses with swimming pools, parking, gyms, rainwater treatment for irrigation and charging systems for electric vehicles.
11. Mode Gakuen Spiral Towers
The spiral towers of Mode Gakuen are 170 meters high. 36-storey educational institution located on the busy main street of Nagoya City in Japan. The wing-like shape of the towers, narrow at the top, changes the axis of rotation as it rises and creates an organic curve. The Spiral Towers seem to change shape when viewed from different angles, producing a graceful dynamic impression, highlighting the bold design and structure, showcasing complete consistency.
We will complete our selection with a building that is not quite typical for her, the Dancing House in Prague. This is a rather unusual building, one of the new architectural sights of Prague, which undoubtedly deserves attention.
The most outstanding marvels of engineering in modern architecture!
10. Gherkin, London
The skyscraper Mary-Ex, 30, known by the nickname "Gherkin" (Gherkin), rises in the main financial district of London. The 40-storey building reaches a height of 180 meters. The building uses energy-saving electrification methods that use half as much energy as a building of this size would normally require. The skyscraper houses the headquarters of the reinsurance company Swiss Re.
9. Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong
The most recognizable structure of the world capital of skyscrapers is Hong Kong. Reaching a height of 305 meters, from 1989 to 1992 it was the tallest building in all of Asia. The exterior design elements of the skyscraper resemble bamboo, a symbol of longevity and prosperity. True feng shui practitioners have criticized the skyscraper for its sharp lines. A small observation deck is open on the 43rd floor of the building.
8. Willis Tower, Chicago
108-story skyscraper in Chicago. At the time of its appearance in 1973, it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing the buildings of the World Trade Center in New York. The observation deck on the 103rd floor of the skyscraper is Chicago's most famous landmark. On a clear day, from there you can see not only the whole of Chicago, but also the opposite shore of Lake Michigan. Prior to its renaming in 2009, the skyscraper was called the Sears Tower.
7. Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai
The 101st floor of the Shanghai World Financial Center houses offices, hotels, observation decks and shops. In 2007, the skyscraper reached a height of 492 meters, becoming the tallest building in all of China, including Hong Kong. The most characteristic in its design there is a huge "hole" at the top. Initially, this element was planned to be round, but this caused a number of protests due to the fact that such a design was too similar to the rising sun on the Japanese flag. In the final version, the circle was replaced with a trapezoid, making the skyscraper look like a giant bottle opener, according to many.
6. Taipei 101, Taiwan
The skyscraper, reaching a height of 508 meters, was the tallest building in the world until 2007, when it was overtaken by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The special design of the skyscraper allows it to withstand typhoons and earthquakes, which are not uncommon in Taiwan. The number of floors in the building - 101 - is dedicated to the meeting of the new century, at the beginning of which a skyscraper (100 + 1) was erected.
5. Chrysler Building, New York
Art Deco skyscraper in east Manhattan. Its height is 319 meters; for 11 months, until the construction of the Empire State Building in 1931, it was the tallest building in the world. It is a classic example of Art Deco architecture, considered by many modern architects to be the most beautiful building in all of New York City.
4. Burj Khalifa, Dubai
The highest building on the planet and the main attraction of Dubai rises to an unprecedented height: 818 meters. The lower 37 floors are occupied by the Armani Hotel. Luxury apartments are located from the 45th to the 108th floor, and the uppermost part of the building is reserved for offices. The observation deck, which offers breathtaking views of ultra-modern Dubai, is located on the 124th floor of a skyscraper.
3. Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur
Until 2004, these skyscrapers in the Malaysian capital were the tallest buildings in the world, until they were overtaken by the Taipei 101 skyscraper. Be that as it may, they still remain the tallest twin buildings in the world to this day. Their most famous feature is the "sky bridge" connecting the buildings at the 42nd floor level. It is built in such a way that, if necessary, it can be "pulled" inside buildings to protect against possible hurricanes. The bridge plays an important role in the security system: if an emergency occurs in one of the buildings, people can quickly evacuate to the neighboring tower.
2. Burj Al Arab, Dubai
One of the highest and most luxurious hotels in the world, whose appearance alone evokes associations with luxury and beautiful life. It reaches a height of 321 meters. Located on an artificial island 280 meters from the shore. Not everyone can afford to get into its territory: one night in a hotel costs from 1.5 to 30 thousand dollars!
1. Empire State Building, New York
Although the Empire State Building skyscraper has not been the tallest building in the world for many decades, it is still one of the most recognizable characters New York. For 40 years, he held the world palm in height. It was erected in 1931 during the Great Depression, and for many years most of its offices were empty. Until 1950, the skyscraper did not bring benefits to the owners. The building houses one of the most visited observatories in the world, offering impressive 360-degree views of New York!
Often people have certain associations at the mention of the word "skyscraper" - a tall, glazed rectangular building with stunning views of the city. Most of them really are, but there are exceptions to the rules, which you will learn about in our roundup of the 14 most unusual skyscrapers in the world.
1 Genex Tower in Belgrade, Serbia
Located in third place in the Genex Tower, it resembles a huge gate that welcomes tourists from the west. Appearance The complex is formed by concrete twin towers, united by a restaurant on the highest floors. Initially, the Belgrade giant was supposed to become a new symbol of Serbia, but despite this, it became one of the strangest buildings in Eastern Europe and one of the worst examples of brutalist architecture.
2. Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea
The North Korean skyscraper Ryugyong is considered one of the most controversial buildings in the world. The construction of the 105-storey hotel began in 1987, later it was frozen many times and was finally completed only in 2014. The triangular structure of the raw concrete building has been the subject of constant ridicule from professional architects. The skyscraper is regularly criticized - for example, in 2008 Esquire magazine called the hotel "the ugliest building in the history of mankind."
3. Elephant Tower in Bangkok, Thailand
The construction of the 32-story Bangkok tower, reaching 102 meters in height, was completed in 1997. Three concrete buildings, interconnected on the last 8 floors, are shaped like the silhouette of an elephant. This building was ranked 4th in the list of "20 Most Original Skyscrapers in the World".
4. Robot building in Bangkok, Thailand
The robotic building in Bangkok immediately catches the eye of tourists due to the obvious resemblance to its prototype. The reason for the construction of the building of the Bank of Asia was the desire to draw public attention to the problem of computerization of the banking sector. The author of the project, Sumet Jumsay, drew inspiration from his son's toy robot. The architect sees his skyscraper as a protest against the postmodern architecture that swept the world in the early 1980s.
5. Headquarters of China Central Television CCTV in Beijing, China
The 44-story skyscraper that serves as the headquarters of China Central Television was nicknamed "pants" shortly after it opened in 2009. The building is built in an unusual style and is a ring structure of five horizontal and vertical sections that form an irregular lattice on the facade of the building with an empty center.
6. Torre Velasca Tower in Milan, Italy
The mushroom tower is located in the very center of Milan. Torre Velasca definitely contrasts with the surrounding architecture, despite the fact that this tower was designed in the style of Italian medieval castles. Since its construction in 1954, it has evoked a wide range of emotions among citizens - some admire this building, while others criticize it for being too large for these places.
7. Kingdom Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The mosque tower, made in the shape of a keyhole, is located in the Arab city of Riyadh. It is the tallest building in Saudi Arabia and the second tallest mosque in the world. The Kingdom Tower, also known as the Burj Al Mamlaka, has been named "Most Stylish Skyscraper" by the prestigious Emporis Skyscraper Awards. It is interesting to note that the architects created the keyhole at the top of the building due to local laws prohibiting the construction of large objects above a certain height.
8. Lloyd's building in London, UK
Lloyd's building in London
Lloyd's building in London
Lloyd's building in London
The Llloyd's building, located in the English capital, has become a classic of high-tech architectural style. This unusual complex attracts the attention of passers-by with pipes, cables, elevators, stairs and other engineering elements taken out to the outside. All this was done in order to maximize the internal space.
The Hong Kong office complex Lippo, consisting of two towers (48 and 44 floors), was built in 1988. The author of this skyscraper is the American architect Paul Rudolph. He is the original idea of creating large object of two towers, remotely resembling koalas hugging tree trunks.
10. Wooden skyscraper in Arkhangelsk, Russia
The tallest wooden building in the world, a 13-story "skyscraper" in Arkhangelsk, was built by Russian mobster Nikolai Sutyagin. It seems incredible that he built the house alone for 15 years, adding new floors every year. However, after his next imprisonment, the finally completed house turned out to be unnecessary to anyone and was demolished in 2012.
11. Watts Towers in Los Angeles, USA
Reaching over 30 meters in height, the Watts Towers were erected by the Italian immigrant Simon Rodia in 33 years. A simple Italian, who knew nothing about construction, used piles of scrap metal, plastic, sea shells, empty glass bottles and other garbage to create this masterpiece. Today, the incredible complex is considered one of the symbols of Los Angeles and is listed as a National Historic Monument.
12. Umeda Skyscraper in Osaka, Japan
Nestled in the southern tropics of China, the Vanke Center, designed by American architect Stephen Hall, is considered the world's first "horizontal skyscraper". Built in 2009, the complex is an intricate structure of towers literally lying on its side. The Vanke Center is considered one of the most significant environmentally friendly structures in the history of mankind.The construction of skyscrapers is a kind of competition between architects, and the height of the building plays a very significant role. The largest skyscrapers European continent included in our review. However, it is worth noting that today skyscrapers should not only impress people with their dimensions, but also create a favorable environment for them, which they successfully cope with.
ivansychev February 13, 2017 at 11:42 am
The tallest skyscrapers in the world
- Urbanism
In a previous article, we discussed . Unfortunately, now none of the skyscrapers erected in the country is among the ten tallest buildings in the world. Therefore, until the completion of the construction of the Lakhta Center (hello to the commentators of the previous article), we will talk about skyscrapers in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, China, the USA, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
willis tower
The oldest of the dozens of existing most tall skyscrapers the world was built in 1974 in Chicago. Its height is 442 meters without the spire, with the spire - 527 meters. In the Russian-language Wikipedia, the Willis Tower is ranked 11th, but this is somewhat incorrect: the Lakhta Center, which has already been ranked 8th in the ranking, will be completed in 2018.Just think: in forty years, only nine skyscrapers in the world have surpassed the 108-story Willis Tower in Chicago, and in the United States, only the Freedom Tower, opened in 2014, beat this result.
The skyscraper was designed by the architectural bureau Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, which later erected both the Freedom Tower and the tallest building at the moment, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The building was originally called the Sears Tower, and the Willis name was given in 2009. The foundation of the Willis Tower rests on concrete piles driven into solid rock. The frame consists of nine square "tubes" forming one large square at the base. Each such "pipe" consists of 20 vertical beams and many horizontal ones. All nine "pipes" are welded up to the 50th floor, then seven pipes go up to 66, five remain to the 90th floor, and the remaining two "pipes" rise another 20 floors. What exactly it looks like is clear from a 1971 photograph.
The worker stands on the spire of the tower.
Willis Tower is on the right in this photo, with two spiers.
Zifeng Tower
In Chinese Nanjing, until the middle of the 19th century, there was a Porcelain Pagoda, a Buddhist temple 78 meters high. Travelers described it as one of the wonders of the world. It was replaced by the Zifeng skyscraper.The construction of the 450-meter Zifeng high-rise building was completed in 2009. It is the business center of the city. It houses offices, shops, shopping centers, restaurants and an observatory. In total - 89 floors.
Work on the construction of the tower lasted only four years. In the process, the project was changed: the tower could have a height of 300 meters. For China, where the population density is extremely high, the efficient use of land is essential. The triangular construction site was used to the maximum: the skyscraper has triangular base.
The idea of the architects was to interweave the motifs of Chinese dragons, the Yangtze River and green gardens. The river is the vertical and horizontal seams separating the glass surfaces. These surfaces themselves, according to architectural thought, are a reference to dancing dragons. Vegetation and pools were placed inside the building.
View of the city from the spire on a skyscraper.
petronas towers
In the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, in 1998, skyscrapers were erected called the Petronas Towers. The height of the two 88-storey skyscrapers is 451 meters, including the spire.The skyscraper was built in the "Islamic" style, each building is an eight-pointed star with semicircular ledges for stability. The construction site was changed after geological surveys. Initially, one skyscraper was supposed to stand on limestone, the other on rock, so one of the buildings could sag. The site was moved 60 meters. The foundation of the towers is currently the deepest concrete foundation: the piles are driven 100 meters into the soft ground.
Construction was complicated by an important condition: only domestically produced materials could be used. Especially for the building, they developed durable elastic concrete, reinforced with quartz and comparable in strength to steel. The mass of the skyscraper turned out to be twice that of similar steel buildings.
The bridge between the twin towers is fixed with ball bearings. Rigid fastening is impossible, as the towers sway.
The elevators in the building are two-story models designed by Otis. One cabin stops only on odd floors, the second - on even ones. This allowed to save space inside the skyscrapers.
International Commerce Center
The 118 floors of the Hong Kong International Commerce Center house offices, a hotel and shopping malls. The height of the building is 484 meters. It was originally planned to build a skyscraper with a height of 574 meters, but the project was changed due to a ban on the construction of buildings higher than Mount Victoria.Construction was completed in 2010, but there was no official opening: tenants were already using the building with might and main. From floors 102 to 118, it is the highest above ground hotel operated by the Ritz-Carlton. On the last, 118th floor, there is the highest swimming pool in the world.
The building can withstand earthquakes up to seven points, has fire-protected floors. After the attack on the Twin Towers in New York, the design of the building was finalized so that it could withstand a direct hit by an aircraft.
Due to its silhouette, the skyscraper got the name "opener". The trapezoidal opening at the top was supposed to be spherical, but the Chinese government forced the design to be changed so that the building did not resemble the rising sun on the Japanese flag. Such changes made it possible to reduce the cost and simplify the design. This was the plan for the upper part of the building:
Here is the result:
Taipei 101
Taiwan's capital, Taipei, boasts a skyscraper over half a kilometer tall. Together with the spire, Taipei 101 is 509.2 meters tall and has 101 floors.Taipei 101 for some time was also distinguished by the fastest elevators in the world: they rise at a speed of more than 60 kilometers per hour, or 16.83 meters per second. From the fifth to the eighty-ninth floor, people rise in 39 seconds. Now the new record belongs to the Shanghai Tower.
On the 87th and 88th floors there is a 660-ton steel pendulum ball. This architectural solution was made not only to decorate the interior. The pendulum allows the building to compensate for gusts of wind. A strong, but not rigid steel frame can withstand the strongest earthquakes. These solutions, together with a foundation of piles one and a half meters in diameter, driven 80 meters into the ground, made the building one of the safest in the world. On March 31, 2002, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake destroyed two cranes on the building and killed five people. The tower itself was not damaged. But there is a theory that it was the skyscraper that activated the seismic activity.
Freedom Tower
World Trade Center 1 in Manhattan, New York, overtook its pursuer in the face of Taipei 101 by 32 meters on the spire, although if you count the distance from the ground to the roof, the American Freedom Tower, on the contrary, loses to the Taiwanese tower by 37 meters. The height of the World Trade Center 1 is 541.3 meters along the spire and 417 meters along the roof.The building stands on the site that was occupied by the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, which were destroyed as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The design of WTC1 took into account the experience of the past, and the lower 57 meters are made using concrete instead of the steel structure that has become the standard.
The building officially opened on November 3, 2014. It is occupied by offices, marketplaces, restaurants and the City Television Alliance.
Royal clock tower
In Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in 2012, a complex of high-rise buildings of the Tower of the House was built opposite the entrance to the al-Haram mosque, where the main shrine of Islam, the Kaaba, is located. The tallest building in the complex is the Royal Clock Tower Hotel with a height of 601 meters. It is designed to accommodate up to one hundred thousand pilgrims from the five million people who visit Mecca every year. The Royal Clock Tower is the third tallest building in the world.On the tower at a height of 400 meters there are four dials with a diameter of 43 meters. They are visible from any part of the city. This is the highest altitude clock in the world at the moment.
The length of the spire at the top of the hotel is 45 meters. The spire has 160 loudspeakers for the call to prayer. The 107-ton crescent at the very top of the building has several rooms, one of which is a prayer room.
The tower has 21,000 flashing lights and 2.2 million LEDs.
shanghai tower
The second tallest skyscraper is located in China. This is the Shanghai Tower, a building with a height of 632 meters, adjacent to another skyscraper from the list - the Shanghai World Financial Center. Offices, shopping and entertainment centers, and a hotel were placed on 130 floors.The elevators in the building were developed by Mitsubishi Electric. Their speed is 18 meters per second, or 69 kilometers per hour. At the moment, these are the fastest elevators in the world. There are three such elevators in the building, four more two-story elevators develop a speed of 10 meters per second.
You should not expect a beautiful view from the windows of a skyscraper. The building has double walls and a second shell designed to keep the temperature in.
The tower has a twisted design, which adds stability to fight the wind.
This view shows a spiral trough for collecting rainwater used for heating and air conditioning.
Burj Khalifa
Opened in 2010 in Dubai, UAE, the Burj Khalifa tower overtook all existing skyscrapers and is still the leader in height.The tower was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, the architects behind the Willis Tower and 1 World Trade Center we talked about earlier. The construction of the Dubai Tower was carried out by Samsung, which also participated in the construction of the Petronas Towers. There are 57 elevators in the building, you need to use them with transfers - only one service elevator can go up to the last floor.
The tower houses the Armani Hotel, which was designed by Giorgio Armani himself, apartments, offices, shopping centers, fitness centers and observation decks with jacuzzis. Indian billionaire B.R. Shetty purchased two floors in their entirety, including the 100th floor, at a cost of over US$12 million each.
As with the Petronas Towers, the world's tallest skyscraper has its own special kind concrete. It can withstand temperatures up to 48 degrees Celsius. During construction, concrete was laid at night, adding ice to the solution. The builders did not have the opportunity to fix the foundation in the rocky soil, and they used two hundred piles 45 meters long and 1.5 meters in diameter.
If the Shanghai Tower has a gutter for collecting rainwater, then in the case of the Burj Khalifa tower, this approach is not needed: there is little rainfall in the desert. Instead, the building has a condensate collection system that collects up to 40 million liters of water per year for watering plants.
During the filming of Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Tom Cruise decided to climb the tower to write Katie Holmes's name on it and get a great shot.
Planned buildings
At the moment, there are only two building projects that can take the first line in the ranking of the tallest skyscrapers in the world.At 828 meters high, the Burj Khalifa doesn't seem as impressive compared to the Dubai Creek Harbor Tower project. Its height on the roof will be 928 meters - that is, it will already beat the current record by 100 meters. And the height along the spire will completely exceed one kilometer - it will reach 1014 meters. But this is not certain - the parameters of the building are kept secret. Like the Eiffel Tower, the Dubai Creek Harbor Tower will be open for World Expo 2020 if all goes according to plan. The foundation was laid on October 10, 2016.
8-03-2014, 23:13
In our time of high technology, architecture does not stand still. Designers take on board the most advanced achievements of science and technology and implement in their developments forms unusual for the human eye. The latest trend among architects is the unusual winding lines of skyscrapers. The first brainchild of this kind was Turning Torso, built in the Swedish city of Malmö.
The skyscraper is built in nine segments, consisting of five floors, which are offset from the previously installed base. The construction of this building was even filmed documentary by the Discovery Channel. The daring attempt of the Austrian parachutist Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from the top of a skyscraper with a parachute, added to the tower's fame. It happened on August 18, 2006.
So, after the successful completion of the construction of a skyscraper in Malmö, the designers began an unspoken competition in the design and construction of buildings. unusual shapes in all corners of the globe. Some projects could not withstand technical expertise and were curtailed, others were approved and built, and some are just beginning to be built. Let's evaluate the work of designers and architects and look at extraordinary houses.
Since Turning Torso was the first, it is necessary to start with it. The project of this "winding" structure was designed by the famous Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. The building was officially opened in 2005. The height of the skyscraper is 190 meters. It includes 54 floors with 147 apartments, an entertainment complex, and a wine cellar. It is noteworthy that each floor of this amazing structure has a pentagonal shape, rotating around a vertical core. It is supported by an external steel structure.
To date, Turning Torso is considered the tallest building in Sweden and all Scandinavian countries, as well as the third tallest building in Europe.
Infinity Tower, Dubai.
This Tower of Infinity, located in Dabai, is 306 meters high and includes 76 floors. This facility is currently under construction. It has already been announced that once the skyscraper is put into operation, it will become the tallest working spiral building in the world. The twist of its spirals will be 90 degrees. Infinity Tower was designed by the same architectural studio that built the Burj Khalifa and Trump Tower in Chicago.
The meandering Avaz tower in Sarajevo.
This winding skyscraper has a height of 176 meters. The building is distinguished by a curved facade and a very interesting design. The building has no living space. There are offices here: the headquarters of Dnevni Avaz and the offices of the media company of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Absolute towers in Canada.
If only offices are deployed in a skyscraper in Sarajevo, then the Absolute Tower, built in Canada, is an exclusively residential complex, moreover, consisting of two skyscrapers. The facility is located in Mississauga, Ontario. The first skyscraper of the complex has a height of 179 meters, the second - 161 meters. Behind the scenes, this building was nicknamed "Marilyn Monroe" because of the rather unusual and beautiful forms.
Kuwait Trade Center.
The Kuwait Trade Center, also known as Al Tijaria Tower, is a 218 meters high skyscraper. It is the tallest building in Kuwait.
Revolution Tower, Panama City.
The Revolution Tower is a kind of giant corkscrew in Panama City. This complex, which has a height of 242 meters, fit 52 floors, which are offices. The design of the skyscraper is unique in that as it grows, the reinforced concrete giant turns 360 degrees.
Hadid tower in Milan.
This winding tower was designed by renowned studio Zaha Hadid Architects. Its construction is currently underway in Milan, in the historical part of the city and is part of the CityLife quarter under construction. The Hadid Tower, according to the project, will have a height of 170 meters and include 44 floors. The facility will be connected to a metro station. Next to the skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Architects, the Arata Isozaki & Associates skyscraper (220 meters high) and the 150-meter Daniel Libeskind Tower are being built.
Evolution Tower in Moscow.
The Evolution Tower is part of the Moscow International Business Center, which became famous for its fires, embezzlement and imperfections. Each floor of this skyscraper is curved by 3 degrees relative to the previous one, which together gives a 135-degree rounding at the top. Completion of this facility is scheduled for this year.
Gehry skyscraper in Hannover.
This building, built in Hannover, can hardly be called a skyscraper, since it has only 9 floors. But the uniqueness of the object is in its external facade, which is made of stainless steel. The building was designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry.
Opus in Hong Kong.
Frank Gehry has also worked in Hong Kong. Here, his winding building bears the name "Opus".
The object is also relatively not high, but original in its design. The house consists of 12 residential premises, two semi-detached houses. Moreover, the latter has its own swimming pools, parking, Sport halls. In addition, the houses provide for the processing of rainwater for watering lawns and flowers, as well as charging systems for electric vehicles.
Spiral towers of Mode Gakuen in Nagoya.
A complex of spiral buildings 170 meters high are located in Nagoya City (Japan). This is by no means a residential complex, but a 36-story educational institution. The architectural design of Mode Gakuen is more than unique. The shape of the towers is in the form of wings - narrow at the top, they change the axis of rotation as they grow, and create an organic curve. The towers seem to change shape when viewed from different angles.
The dancing house in Prague is far from the structures that we talked about above. But it is with this architectural object that I would like to end the selection, since, although it is mundane, it is still original and unusual.
