Frank Gehry's aluminium-clad Luma Arles tower takes shape in France
A twisting tower clad in reflective aluminium tiles, designed by architect Frank Gehry, is taking form in the south of France. More
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Europe's tallest skyscraper revealed as it nears completion
The RMJM-designed Lakhta Centre in St Petersburg is Russia and Europe's tallest building – standing 462 metres high. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects completes twisted Generali Tower in Milan
Zaha Hadid Architects has completed a twisted tower that soars 170 metres above Milan, making it the third tallest building in the city. More
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The XI towers in New York will "dance" with each other, says Bjarke Ingels
BIG has released new renderings of the pair of towers it is building beside New York's High Line, which architect Bjarke Ingels says are shaped out of "mutual courtesy" for one another's views. More
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World's tallest twisted towers revealed
Spiralling skyscrapers are more popular than ever according to a new industry study charting twisted buildings around the world. More
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BIG's The Grove at Grand Bay twisted towers near completion
Instagram users are posting photos that show the almost-finished pair of twisted towers that Bjarke Ingels' firm is building in Miami. More
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Penthouse in BIG's twisted Miami towers is on sale for $28 million
The $28 million full-floor penthouse at the BIG-designed Grove at Grand Bay towers includes a rooftop pool, four-car garage and ten bathrooms (+ slideshow). More
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Kengo Kuma to "fuse nature and architecture" with twisted Rolex tower underway in Dallas
Construction is now underway on a twisted tower designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma for Rolex in Dallas, Texas. More
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Green8 by Agnieszka Preibisz and Peter Sandhaus
Architects Agnieszka Preibisz and Peter Sandhaus have unveiled a conceptual skyscraper for Berlin with a twisted figure-of-eight structure that curves around elevated gardens and is held up by cables. More
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Aedas to design twisting skyscraper for Shanghai
News: architecture firm Aedas has won a competition to design a twisting 33-storey skyscraper for Shanghai, China (+ slideshow). More
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Twisted skyscrapers
Following our story on SOM's contorted Cayan Tower in Dubai, here's a roundup of twisted skyscrapers from the Dezeen archives. More
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SOM completes twisted skyscraper in Dubai
News: Burj Khalifa architect Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) has added another skyscraper to the Dubai skyline with the completion of the twisted Cayan Tower. More
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Agora Garden by Vincent Callebaut
A plant-covered twisting tower shaped like a DNA strand by Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut is under construction in Taipei, Taiwan (+ slideshow). More
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Dezeen archive: twisted buildings
Following MAD's spiralling towers in Canada (top left) and proposals for contorted buildings by BIG (bottom right), our latest archive contains all our stories about twisted buildings. See all the stories »
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The Grove at Grand Bay by BIG
Danish studio BIG has unveiled plans for two twisted apartment blocks in Coconut Grove, Miami (+ slideshow). More
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Absolute Towers by MAD
Chinese firm MAD has completed a pair of curvaceous twisted skyscrapers in the growing city of Mississauga, Canada (+ slideshow). More
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Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind
Skyscrapers in Seoul: the first of two stories about buildings that architect Daniel Libeskind has designed for the Yongsan International Business District that he masterplanned for Seoul, South Korea, features three towers inspired by the movements of a Korean Buddhist dance. More
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Beach and Howe St. by BIG
Danish architects BIG have unveiled proposals for a 150-metre-high skyscraper in downtown Vancouver. More
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The Kimball Art Centre by BIG
Slideshow: architects BIG have won a competition to renovate and extend an art centre in Utah with proposals that will be built from railway sleepers reclaimed from the Great Salt Lake. More
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Huntingdon Estate by AL_A
This twisted residential tower clad in zinc-coated steel is part of a mixed use development proposal in Shoreditch, London by Amanda Levete Architects. More
