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Top 5 towers of 2018

Our pick of towers might not be the most vertiginous, but what they lack in height they gain in lofty aspiration. A tiny timber tower for twitchers and a Brutalist revival in Stockholm feature in our Best of 2018.

Morpheus by Zaha Hadid Architects

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Img.1 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Ivan Dupont

Img.2 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Ivan Dupont

Img.3 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Ivan Dupont

Img.4 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Ivan Dupont

Img.5 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Ivan Dupont

Img.6 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Virgile Simon Bertrand

Img.7 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Ivan Dupont

Img.8 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Ivan Dupont

Img.9 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Virgile Simon Bertrand

Img.10 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Ivan Dupont

Img.11 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Virgile Simon Bertrand

Img.12 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Virgile Simon Bertrand

Img.13 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Virgile Simon Bertrand

Img.14 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Virgile Simon Bertrand

Img.15 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Virgile Simon Bertrand

Morpheus by Zaha Hadid Architects, Macau

Img.16 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Virgile Simon Bertrand

Img.17 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Virgile Simon Bertrand

Img.18 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Virgile Simon Bertrand

Img.19 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Virgile Simon Bertrand

Img.20 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Virgile Simon Bertrand

Img.21 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Virgile Simon Bertrand

Img.22 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Virgile Simon Bertrand

Img.23 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Virgile Simon Bertrand

Img.24 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Virgile Simon Bertrand

Img.25 Zaha Hadid Architects, Morpheus, Macau, China, 2018. Photo Virgile Simon Bertrand

The latticed exoskeleton of Zaha Hadid Architects’ chucky Macau hotel block, takes on the appearance of veins, sprawling over the facades of the 40-storey tower and through several caverns in its centre. 

Tipperne bird sanctuary by Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter

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Img.12 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Observation tower

Img.1 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Bird hide

Img.2 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Visitor center

Img.3 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Visitor center

Img.4 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Visitor center

Img.5 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Visitor center

Img.6 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Visitor center

Img.7 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Visitor center

Img.8 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Observation tower

Img.9 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Observation tower

Img.10 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Observation tower

Img.11 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Observation tower

Img.13 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Observation tower

Img.14 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Observation tower

Img.18 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Observation tower

Img.15 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Observation tower

Img.16 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Observation tower

Img.17 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Observation tower. Ph Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter

Img.19 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Observation tower

Img.20 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Observation tower. Ph Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter

Img.21 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Bird hide

Img.22 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Bird hide

Img.23 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Bird hide. Ph Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter

Img.24 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Workshop

Img.25 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Workshop

Img.26 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Workshop

Img.27 Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, bird sanctuary, Tipperne, Denmark, 2017. Workshop. Ph Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter

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This observation tower, while small in stature among its towering peers, is a skyscraper in its landscape of the Tipperne bird sanctuary. Described as an “instrument” from which to survey wildlife, it towers above the Ringkøbing fjord on the west coast of Denmark. 

MahaNakhon by Büro Ole Scheeren

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Thailand's tallest tower – 314 metres – completed just last month. Topped by a cantilevered “skytray”, it's rectilinear form is wrapped in a swathe of pixellated cut outs. 

Norra Tornen by OMA

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Stockholm’s tallest residential tower pays homage to Brutalism with its composition of ribbed concrete slabs. Its 125-metre facades are covered in bay windows and recessed terraces that give it it a pixelated appearance. 

360° View by LAN

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Img.1 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.2 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Cyrille Weiner

Img.3 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Cyrille Weiner

Img.4 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Cyrille Weiner

Img.5 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.6 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.7 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.8 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.9 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.10 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.11 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.12 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.13 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.14 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.15 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.16 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.17 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.18 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.19 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.20 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.21 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.22 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.23 Lan, 360° View, Nantes, France, 2018. Photo Julien Lanoo

Img.24 Lan, 360° View, location in the contect of the city of Nantes

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Perforated screens pull down across the facades of this tower facing the Loire river in Nantes. It contains a mixture of affordable, social and student housing, and includes other facilities such as offices, a school and cafe. Each home has its own winter garden and the permeability of the public space that surrounds the scheme is carefully considered.

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