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The height of the Malwiyyah made it practical to be used for the adhan (call to prayer). It is visible from a considerable distance in the area around Samarra and therefore may have been designed as a strong visual statement of the presence of Islam in the Tigris Valley. [16] Chicago Spire developer gets funding, wants to resume project". Chicago Tribune. February 7, 2014. Archived from the original on February 7, 2014 . Retrieved February 7, 2014. Kapoor said that one of the influences on his design was the Tower of Babel, the sense of "building the impossible" that "has something mythic about it", and that the form "straddles Eiffel and Tatlin". [17] Balmond, working on the metaphor of an orbit, envisaged an electron cloud moving, to create a structure that appears unstable, propping itself up, "never centred, never quite vertical". [17] Both believe that Orbit represents a new way of thinking, "a radical new piece of structure and architecture and art" that uses non-linearity – the use of "instabilities as stabilities." [17] The spaces inside the structure, in between the twisting steel, are "cathedral like", according to Balmond, while according to Kapoor, the intention is that visitors will engage with the piece as they wind "up and up and in on oneself" on the spiral walkway. [17]

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The curved design offered two major benefits to the structure of the building. First, curved designs, such as that found in Calatrava's Turning Torso in Malmö, Sweden, tend to add to the strength of a structure. [72] A similar principle has been used in the past with curved stadium roofs. In addition to structural support, the curved face of the exterior would minimize wind forces. In rectangular buildings, a fluid wind flow puts pressure on the windward face of the building; while air moves around it, a suction is applied to the leeward face. This often causes a sway in tall buildings usually counteracted, at least partially, by stiffening the structure or by using a dynamic wind damper. [72] Since the curved design of the Chicago Spire would not completely negate wind forces, a tapering concrete core and twelve shear walls radiating from it were planned to counteract the remaining wind load. [67] Azrieli Center ( Hebrew: מֶרְכָּז עַזְרִיאֵלִי; Merkaz Azrieli) is a complex of three skyscrapers in Tel Aviv. At the base of the complex lies a large shopping mall. The complex was designed by Israeli-American architect Eli Attia. After Attia and the developer of the complex David Azrieli (after whom it is named) fell out, completion of the project was passed on to the Tel Aviv firm of Moore Yaski Sivan Architects. The tower was conceptualized in 2014 as the Hudson Spire, with a 1,800-foot (550m) roof height a 2,000-foot (610m) architectural height. It was marketed as the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. [3] Sent every Tuesday and containing a selection of the most important news highlights. Plus occasional updates on Dezeen’s services and breaking news. Dezeen Daily

Tallest U.S. skyscraper proposed for Chicago". NBC News. Associated Press. July 25, 2005 . Retrieved July 18, 2009. Hurst, Will (31 October 2011). "Orbit becomes UK's highest sculpture". Building Design . Retrieved 17 June 2012.

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a b c d e f g Chris Gourlay and Cristina Ruiz (25 October 2009). "Look out, Paris, Boris plans a 'Piffle Tower' ". The Sunday Times. London . Retrieved 14 May 2010. The workers were very friendly and helpful. I appreciated the free wheelchairs that were available. Shelbourne remains the only person logically capable of completing it because it still owns the intellectual property necessary to construct it and it still maintains the goodwill of the diverse governmental and community interests without which a project of this dimension would be doomed,” the lawsuit states. a b Kamin, Blair (March 8, 2007). "Final Chicago Spire plans set to be revealed". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved July 18, 2009.|The first photos of the recently opened Marsk Watchtower in Denmark designed by architecture studio BIG have been unveiled. More Tom Ravenscroft US snipers co-opt Samarra mosque's spiral minaret". www.theartnewspaper.com. March 2005 . Retrieved 2020-12-18. Sharma, Amol; Jennifer Saranow; Ilan Brat & Lauren Etter (October 1, 2008). "Businesses Pressure Congress on Bailout Plan". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company . Retrieved July 20, 2009. Rizzi, Nicholas (May 11, 2022). "NewYork-Presbyterian Opening 75K-SF Och Spine Center in The Spiral". Observer Media. a b "Chicago Spire: Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States". Chicago Architecture.info . Retrieved July 19, 2009.