模仿碧昂丝曲线形外观的摩天大楼
Beyoncé is one of the most influential women in the world – and it appears even skyscrapers want to look like her.
碧昂丝是世界最具影响力的女性之一，就连摩天大楼的外观也想向她靠拢。
Australian architect firm Elenberg Fraser wanted to design a 'flawless' building, so logically chose to draw inspiration from one of the US popstar's film clips for a new building, set to join Melbourne's streets.
The curvaceous shape of 226 metre skyrise Premier Tower is groundbreaking - and inspired by a scene in filmclip for 'Ghost', in which Beyonce writhes around while stuck in a grey, skin-tight bag. The innovative $350 million Melbourne high-rise will soon join the city's landscape and is set to begin construction on Spencer Street opposite from the CBD's Southern Cross station.
'We will reveal that the form does pay homage to something more aesthetic - we're going to trust you've seen the music video for Beyoncé's Ghost,' the company revealed in a statement, after winning approval to build the Spencer Street skyrise in May. The award winning, world class architects were so moved by Queen Bey's greyscale, artistic clip for a song from her 2013 album XO that they push the boundaries aesthetically with their gravity-defying, twisted building.
'The complex form - a vertical cantilever - is actually the most effective way to redistribute the building's mass, giving the best results in terms of structural dispersion, frequency oscillation and wind requirements,' the artists explain for those scientifically-inclined. 'Art and science? You betcha.'
The design is also a solution to climate, wind and other limitations which arose from the site in the western end of Melbourne's CBD.
The 68-storey structure will boast 660 apartments and a 160-room hotel.