Water Tower
Architectural projects exploring towers as functional and symbolic structures in urban and natural landscapes.
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.
Sauerbruch Hutton Applies Kintsugi Logic to a 1970s Telecom Tower in Konstanz
A 62-meter office relic near Lake Constance becomes 98 apartments, with its scars turned into a polychrome civic landmark.
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.
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.
Moon Hoon Carves a Diagonal Staircase Through a 1980s Seoul Building to Unlock City Views
A tiny commercial renovation in Haebangchon turns a forgotten brick residence into a wormhole of pinkish concrete and timber arches.
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.
Powerhouse Company Twists a Wartime Bunker into Eindhoven's Most Defiant Residential Tower
A 32,640 square meter mixed-use tower in Eindhoven transforms a Second World War relic into a spiraling vertical neighborhood.
Ventilation Tower and Metro Shaft: A Fusion of Infrastructure and Urban Design by Atelier Z+
The Ventilation Tower by Atelier Z+ in Shanghai integrates Metro infrastructure, community spaces, and spiral-inspired design, blending functionality with urban heritage.
