These new photographs capture the twisted and fragmented exterior of US firm Studio Gang's 40-storey Mira tower, as it takes shape in San Francisco.
Photos released by Mira developer Tishman Speyer capture the 400-foot-high (122-metre-high) tower, which is formed from a series of vertical twisting columns.
Studio Gang's Mira Tower has topped out in San Francisco
In the images, the lower portion of the building is also fitted with the boxy windows that will eventually rise all the way up the structure. Studio Gang founder Jeanne Gang said the design of these was based on the bay windows found across San Francisco, when the scheme's design was first unveiled last year.
Angled in different directions, and interspersed with balconies, these spiralling forms are intended to provide numerous views of San Francisco Bay, the Bay Bridge and the city skyline from inside Mira. The glazed spaces that project from the exterior also form rooms inside. The structure is formed from a series of twisting towers and boxy windows
Tishman Speyer released the photos to coincide with the opening of sales of apartments inside Studio Gang's skyscraper, which is located at 280 Spear Street in the city's Transbay neighbourhood. Mira will contain 392 luxury residences, in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom condominiums, townhouses and penthouses.
Renderings of the interiors produced by visualisation company Binyon were released alongside the construction photography. The residences, which are al...