Guangzhou TV Tower
Guangzhou, China
Dubbed both the supermodel and the twisted lady, Guangzhou’s 2,000-foot-tall TV tower is a woman above all: “Most skyscrapers bear male features—they’re introverted, rectangular, and repetitive,” Information Based Architects’ Mark Hemel has said. “We wanted a female tower that is complex, transparent, curvy, and gracious.” His team created a slender hourglass of [...]
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