Revolving Tower
Towers designed with rotational geometry, twisting forms, or dynamic spatial configurations.
The Tower: An Opera House That Gives Its Ground Back to the City
Lyric Barnik and Chris Qiu stack Tallinn's opera program vertically, compressing its footprint to liberate the waterfront as civic space.
ASA Studio Stacks Offices and Apartments in a Naturally Ventilated Brick Tower Above Kigali's Rooftops
A five-storey mixed-use building in Kacyiru proves that local materials and passive cooling can replace air conditioning in dense urban Africa.
Herzog & de Meuron Transforms a Cold War Radio Tower into an Alpine Observation Landmark at 3,000 Meters
On a Swiss peak above Engelberg, a decommissioned military antenna becomes a restaurant, viewing platform, and sculptural icon.
kit Architects Stack a Timber Tower House on a Triangular Plot in the Swiss Rhine Valley
A prefabricated spruce dwelling near St. Gallen uses a concrete core and passive ventilation to rethink the rural archetype.
Brenac & Gonzalez Twist a 57-Meter Tower into Montpellier's Former Rail Yards
Higher Roch Tower spirals 16 stories of curving terraces above the Saint-Roch district, bridging the historic city and a new urban quarter.
Cro&Co Architecture Builds a 150-Meter Tower on Top of a Seven-Lane Highway in La Défense
Trinity Tower reimagines the office high-rise as a bioclimatic organism threaded with terraces, trees, and public ground in Paris's business district.
KARO Architects Splits a Korean Office Tower Around an Open-Air Courtyard Spine
Re-summit Tower carves a central atrium through a 12-story commercial block in Yongin-si, linking retail life to quiet office corridors above.
People's Architecture Office Converts a Residential Tower into Offices for Beijing's Largest Sleeping City
In Tiantong Yuan, a neighborhood of 700,000 commuters, a vacant apartment building becomes a workplace you can walk to.
Foster + Partners Wraps a 200-Meter Shanghai Tower in Stainless Steel and Industrial Memory
The Suhe Centre Office Tower anchors a regenerated waterfront district in Shanghai with an all-steel structure that nods to local warehouse heritage.
Gensler Twists a 300-Meter Tower in Shenzhen to Unite Two Cities in Glass
Shimao Qianhai Center spirals 63 stories above a new economic zone, its rotating form a structural response to typhoon winds and urban density.
Atelier LuxNox and Found Projects Split a Gable Roof in Two to Frame the Ningbo Coast
A pair of steel and corten pavilions in a Xiangshan valley trade a single roofline for two perpendicular volumes that choreograph sea views.
HENN Stacks a 211-Meter Cloud-Inspired Tower onto a Narrow Shenzhen Tech Campus
Kingdee Cloud Tower rises 44 floors on a pentagonal footprint in Nanshan, folding stainless steel and glass into Shenzhen's shifting skyline.
