Dive summary:
- The planned Imperial Tower in Mumbai, India, is designed with rounded surfaces and numerous garden terraces that break up the line of its 400-meter-tall (1,312 feet) glass-and-steel surface (see images here, here and here).
- The design by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture is intended to "confuse" the wind and baffled its efforts to push the tower around.
- The tower, which also has a convex and a concave side in renderings, is 132 condominium munits that range up to 12,000 square feet.
From the article:
Like a giant wing standing on its end, the planned 400-meter-high, 116-story Imperial Tower in Mumbai will feature a slender, rounded form optimized to withstand the area's strong wind currents. ...