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Turning Torso

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Turning Torso is a neo-futurist tower in Malmö, Sweden, designed by the architect Santiago Calatrava and officially opened on August 27, 2005, combining commercial office space in its lower floors with rental apartments above. The 54-story tower rises about 190 meters and is built as nine stacked segments of five stories each, shaped like pentagons, that twist progressively as the building rises so that the topmost segment is rotated a full 90 degrees relative to the ground floor. It was the tallest building in the Nordic countries until Karlatornet surpassed it in September 2022, and it won the Gold Emporis Skyscraper Award in 2005 and the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's 10 Year Award in 2015.

Facts
Building Type
Mixed-use tower with commercial office and rental apartments 1
Location
Lilla Varvsgatan 14, 211 15 Malmö, Sweden 1
Completed Year
2005 1
Completed Year
2006 2
Height (m)
190 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Tower 1
Connections

Has Building Type

Tower, Concepts

In Style

Neo-Futurism, Styles and Movements
Source Turning Torso, Wikipedia

Uses Element

Steel, Architectural Materials
Source Turning Torso, Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases

Located In

Sweden

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is located.

Sources
1. Turning Torso, Wikipedia
  • Infobox: building_type
    Commercial office Rental apartments
  • Infobox: completion_date
    27 August 2005
  • Infobox, location
    Lilla Varvsgatan 14, 211 15 Malmö, Sweden
  • Infobox, height roof
    Height Roof 190 m (623 ft)
  • Lead section
    Turning Torso is a neo-futurist residential skyscraper built in Malmö, Sweden, in 2005.
  • In Style: Neo-Futurism, infobox architectural_style field: Neo-futurism
  • Uses Element: Steel, Article text
    Each floor consists of an irregular pentagonal shape rotating around the vertical core, which is supported by an exterior steel framework.
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2. Wikidata: Turning Torso
  • Wikidata Q206435, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q206435, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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