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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

World Business Center Solomon Tower in Busan, South Korea by Asymptote Architecture

July 12th, 2011 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Asymptote Architecture

Asymptote has been commissioned to build the World Business Center Solomon Tower through an international design competition sponsored by the Municipality of Busan City and the Solomon Group. Asymptote’s groundbreaking design of three separate, tapered towers rising out of a robust and powerful base will be among the tallest buildings in Asia at 550m. The World Busniess Center Solomon Tower was recently awarded the 2008 American Architecture Award by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design.

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Architects: Asymptote Architecture
Project:World Business Center Solomon Tower
Location: Busan, South Korea
Size: 240,000 sq. m
Date: 2007 – Ongoing

World Business Center Solomon Tower

Client: Solomon Group
Local architect: Gansam and Junglim Architects
MEP & Structural Engineering: Arup
Façade Consultant: Front, Inc.
Vertical transportation: Lerch, Bates and Associates Inc.

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Tags: Busan, South Korea

Category: Tower

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