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Another engineering marvel: Santiago Calatrava’s 190 m Turning Torso tower in Malmö, Sweden (more info)

Another engineering marvel: Santiago Calatrava's 190 m Turning Torso tower in Malmö, Sweden http://gss.st/uH (more info http://gss.st/38)

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Thursday, 21st January 2010

Calatrava’s Buildings

Continuing our exploration of the work of Santiago Calatrava, we visit some of his more notable buildings, beginning with an in-depth look at the magnificent Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències - the City of…

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Wednesday, 11th November 2009

Calatrava’s Bridges

Santiago Calatrava is a renowned Spanish architect whose work we've admired in the past on Google Sightseeing. We're going to take a more in-depth look at his innovative work in two areas, beginning today with bridges.…

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Monday, 2nd November 2009

Torqued Towers

This is the Turning Torso tower in Malmö, which at 190 metres is Sweden's tallest skyscraper. The most striking thing about this tower is that it appears to be twisted around its axis. It has nine…

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Wednesday, 20th May 2009

The Sundial Bridge

Crossing the Sacramento River in Redding, California is the sundial bridge which (as you might have guessed) serves the dual purpose of being both a bridge and a sundial! I previously tried to use North America's…

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Tuesday, 23rd October 2007

Saint-Exupéry TGV Terminal

Following up on a comment in Alex's TGV post back in October, I present Saint-Exupéry International Airport in Lyon and more specifically the TGV terminal . The airport was built in 1975 but the TGV terminal…

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Saturday, 17th June 2006

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