And finally… Work starts on Kengo Kuma’s ‘twisted’ building in Dallas

Rolex-Dallas-Kengo-Kuma1Developer Harwood International has this week broken ground on a twisted tower designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma in Dallas, Texas.

The seven-story 136,857-square-foot building for luxury watchmaker Rolex, will see a series of staggered floorplates that gradually rotate to create the impression of a twisted building.

This form allows a series of planted terraces to be created on every floor.

Kuma, the architect behind Dundee’s V&A museum, plans to add a tree-filled garden on the roof.



Landscape architect Sadafumi Uchiyama will design the gardens, which will features rampart stone walls, reflecting pools and cascading waterfalls.

“Environment is an essential concept for the modern experience, incorporating both natural and urban surroundings,” explained Kuma, adding that his aim was to create a building that “fuses nature and architecture”.

“This landscape-building idea applied to The Rolex Building will result in a beautiful urban-organic icon that will fundamentally change the Dallas cityscape,” he said.

The Rolex Building will open in late 2016.


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