Turning Torso facts

- Architect: Santiago Calatrava, architect, sculptor, engineer noted for the Olympic

Stadium in Athens and the planned subway station at Ground Zero in New York.
- Ground breaking: Valentine's Day, February 14, 2001.
- Interior: Samark Arkitektur & Design AB.
- Height: 190 meters – 54 stories – a 38-second elevator ride to the top, but there's also a stairway for the hearty.
- Rank: Tallest residential building in Scandinavia, next tallest in Europe.
- Area: 400 square meters per floor.
- Windows: 2,500 using 5,500 square meters of glass.
- Concrete: 25,000 cubic meters used in construction.
- Sway: Virtually none. In a storm with a wind force of up to 44 meters per second, a maximum of 30 centimeters at the top.
- Office space: Rentals, half or all of space on floors 2-12 (cubes one and two).
- Living space: 147 apartments, 45-190 square meters, in 33 designs.
- Average rental costs: Residential: SEK 1,850 per square meter per year (about USD 225);

office: SEK 2,400 per square meter per year (about USD 290).

Related links

www.turningtorso.com - Turning Torso
www.malmo.se - City of Malmö
www.oresundscienceregion.org - Öresund Region
www.visitoresund.info - Visit Öresund Region
www.metmuseum.org - Special exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York