Turning Torso, Malmö, Sweden

Turning Torso offers energy-efficient units and detoxified construction.
HSB Turning Torso
190 metres/623 feet
57 stories
Completed: 2005
tallest building of Sweden and Scandinavia




Seattle design and development professionals,
touring Denmark and Sweden in March,
will get a first hand look at the Turning Torso
building by renowned architect Santiago Calatrava.



Turning Torso

This sustainable mixed office and residential 54-floor skyscraper,

designed by Santiago Calatrava, completed in 2005.

Building features include: energy-efficient design; individual monitoring of heat,

and hot and cold water use; 100 percent renewable energy; detoxified construction;

and a recycling system that will enable organic waste to be transported in separate

pipes and "digested" to become biogas.

All packaging, newspapers, electronic and hazardous waste will be separated and recycled.

The remaining waste that cannot be recycled will be converted to energy in Malmo's new

waste incinerator and heat plant. Biogas will be used to power the city's buses.

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