TV Tower, Wuxi, China

Moller Architects recently participated in an invited competition for a new tower in Wuxi, China. The brief was for a tower to replace an existing facility located on the site. The tower is primarily for communications for the local TV station, with tourist facilities at the base of the tower and at the observation level at the top. The site is located on top of a hill which looks out over Wuxi, a city of 4.2 million people. Moller Architects were one of three participants shortlisted to present design options for the client. The perspective below is an image of one of three options by Moller Architects. The tower is 200 metres tall constructed out of a tubular steel diagrid with a diaphanous glazed wall behind the structure.