It is truly remarkable to see a standing building which its body twisted. The birth of twisted buildings began when Santiago Calatrava designed and built the first ever twisted building which is the Turning Torso.
The buildings seem to rotate the traditional rectangular tower around an axis, creating a spiraling, ribbon-like aesthetic. When the Turning Torso was completed on 2005, the modern design and technique has gained popularity and replicated to other building projects.
Here are the 10 astonishing twisted buildings around the World
TOWER 1: F&F TOWER (PANAMA CITY, PANAMA)
Architect: Pinzon Lozano & Asociados Arquitectos
Height: 763 feet
Year built: 2011
TOWER 2: TAO ZHU YIN YUAN (TAIPE, TAIWAN)
Architect: Vincent Callebaut Architecture
Height: 306 feet
Year built: Scheduled to be completed in 2016
TOWER 3: MODE GAKUEN SPIRAL TOWERS (NAGOYA, JAPAN)
Architect: Nikken Sekkei
Height: 558 feet
Year built: 2008
TOWER 4: SHANGHAI TOWER (SHANGHAI, CHINA)
Architect: Gensler
Height: 2,073 feet
Year built: 2015
TOWER 5: AL MAJDOUL TOWER (RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA)
Architect: Zeidler Partnership Architects
Height: 761 feet
Year built: Scheduled to be completed in 2016
TOWER 6: AVAZ TOWER (SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA)
Architect: Faruk Kapidžić
Height: 466 feet
Year built: 2008
TOWER 7: CAYAN TOWER (DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
Architect: George J. Efstathiou, Ross Wimer
Height: 1,005 feet
Year built: 2013
TOWER 8: AL TIJARIA TOWER ( KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT)
Architect: Al Jazera Consultants
Height: 716 feet
Year built: 2009
TOWER 9: EVOLUTION TOWER (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)
Architect: Philipp Nikandrov
Height: 807 feet
Year built: 2015
TOWER 10: TURNING TORSO (MALMO, SWEDEN)
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Height: 623 feet
Year built: 2005
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