A steel exoskeleton that resembles a spine twisting upward with the structure connects these units. The building’s nine pentagonal sections rotate 90 degrees as it increases in height to form the building’s curved shape. "Turning Torso is Calatrava’s first high-rise building and was inspired by his white marble sculpture that evokes the abstraction of the human figure, whereby several cubes revolve around a vertical axis like a torso spinning around a spine. The 10-Year Award will be presented during the CTBUH 14th Annual Awards Symposium in Chicago at the IIT School of Architecture Crown Hall on November 12. At 57 stories and 623 feet tall, Turning Torso was also Calatrava's first high-rise building.
Over a decade ago, HSB Malmö commissioned Calatrava to design what would be the world's first twisted tower as a means to revive a decaying industrial district in Malmö. Previous winners in recent years include JAHN's Post Tower in Germany and the 30 St. The international award recognizes a tower's significant contribution to culture and urban iconography, its social role, and its technical development over the last decade. Most recently, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat awarded their 10-Year Award to the Calatrava-designed building. Whatever you personally feel toward Santiago Calatrava and his work, his Turning Torso tower in the Swedish city of Malmö continues to make heads turn since its completion in 2005.
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