Completed 2007 – 2012

Roof Tower 1: 179.5 m (589 ft)Tower 2: 161.2 m (529 ft)

Floor count Tower 1: 56 floorsTower 2: 50 floors

Material Glass, concrete, steel

Design Burka Architects; MAD ArchitectsGlass, concrete, steel

Structuralengineer

Sigmund Soudack & Associates Inc.

Absolute World 1

Absolute World 2

Tower 3

Tower 4

Tower 5Foundation system

Load bearing foundation walls

Façade material aluminium

FloorRotatio

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Rotation

FloorRotatio

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Rotation

Ground -10° 15 15° 29 74° 43 168°

2 -9° 16 18° 30 82° 44 171°

3 -8° 17 21° 31 90° 45 174°

4 -7° 18 24° 32 98° 46 177°

5 -6° 19 27° 33 106° 47 180°

6 -5° 20 30° 34 114° 48 183°

7 -4° 21 33° 35 122° 49 186°

8 -3° 22 36° 36 130° 50 189°

9 -2° 23 39° 37 138° 51 192°

10 0° 24 42° 38 146° 52 194°

11 3° 25 45° 39 154° 53 195°

12 6° 26 50° 40 159° 54 196°

13 9° 27 58° 41 162° 55 197°

14 12° 28 66° 42 165° 56 198°

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Changing floor plates

Helicoidal Form

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The notion of torsion is a manner of characterizing a twist or screw of a moving frame around a curve.

DESIGN

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CONSTRUCTION

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Peri’s SKYDECK drop head system

EFCO climbing elevator formwork system

Fly tables

Rail climbing System

Peri’s SKYDECK drop head system

Rail climbing System

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MATERIALS

ALUMINIUMCLADDING DETAIL

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