Zaha Hadid's recently completed Miami skyscraper One Thousand Museum ? one of the late architect's last buildings ? is revealed in a short movie and photography.

Completed at the end of last year, One Thousand Museum is a 62-storey residential skyscraper located on Biscayne Boulevard in Downtown Miami among a row of towers opposite Museum Park.

It rises 700 feet (210 metres) high and has glass facades encased by a curvaceous "exoskeleton" that comprises 5,000 pieces of lightweight glass-fibre-reinforced concrete.
The exterior formwork curves at the corners of the building to form balconies for residences on the lower levels, and then traces sinuous lines higher up that "tuck" in other terraces.

While the curvaceous forms are typical of Zaha Hadid's style, the exterior was devised to respond to the weather conditions of Miami which is prone to hurricanes. At the base, these structures widen and splay out to form "rigid tubes"  that are "highly resistant" to demanding wind loads, according to Zaha Hadid Architects.

"The design expresses a fluidity that is both structural and architectural," said the firm's project director Chris Lepine.
"What you see is literally structure getting thicker and thinner, as needed," he added. "There's a continuity between the disciplines, between the architecture and engineering."

The tubular elements cover outdoor areas interspersed with a swimming pool and gardens on...