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Turning Torso is a residential skyscraper in Sweden and the tallest building in the Nordic countries. Located in Malmö on the Swedish side of the Öresund strait, it was built and is owned by HSB Sweden. The project was designed by Spanish Structural Engineer Santiago Calatrava and officially opened on 27 August 2005. The tower reaches a height of 190 metres (623 feet) with 54 stories and 147 apartments.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HSB Turning Torso - Overview )〕 In August 2015, it was announced that the building was the winner of the ''10 Year Award'' from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://awards.ctbuh.org/media/ctbuh-announces-10-year-award-winner-for-2015/ )〕 ==Design== Turning Torso is based on a sculpture by Calatrava, called ''Twisting Torso'', which is a white marble piece based on the form of a twisting human being. In 1999, HSB Malmö's former managing director, Johnny Örbäck, saw the sculpture in a brochure presenting Calatrava in connection with his contribution to the architectural competition for the Öresund Bridge. It was on this occasion that Örbäck was inspired to build HSB Turning Torso. Shortly afterwards he travelled to Zurich to meet Calatrava, and ask him to design a residential building based on the idea of a structure of twisting cubes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hsb.se/malmo/turningtorso/in-english )〕 This is a solid immobile building constructed in nine segments of five-story pentagons that twist relative to each other as it rises; the topmost segment is twisted 90 degrees clockwise with respect to the ground floor. Each floor consists of an irregular pentagonal shape rotating around the vertical core, which is supported by an exterior steel framework. The two bottom segments are intended as office space. Segments three to nine house 147 apartments. A similar, taller skyscraper featuring a 90° twist is the Cayan Tower, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Turning Torso」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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