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special: Turning
Torso - a bright dream floating in the air
July 10, 2005: The
remaining giant crane is coming down for landing. The
crane was 212 meters high. Each section is six meters
high. The deconstruction takes 7-8 days, if the wind
is not blowing too much.
Photo:
Lars Tufvesson. Nice?
Ugly? Comment!
Turning Torso à
la Chicago
From local newspaper Metro
July 28, 2005
The architect behind
Turning Torso is Santiago Calatrava. Now, he has done
a similar skyscraper for Chicago, called Fordham Spire:
- 610 meters high (Turning
Torso is 190 meters high)
- 115 floors (Turning
Torso has 54 floors)
- 270 degrees of twisting
(Turning Torso has 90 degrees of twisting)
Fordham Spire will
be ready in 2009, if everything goes as planned.
Turning Torso opens
with spectacular exhibition
From www.turningtorso.com
July 10, 2005
As a
part of the opening of Turning Torso, HSB Malmö
will arrange an exhibition about the construction of
Turning Torso. The exhibition is open between August
24 and August 31, at Magasin Västra Hamnen (the
Turning Torso garage) immediately north of Turning Torso.
The exhibition is free and open for everyone. At the
exhibition, you will find:
At the exhibition,
you will be able to:
- Find out how the house
grew out of sketches and watercolours.
- Look at the sculpture
by Santiago Calatrava that inspired to the construction
of Turning Torso.
- Experience a virtual
elevator ride, similar to the 38-second-ride
to the top of Turning Torso (floor 54).
Exhibition opening times
- Wednesday 24 August 11am–5pm
- Thursday 25 August 11am–8pm
- Friday 26 August 11am–8pm
- Saturday 27 August 9am–3pm
- Sunday 28 August 9am–5pm
- Monday 29 August 11am–8pm
- Tuesday 30 August 11am–8pm
- Wednesday 31 August 11am–8pm
Turning Torso vs.
Led Zeppelin "The Object"
From a mail July
2, 2005
Led Zeppelin made in 1975 an album called
"Presence". The cover shows an object that
looks somewhat like Turning Torso. The object is called
"The Object", and it was made in 1000 copies
to promote the album. This object sometimes turns up
at collector auctions.
If you want to see
how the Turning Torso-like object from 1975 looks like,
check out:.
What do you think?
Is Turning Torso a copy of "The Object"? Send
a mail to lars@bizzbook.com
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June
25, 2005:
In the middle of the night & in the middle of the
Summer.
Photo: Lars Tufvesson.
Nice?
Ugly? Comment!
Turning Torso: What
a highrise!
From Swedish magazine Residence
number 4, 2005
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The main
article in the Residence magazine number 4 2005
is about Turning Torso. The magazine concludes
that Malmö has turned: Now, everyone
loves the scandal tower!
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"The house can
also be seen as a raised finger, saying that it is we
in Malmö, and not the capital city of Stockholm,
that has built Sweden's first and only real skyscraper.
It is we..." "...that are mentioned together
with New York and Tokyo. While the capital only sits
and waits for the Slussen to sink down in the water."
The magazine also
tells us that:
- Johnny Örbäck,
the main force that started the construction
of Turning Torso, will live at floor 36 i Turning Torso.
- Local celebrity Percy Nilsson will
live in one of the largest compartments in Turning
Torso, at floor 42.
"Turning Torso
is a part of the picture where Malmö is seen as
a town where something happens, i.e. in this town, everything
has not, as in a lot of other places, already happened.
According to the
magazine, furniture that can be turned according to
the shape of the room fits best in Turning Torso apartments.
The magazine also
tell us about "a reversal of the mental values":
The view from Turning Torso towards the sea and the
Öresund bridge is fantastic, but Pia Sandin (marketing
manager for Turning Torso) has according to the magazine
discovered that she has begun to turn her eyes more
and more towards the town of Malmö, to rediscover
it again.
Torso Meeting:
One
of Europe's most exclusive conference facilities
From www.sscskelleftea.se
June 27, 2005
Torso Meeting, the
conference facility at the top of Turning Torso, will
be one of Europe's most exclusive conference facilities,
according to Ingvar Nohlin, project manager for the
construction of Turning Torso. He continues: Torso Meeting
will probably mostly be used for:
The interiors of
Torso Meeting will be created, delivered and put in
place by the SSC company from Skellefteå in the
north of Sweden. The same company will also build and
put in place the interiors of the entrance to Turning
Torso. On top of that, the company also delivers all
interior doors (2,5 meters high) in the rental apartments
in Turning Torso.
- One of the conference
floors will have its interior made in "lönn".
- One of the conference
florrs will have its interior made in "päronträ".
The two conference
floors will be ready in February 2006.
June
13, 2005:
Work at night outside Turning Torso, to dismantle the
outside elevator. Photo:
Lars Tufvesson. Nice?
Ugly? Comment!
Pictures from the
top:
Inside and out
From a trip to the
top of Turning Torso June 12, 2005
The opening ceremony
for Turning Torso will be held August 27. It is not
many days left. Timet to celebrate with a couple of
pictures from the top!
How does the world
look like, from the top of Turning Torso?
How does it look
like at the top of Turning Torso today?
Floor 53+54
= Torso Meeting
From Sydnytt
June 17, 2005
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The
two top floors in Turning Torso, floor 53
and 54, will have conference facilities
driven by HSB Malmö under the name
of Torso Meeting. The conference
floors will be ready in February 2006.
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From the beginning,
the plan was to have five apartments on the two top
floors. HSB Malmö thinks that a conference facility
will make considerable more money.
120 people are allowed
on the two top floors. The total area for the two top
floors is 430 square meters.
Lill Lindfors in
and about Turning Torso
From Kvällsposten
June 17, 2005
The husband of the
famous Swedish singer Lill Lindfors is named Anders
Byström. He has signed a contract for an apartment
in Turning Torso. Lill Lindfors will not live here all
the time, but she will visit often.
Lill Lindfors says
the following about Turning Torso: "A in its kind
fantastic building. I think the whole Bo01 area has
come to live due to Turning Torso. Turning Torso is
a nice decoration for Malmö.
London, Berlin or
Turning Torso? Turning Torso!
From Sydsvenskan
and the city of Malmö June 14, 2005
An American
university has decided to place its European organization
in Malmö. The choice was between London, Berlin
or Turning Torso. They chose Turning Torso, and will
move in at the two top office floors, i.e. floor 11
and 12.
The giant crane
is coming down, top light tested
From Sydsvenskan
June 27, 2005
Next week the plan
is to bring down the last remaining giant crane that
has helped in the construction of Turning Torso. According
to Luftfartsverket, the aviation authority here in Sweden,
Turning Torso must then have warning lights.
The bright light
on the top of Turning Torso has been tested. The intense
light resulted in many complaints from people living
in Malmö that could not sleep. All of Malmö
will be able to see the light (maybe with the exception
of those living nearby). HSB Malmö will next week
try to beam the light 18 degrees upwards to minimize
the disturbance.
In addition to the
bright light on the top of Turning Torso, there will
be at least two more lights, with low intensity:
- A red light between 75
and 100 meters above the ground.
- A red light between 100
and 150 meters above the ground.
June
13, 2005,
in the middle of the night: Turning Torso and its mirror in Lilla Kockumskanalen.
Photo: Lars Tufvesson. Nice?
Ugly? Comment!
More of Turning Torso
at the Miva Gallery
From a mail
June 11, 2005
June 18 is the first
day at the Miva gallery her in Västra Hamnen that
Ulf Hedetoft will show his paintings and sculptures
under the name Smoke & Turning Torso. The
exhibition will continue until July 2.
Read more: www.gallerimiva.com
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Örbäck
gets medal of honor from Malmö for Turning
Torso
From Sydsvenskan
June 10, 2005
The former CEO of
HSB Malmö will this year get a medal of honor from
the city of Malmö for starting the construction
of Turning Torso. The city of Malmö sees the initialization
of the Turning Torso project as a honorable work for
the city and its inhabitants. The medal of honor will
be delivered from the town hall on June 13, the same
day as HSB Malmö has its yearly meeting. This year,
three other persons will also get a medal of honor from
the city of Malmö.
June
9, 2005:
Old and new: Kallbadhuset and Turning Torso.
Photo:
Lars Tufvesson. Nice?
Ugly? Comment!
May
12, 2005:
The Bo01 harbour in evening light.
Photo: Lars Tufvesson.
Nice?
Ugly? Comment!
May 12,
2005:
A nice evening in Västra Hamnen.
Photo: Lars Tufvesson. Nice?
Ugly? Comment!
Turning Torso: 347 inhabitants
From Arkitekten
Maj 2005
347 people will live
in Turning Torso.
- An exhibition
about the construction of Turning Torso will
open August 24.
- The Turning Torso opening
ceremony will be held August 27.
- The
architect of Turning Torso, Santiago Calatrava,
will be at the opening ceremony to inspect his
"landmark for humanity".
- A
variant of Turning Torso is currently being
built on Manhattan, with twelve cubes. Just
like Turning Torso, this building is based on
the 20 year old sculpture called "Twisting
Torso".
- A
picture of Turning Torso represented the global
architectural achievings of Santiago Calatrava
in a large interview in the Sunday edition of
the New York Times recently.
The article in Arkitekten
is finished like this:
"The day in
December when the 47:th floor was ready will be inscribed
in the history of HSB Malmö as the day when the
Torso became higher than Kronprinsen"
(Kronprinsen was
the tallest residential building in Malmö before
Turning Torso.)
The problem with
this finish is that it is wrong. Probably, they mean
the 27:th instead of the 47:th floor, because:
- December
1, 2004, Turning Torso was 28 floors high (93
meters).
- Kronprinsen
is 28 floors high (83 meters)
Turning Torso:
Crowded at the top: June 13
From an invitation
to a meeting May 27, 2005
HSB Malmö will
have a large meeting for its own people in Malmömässan
June 13. Before the meeting, everyone invited is given
the possibility to visit the top of Turning Torso.
May 18,
2005:
The inner harbour of Malmö, as seen from floor
54 of Turning Torso:
- Closest:
The blue headquarters of Kockums, called Gängtappen.
- In
the middle: The new Telia building.
- Along
the quay: The boat to Copenhagen called Turasund,
and the new University bridge.
Photo:: B-O Andersson.
Nice?
Ugly? Comment!
Weekend of the year:
Last
weekend of August
From the city
May 17, 2005
The last weekend
of August seems to be the weekend of the year in Malmö:
- The annual
Malmöfestivalen finishes the last weekend
of August.
- The America's Cup sailing
boats will start their competition the last
weekend of August.
- HSB Malmö will celebrate
that Turning Torso is ready with a big party
for thousands of people (by invitation only)
the last weekend of August.
Turning Torso
has become art
From the Miva gallery
May 12, 2005
At the Miva gallery
on Sundspromenaden here in Västra Hamnen, you can
look at Turning Torso in different bright colors. It
is the artist Ulf Hedetoft that brings color to Turning
Torso in his work of art. Ulf has created a series of
pictures of Turning Torso, which according to the gallery
is of world class. You can find Ulf Hedetoft's work
of art at www.gallerimiva.com
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May 9, 2005:
Yet another piece of the Turning Torso garage puzzle
falls into place.
2005-05-06:
Turning Torsos steel framework.
Photo: Lars Tufvesson.
May 3, 2005: Heaven, sea and Turning Torso. Photo: Lars
Tufvesson.
HSB Malmö makes
more renting out than selling Turning Torso
From Swedish national
radio April 20, 2005 HSB
Malmö did not succeed in selling apartments
in Turning Torso. After conversion to rental
apartments things went smoother. To rent
an apartment is not seen as such a big investment/risk
as buying an apartment. The total cost for
renting an apartment is larger than if you were allowed
to buy the same apartment, even when the interest rate
for buying is included:
- One room
and a kitchen (46 square meters) costs 2800 SEK
more per month when renting.
- Two rooms
and a kitchen (64 square meters) costs 1300 SEK
more per month when renting.
- It is only
the largest apartments that costs the same to rent
as it would cost to buy.
Lars comment: The
report says that HSB Malmö is the big winner, because
the house has increased in value from 900 MSEK (when
they tried to sell the apartments) to 1150 MSEK today.
I would like to add that who the winner is depends on
the time perspective. Considering the calculated cost
of building Turning Torso (1600 MSEK) HSB Malmö
is the biggest loser, also when HSB Malmö is compared
with people renting apartments in Turning Torso.
Moving in takes
75 days
People will start
populating Turning Torso the first of November 2005.
All residents will be given a slot when they are allowed
to move in. It will take around 75 days until everyone
is in place inside Turning Torso.
If you are going
to build high, do it well
From norwegian newspaper
Bergens
Tidene May 6, 2005
In Bergen in Norway
they discuss if they are going to build skyscrapers
in the city. This is what they say about Turning Torso:
Some areas may allow
high buildings, but then the quality has to be high.
We must demand a quality that literally raises the area
and adds architectural plus points.
The gigantic Turning
Torso in Malmö is a good example on just that.
The building will be ready next fall, and it has already
earned Malmö an architectural reputation almost
in the same class as Sydney.
The morale in this
is that if you are going to build high, then you also
have to build unusually well. If not, it is just a waste
of money, as long as there are other alternatives. And
there usually are other alternatives.
All office space
soon gone
Från www.turningtorso.com
2005-05-03
Greg Dingizian, CEO
of HSB Malmö, thinks that the office space in Turning
Torso (the two bottom cubes) will be rented out within
a couple of weeks.
- HSB Malmö
is going to move in in the lower cube.
- Håkan
Skiölds Fastighetsförmedling is also going
to move in.
- Danske
Bank is going to move in on floor 11 and half of
floor 10.
- The advertizing
company Dialogue Communication AB will fill half
of floor 12.
Local evening paper
Kvällsposten announced April 15 that all 147 apartments
in Turning Torso has been rented out.
There is no typical
Turning Torso inhabitant
From local newspaper
Metro May 3, 2005
The variety is great
among the people that will move into Turning Torso in
November this year. The following occupations are represented
among the Turning Torso inhabitants:
- Lawyer
- Job agent
- Bus driver
- Businessman
- Flight
tower personnel
- Salesman
- Engineer
- Train driver
- Doctor
- Teacher
- Marketing
manager
- Retired
- Project
leader
- Accountant
- Student
- Dentist
- CEO
Some families with
children will move in, but mostly, its couples without
children and single men.
The oldest person
that will move in is a 90-year-old man. The youngest
person that has written a rental contract is a 19-year-old
woman.
- It is the
view that attracts most people.
- 80% of
the people that will move in are from the Malmö
region.
- Those moving
in that are not from Malmö are among other
places from:
- Värnamo
- Waterloo
- New
York
- London
Percy Nilsson will
move into Turning Torso
From local newspaper
Sydsvenskan April 23, 2005 and national evening paper
Expressen April 28, 2005
Local celebrity Percy
Nilsson will rent an apartment on floor 42 in Turning
Torso. He has not yet decided if he will live there
permanently.
Percy Nilsson participated
in a television debate about Turning Torso last tuesday.
In the show, there was also a previous homeless, that
thought that Turning Torso was similar to a jail:
- There is
a gatekeeper in the entrance.
- The windows
cannot be opened more than 0,1 meters.
Percy Nilsson was
sentenced to one year in prison a few days ago, for
not paying all the taxes.
Danske Bank moves
into Turning Torso
From local newspaper
Sydsvenskan around May 2, 2005
The danish bank Danske
Bank will establish a finance center in Turning Torso
called Finanscenter Region Syd. This is the fourth swedish
finance center that Danske Bank establishes. The new
finance center will serve twelve offices in the following
banks:
- Skånes
Provinsbank
- Hallands
Provinsbank
- Smålandsbanken
There will be 25
specialists working in the finance center's 600 square
meters on floor 10 and 11 in Turning Torso. They plan
to move in the first of november.
- The official
rent (without heating) for office space in Turning
Torso is 2400 SEK per square meter and year.
- For apartments
in Turning Toros, the average rent is 1850 SEK per
square meter and year.
Turning Torso rated
From local newspaper
Sydsvenskan April 27, 2005
The Sydsvenskan test
team have looked at the apartments in Turning Torso:
- The interior
gets four out of five stars. A weak floor plan lowers
the rating somewhat.
- Counting
the placement of the building, the light and the
view, the total rating is 4,5 out of 5 stars.
The test team said
the following, among other things:
- Already
on floor 14, the view is delightful.
- The tilted
windows gives a feeling of a ferry.
- The elevators
might turn into a bottleneck: Three elevators will
serve 147 apartments and two floors of conference
rooms.
- There is
no balcony: If the view is a plus, then it is a
minus that you are locked into an air-conditioned
space.
- I would
have liked more elegance in the windows, since the
Torso is a building for the view above all.
What it's like to
live in Turning Torso
From local evening
paper Kvällsposten April 15, 2005
HSB Malmö has
decorated five different apartments in Turning Torso.
Kvällsposten has tried one out, for a night:
- You will
sleep well
- You will
feel the height, but only when you look out the
window in the morning.
- You will
feel border-less looking out the kitchen window
in the morning:
- Copenhagen
rising on one side.
- The
Ribersborg beach on the other side.
It is huge.
All apartments booked
From local evening
paper Kvällsposten April 15, 2005 HSB
Malmö has now rented out all apartments
in Turning Torso. It is still possible
to queue for an apartment in Turning Torso,
because those residents that move in will
eventually move out again.
April 11, 2005: A
couple of apartments in Turning Torso are now ready
for use by reporters etc. Here is one of those apartments,
on floor 14. Photo: Lars
Tufvesson.
April 8, 2005: Turning Torso by night. The first residents
have just moved into the Södertorpsgården
apartments in the foreground. Photo: Lars
Tufvesson.
Turning Torso: Conference
at the top
From local newspaper
Sydsvenskan April 6, 2005
HSB Malmö will
have much to do also after Turning Torso is finished:
- The are
going to maintain the Turning Torso building.
- They are
going to serve the residents of Turning Torso.
- They are
going to operate a conference center at the two
top floors of Turning Torso.
- They are
going to operation an exhibition hall in Magasin
Västra Hamnen, the garage built close to Turning
Torso.
Turning Torso: Might
be cheaper than 1600 MSEK
From local newspaper
Sydsvenskan April 6, 2005
The CEO of HSB Malmö
Greg Dingizian thinks that the total cost of building
Turning Torso might end up lower than earlier
estimated 1600 MSEK. Greg is now thinking on how to
keep the cost for operating Turning Torso down at a
reasonable level.
Top rating for Turning
Torso
From www.nfo.nu
April 4, 2005
The advertizing magazine
Resumé gives Malmö's new landmark Turning
Torso a top rating. Editor in chief Viggo Cavling writes
under the title "Turning Torso is an absolutely
fantastic building":
Malmö has got
a house that is absolutely unbelievably fantastic to
look at. With a white pin that ties a knot on itself,
Malmö has got a building that will be northern
Europe's most famous building. Final rating for Turning
Torso: Frighteningly good.
April 3, 2005: They are repairing the bridge at the
Ribersborg sand beach, close to Västra Hamnen and
Turning Torso. Photo: Lars
Tufvesson.
April 2, 2005: Turning Torso is reflected in the water
of the canal at Ribersborg. Photo: Lars
Tufvesson.
Ribersborg April 3, 2005:
The birds prepare for
the summer season.
(Yes, it is Turning Torso reflected
in the water.)
Photo: Lars
Tufvesson.
April 1, 2005: Reflections from Turning Torso. Photo:
Lars Tufvesson.
New award to Turning
Torso news graphics
From local newspaper
Sydsvenskan around April 1, 2005
Sydsvenskan's Turning
Torso news graphics with instructions for building
a Turning Torso model in paper has got another award.
The collection of awards for the news graphics now looks
like this:
- An award
from the Society for news design/Scandinavia in
their annual newspaper design competition. (The
award will be delivered 12th of May this year.
- A gold
award from Malofiej Infographics Award.
- An award
of excellence in the international version of Society
for news design.
You will find the
awarded Turning Torso news graphics here (in swedish,
but you can look at the graphics anyway): Bygg
din egen Torsomodell!
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