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Architect-Engineer Santiago Calatrava Deftly ‘Twists’

Publication Date: 13-DEC-04
Author: Peter Reina
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With perimeter walls that both "swirl" and cut back to the core, the 26,000-sq-m tower in Malmö, already a landmark, has demanded some highly tailored vertical supports. Yet despite the tricky geometry, wind at the coastal site has been the contractors’ biggest gripe. The gusts have caused delays in both concrete work and, after a difficult beginning, erection of the steel ...

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