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Identification Name HSB Turning Torso Emporis Building ID 100189
Location
Address as text * ZIP * Complex Zone City State Country
Map and Surrounding Area
Technical Data Height (tip) * Height (architectural) 190.00 m Height (roof) * Height (top floor) * Floors (above ground) 57 Floors (underground) * Construction start * Construction end * Gross floor area * Usable floor area * Floor-to-floor height * Elevators * Units *
Structure in General Construction type skyscraper Current status  existing [completed] Structural material composite structure Facade material aluminum Facade system curtain wall Architectural style structural expressionism Official website
Usages Main usages  rental apartments  commercial office
Features and Amenities
One of the city's famous buildings Sauna is available
Facts
The structure is made up of nine "cubes" of five stories each, stacked one above the other with one floor recessed between every two adjacent cubes. |
Inspired by a sculpture made by the building's architect, the tower twists 90º from top to bottom (hence the "Turning" in the name). |
Glazed panorama rooms with room for 20 people each are situated at the 49th and 43rd floors, between the 8th and 9th cubes and the 7th and 8th cubes respectively. |
The building holds the highest apartments in Europe. |
The building was constructed to restore the Malmö skyline after the 130 meter high Kockumskran crane was demolished. |
The two lower cubes contain offices and conference rooms, and the top two floors hold a conference center. |
Turning Torso was featured on an episode of the Discovery Channel's Extreme Engineering filmed in February 2004. It first aired in the US in July '04 and in Europe in the fall. |
Each apartment incorporates individual consumption monitors, allowing the residents to control their own energy costs. |
The building is visible from  Copenhagen in Denmark, in the distance across the Öresund. |
On 31 October 2005 the Prime Minister of Sweden, Göran Persson, visited the roof of Turning Torso. |
In spite of its name, the tower does not actually "turn" in the sense of movement; it is engineered to sway a maximum of 30 cm at the top in a 44 meter per second wind, not enough to be noticeable. |
Apartment windows are parallelograms, with straight horizontals and diagonal vertical edges. |
Along with other Calatrava designs, Turning Torso was featured as a work of art in an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in  New York City from October 2005 to January 2006. |
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Because of the curving facade, it was impossible to install hoists during construction. Instead the main core elevators were used to lift construction materials, and were built in stages as the structure rose. |
Many people have asked the elevator company if Turning Torso has twisting elevator shafts. It does not; the elevators rise straight up through the core. |
The building is situated in the middle of a reflecting pool with two sculptures by Santiago Calatrava. |
Companies involved in this building
architect:
Santiago Calatrava S.A.
Other companies:
NCC Construction Sverige AB, NCC Construction Sverige AB, NCC Teknik, NCC Teknik, Bengt Dahlgren AB, AB Rörläggaren, FCC Sprinkler AB, Takcentrum AB, YIT Sverige AB, KONE AB, Peab AB, Grupo Folcrá Edificación S.A., Santiago Calatrava S.A., PERIform SVERIGE AB, Louis Poulsen Lighting A/S, Samark Arkitektur & Design AB, HSB Malmö Ek För, HSB Malmö Ek För, Dr. Vollenweider AG, Øresund Safety Advisers AB, Promecon, AB Rörläggaren, Emesa-Trefileria, S.A., Aarsleff Bygg & Anläggnings AB, Aarsleff Bygg & Anläggnings AB, HSB Malmö Ek För, HSB Malmö Ek För, Svenska Mätcenter AB, LGG Inneklimat AB, Mobergs Mekaniska AB, Nicholas Green & Anthony Hunt, Intergrund AB, AESA Eurogondolas, S.L., SSC Skellefteå AB, SSC Skellefteå AB, EKO Ventilationsdetaljer AB, Bravida Sverige AB, ÅF, SWECO Theorells, SWECO VBB, SWECO VBB, SWECO VIAK |
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