Zaha Hadid Architects has released new images and an animation of the firm?s ?Stacked Vase? tower in Melbourne?s Central Business District to coincide with the building receiving approval from the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, the City of Melbourne and the Office of Victorian Government Architect. The 54-story (178m) mixed-use skyscraper will be Zaha Hadid?s only tower in Melbourne, and upon completion will become an new emblem of ?the most livable city in the world.?

Zaha Hadid Architects has released new images and an animation of the firm?s ?Stacked Vase? tower in Melbourne?s Central Business District to coincide with the building receiving approval from the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, the City of Melbourne and the Office of Victorian Government Architect. The 54-story (178m) mixed-use skyscraper will be Zaha Hadid?s only tower in Melbourne, and upon completion will become an new emblem of ?the most livable city in the world.?
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Partnering with local firm Plus Architecture, the tower will contain 70,000 square meters (750,000 square feet) of office, retail, residential and public space, including 420 apartments. The tower?s stacked-vase form takes inspiration from its mixed-use program, and will be supported by an "elegant colonnade of sculptural, curved columns" that "embody a...