List of hyperboloid structures

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|1896

|Polibino

|{{flag|Russia}}

|Hyperboloid water tower

| 37 m (121 ft)

|Vladimir Shukhov

|The world's first hyperboloid structure featured at the 1896 All-Russian Exposition in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

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|1911

|Kherson

|{{flag|Ukraine}}

|Hyperboloid lighthouse tower

| 64 m (211 ft)

|Vladimir Shukhov

|Illustrates a hyperboloid lattice.

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|1911

|Kherson

|{{flag|Ukraine}}

|Hyperboloid lighthouse tower

| 26 m (85 ft)

|Vladimir Shukhov

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|1915

|Santa Coloma de Cervelló

|{{flag|Spain}}

|Hyperboloid building cathedral vaults

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|Antoni Gaudí

|An unfinished building with hyperbolic paraboloid vaults.

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|1922

|Moscow

|{{flag|Russia}}

|Hyperboloid broadcast tower

| 160 m (525 ft)

|Vladimir Shukhov

|Unless the international campaign can save it, the 1922 Shukhov Tower is under current threat of demolition.

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|1929

|Nizhny Novgorod

|{{flag|Russia}}

|Hyperboloid electricity pylon towers

| 128 m (420 ft)

|Vladimir Shukhov

|The Shukhov Tower on the Oka River is the world's only diagrid hyperboloid electricity pylon transmission tower. In 2009 one tower was illegally taken down to re-sell the metal.

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|1952

|Raleigh, North Carolina

|{{flag|United States}}

|Hyperbolic paraboloid saddle roof on arena

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|Maciej Nowicki

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|1954

|Überherrn

|{{flag|Germany}}

|Hyperbolic paraboloid saddle roof

| 16 m (52 ft)

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|transmitter building of a 2000 kW longwave broadcasting transmitter

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|1957

|Mohammedia

|{{flag|Morocco}}

|Hyperboloid water tower

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|Eduardo Torroja

|[https://structurae.net/structures/fedala-reservoir]

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|1958

|Ochsenkopf

|{{flag|Germany}}

|Hyperboloid broadcast tower

| 163 m (535 ft)

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| Radio and TV tower made of reinforced concrete.

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|1958

|Brussels, Belgium

|{{flag|Belgium}}

|A cluster of nine hyperbolic paraboloid concrete roofs

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|Le Corbusier

|Commissioned by the Netherlands electronics company Philips, the pavilion at the World's Fair Expo '58 in Brussels was designed by Le Corbusier to house a multimedia spectacle that celebrated postwar technological progress.

(Mürwik Water Tower)

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|1961

|Flensburg

|{{flag|Germany}}

|Hyperboloid water tower

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|[https://structurae.de/bauwerke/wasserturm-flensburg-muerwik]

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|1962

|Warsaw

|{{flag|Poland}}

|Hyperbolic paraboloid saddle roof on train station

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|1963

|Blackheath, south east London

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|Hyperbolic paraboloid saddle roof on church

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|E.T. Spashett

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|1963

|Kōbe

|{{flag|Japan}}

|Hyperboloid observation tower

| 108 m (354 ft)

|Nikken Sekkei Company

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|1963

|St. Louis, Missouri

|{{flag|United States}}

|Hyperboloid building museum planetarium

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|Gyo Obata of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum

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(Möglingen Water Tower)

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|1965

|Ludwigsburg

|{{flag|Germany}}

|Hyperboloid water tower

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|R. Kessler

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|1966

|Łysa Góra

|{{flag|Poland}}

|Hyperboloid broadcast tower

| 157 m (515 ft)

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|File:Гиперболоидная водонапорная башня.jpg

|1967

|Rishon LeZion

|{{flag|Israel}}

|Hyperboloid water tower

| 33.5 m (109.9 ft)

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|1967

|Newcastle upon Tyne

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|Hyperboloid observation tower

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|1968

|London

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|Hyperboloid water tower

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|Edmund C. Percey of Scherrer and Hicks and J.W. Milne

|Cockfosters Water Tower is in Cockfosters Road, north London, on the edge of Trent Park.

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|1968

|Liberec

|{{flag|Czech Republic}}

|Hyperboloid broadcast tower

| 94 m (308 ft)

|Karel Hubáček

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now the Wrexham Waterworld Leisure and Activity Centre

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|1969

|Wrexham, Wales

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|Hyperbolic paraboloid saddle roof on indoor swimming pool

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|F.D. Williamson associates of Bridgend

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|1970

|Brasília

|{{flag|Brazil}}

|Hyperboloid building cathedral

| 42 m (138 ft)

|Oscar Niemeyer

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|1971

|Gothenburg

|{{flag|Sweden}}

|Hyperbolic paraboloid saddle roof on arena

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|Poul Hultberg, for Nils Olsson's Gothenburg firm

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|1972

|Ciechanów

|{{flag|Poland}}

|Hyperboloid water tower

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|Jan Bogusławski, Jerzy Michał Bogusławski

|A toroidal water tower tank on a doubly ruled hyperboloid structure.

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|1974-2000

|Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

|{{flag|United States}}

|Hyperboloid observation tower

| 120 m (390 ft)

|Joel H. Rosenblatt

|Demolished in 2000.

(BIS Tower) of the Bank for International Settlements

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|1977

|Basel

|{{flag|Switzerland}}

|Hyperboloid skyscraper tower

| 69.5 m (228 ft)

|Martin Burckhardt

|Tower for the untouchables.

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|1981

|Sydney

|{{flag|Australia}}

|Hyperboloid observation tower

| 309 m (1,014 ft)

|Donald Crone, Australian

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a.k.a. :fr:Le Volcan (salle) (The Volcano (hall/auditorium))

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|1982

|Le Havre

|{{flag|France}}

|Hyperboloid building concert hall

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|Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20070518200018/http://www.archi.fr/DOCOMOMO-FR/fiche-havre-volcan-va.htm]

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|1982

|Toronto

|{{flag|Canada}}

|Hyperboloid building concert hall

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|Arthur Erickson and Mathers and Haldenby, Canadian

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|1983

|Calgary

|{{flag|Canada}}

|Hyperbolic paraboloid saddle roof on indoor arena

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|Graham McCourt Architects

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|1983

|Hamm-Uentrop

|{{flag|Germany}}

|Hyperboloid cooling tower

| 180 m (590 ft)

|Schlaich Bergermann & Partner

|The THTR-300 cable-net dry cooling tower for the now decommissioned thorium high-temperature nuclear reactor.

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|1985

|Vancouver, British Columbia

|{{flag|Canada}}

|Hyperbolic paraboloid saddle roofs in series with masts and fabric resembling sails

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|Zeidler Roberts Partnership in joint venture with Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership and DA Architects + Planners.

|Canada Place houses the Vancouver Convention Centre, the Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel, Vancouver's World Trade Centre, the virtual flight ride FlyOver Canada, and is the main cruise ship terminal for the region.

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|1988

|Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois

|{{flag|United States}}

|Hyperboloid public art sculpture

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|Robert R. Wilson

|The Tractricious sculpture in front of Fermilab's Illinois Accelerator Research Center (IARC), Illinois, designed by Robert R. Wilson{{cite web|url=http://www.fnal.gov/pub/today/images07/tractricious_02_08_2007.jpg|date=2007-02-08|title=Image: tractricious_02_08_2007.jpg, (800 × 1200 px)|publisher=fnal.gov|accessdate=2015-09-05}}{{cite web|url=http://news.fnal.gov/2016/11/the-story-of-tractricious/|date=2016-11-02|title=The story of "Tractricious"|publisher=news.fnal.gov|accessdate=2018-09-26}} who derived the name Tractricious from tracktrix, a curve such that any tangent segment from the tangent point on the curve to the curve's asymptote have constant length, a concept first introduced by Claude Perrault in 1670.

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| 1994{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

| Qingdao

| {{flag|China}}

| Hyperboloid observation tower

| 108 m (354 ft)

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|1999

|Manchester

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|Hyperboloid building enclosed walkway

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|Hodder + Partners

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| 2001

| Samara

| {{flag|Russia}}

| Hyperboloid broadcast tower

| 201 m (660 ft)

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| Radio and TV steel lattice tower

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|2001

|Stuttgart

|{{flag|Germany}}

|Hyperboloid observation tower

| 40.4 m (133 ft)

|Jörg Schlaich and Schlaich Bergermann Partner

|Originally planned for the 1993 World Horticultural Exposition, it was only erected in 2001.

(Schlossberg View Tower)

a.k.a. Castle Hill Tower

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|2002

|Freiburg im Breisgau

|{{flag|Germany}}

|Hyperboloid observation tower

| 35 m (115 ft)

|Hubert Horbach, Freiburg

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| 2003

| Hitachinaka

| {{flag|Japan}}

| Hyperboloid smokestack

| 230 m (754 ft){{Cite web|url=https://globalenergyobservatory.org/geoid/3561|title=Hitachinaka Coal Power Station Japan - GEO|website=globalenergyobservatory.org|accessdate=5 December 2023}}

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|2003

|Perm

|{{flag|Russia}}

|Hyperboloid broadcast tower

| 180 m (591 ft)

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| Radio and TV steel lattice tower

(Vienna Trade Fair Tower / Exhibition-tower)

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|2004

|Vienna

|{{flag|Austria}}

|Hyperboloid public art sculpture decorative illuminated tower landmark

| 63 m (207 ft)

|Gustav Peichl, Rudolf F. Weber, Katharina Fröch, Christoph Lechner, Paul Katzberger, Gerhard Moßburger, Norbert Erlach

|The largest trade fair in Austria and one of the most important economic factors of Vienna.

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|2005

|El Prat de Llobregat, near Barcelona

|{{flag|Spain}}

|Hyperboloid observation tower

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|Ricardo Bofill, Spanish

|{{cite web|url=http://www.castelldefels.com/aeroport/ingl/torredecontrolin.htm|title=Air Traffic control tower Barcelona Airport|publisher=castelldefels.com|accessdate=2015-09-05}}

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|2005

|Chrudim

|{{flag|Czech Republic}}

|Hyperboloid observation tower

| 18.5 m (61 ft)

|Martin Novák and Antonín Olšina

|{{cite web|url=http://www.mastale.cz/cs/stranka/rozhledna-boruvka|title=Rozhledna Borůvka {{pipe}} Sdružení obcí Toulovcovy Maštale|publisher=mastale.cz|access-date=2015-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429055321/http://www.mastale.cz/cs/stranka/rozhledna-boruvka|archive-date=2013-04-29|url-status=dead}}[http://www.jaroslavmachacek.com/files/page0_blog_entry233_2.jpg Blog entry] jaroslavmachacek.com {{dead link|date=December 2023}}

(TBZ Tower)

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|2005

|Zürich

|{{flag|Switzerland}}

|Hyperboloid observation tower

| 13.3 m (47 ft)

|Daniel Roth (artist), German

|The winner of a 2003 competition had his tower built on the roof of the Zürich's Technical Vocational School. Initially accessible, the observation tower has been closed indefinitely due to student mischief.

a.k.a. "The Torch Doha"

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|2007

|Doha

|{{flag|Qatar}}

|Hyperboloid skyscraper tower

| 300 m (984 ft)

|Hadi Simaan and AREP and engineer Ove Arup and Partners

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(BMW World)

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|2007

|Munich

|{{flag|Germany}}

|Hyperboloid building event venue and museum

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|Viennese professor Wolf D. Prix and architect firm Coop Himmelb (l) au

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a.k.a. the "QIPCO Tower"

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|2008

|Doha

|{{flag|Qatar}}

|Hyperboloid skyscraper tower

| 195 m (640 ft)

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(Lörmecke Tower)

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|2008

|Warstein, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia

|{{flag|Germany}}

|Hyperboloid observation tower

| 35 m (115 ft)

|Joh.-Ulrich Blecke and Dr. Ing. Michael Maas

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|2009

|Velké Pavlovice

|{{flag|Czech Republic}}

|Hyperboloid observation tower

| 18.6 m (61 ft)

|Ing. Martin Novák in cooperation with Antonín Olšina

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a.k.a. Guangzhou Tower

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|2010

|Guangzhou

|{{flag|China}}

|Hyperboloid skyscraper tower

| 604 m (1,982 ft)

|Dutch architects Mark Hemel and Barbara Kuit of Information Based Architecture, together with Arup, the international design, engineering and business consulting firm headquartered in London

|The Canton Tower is in the Haizhu District of the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton), in Guangdong, China.{{cite web|url=http://www.designcommunity.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11994|title=ArchitectureWeek DesignCommunity • View topic - 610m - Hyperboloid Tower in Guangzhou|publisher=designcommunity.com|accessdate=2015-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923213757/http://www.designcommunity.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11994|archive-date=2015-09-23|url-status=dead}}

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|2010

|Yas Island in Abu Dhabi

|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}

|Hyperboloid building

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|the largest space frame structure ever built

(Jüberg Tower)

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|2010

|:de:Jüberg, Hemer, Märkischer Kreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia

|{{flag|Germany}}

|Hyperboloid observation tower

| 23.5 m (77 ft)

|Beat Müller and Katharina Schewe, Swiss + Birk and Heilmeyer, Stuttgart

|The first wooden hyperboloid tower structurally supported only by the outer wood framework.

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|2010

|Khan Shatyr, Astana

|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}

|Hyperboloid superstructure

| 150 m (492 ft)

|Norman Foster of Foster and Partners

|The highest tensile structure in the world.

a.k.a. London VeloPark

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|2011

|Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East London

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|Hyperbolic paraboloid saddle roof on cycling centre arena

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|Hopkins Architects, Grant Associates

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|2011

|Munich

|{{flag|Germany}}

|Hyperboloid public art sculpture

| 52 m (171 ft)

|Rita McBride

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|2012

|Tankwa Karoo National Park

|{{flag|South Africa}}

|Hyperboloid public art sculpture tower

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|A temporary tower and ephemeral effigy constructed to intentionally burn in celebration at AfrikaBurn 2012, a Burning Man regional event.

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|2014

|Tachov

|{{flag|Czech Republic}}

|Hyperboloid observation tower

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|Hysek architectural studio

|{{cite web|url=http://www.konstrukce.cz/clanek/tancici-rozhledna-v-tachove/ |title=[English:] Dancing observation tower in Tachov |publisher=konstrukce.cz |date=2016-01-26 |accessdate=2018-09-26}}{{cite web |url=http://www.kudyznudy.cz/aktivity-a-akce/aktivity/rozhledna-vysoka-u-tachova.aspx |title=Rozhledna Vysoká u Tachova |publisher=kudyznudy.cz |accessdate=2016-01-05}}

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|2016

|Perm

|{{flag|Russia}}

|Hyperboloid broadcast tower

| 275 m (902 ft)

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|A radio and TV steel lattice tower

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|2016

|Warsaw

|{{flag|Poland}}

|Hyperboloid skyscraper tower

| 220 m (721 ft)

|Jaspers-Eyers Architects and PROJEKT Polsko-Belgijska Pracownia Architektury

|The Warsaw Spire is a complex of Neomodern office buildings in Warsaw, Poland.

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|2018

|Gisselfeld Klosters forests, between Haslev and Næstved,

|{{flag|Denmark}}

|Hyperboloid observation tower

| 45 m (148 ft)

|EFFEKT Architects

|45m spiral walkway.{{cite web|url=https://www.campadventure.dk/en/ |title=Camp Adventure Park |publisher=CampAdventure.dk |date= |accessdate=2018-10-06}}{{cite web|url=https://www.effekt.dk/camp/ |title=Camp Adventure Park |publisher=EFFEKT.dk |date= |accessdate=2018-10-06}}{{cite web|url=https://www.designboom.com/architecture/effekt-the-treetop-experience-camp-adventure-denmark-06-16-2017/ |title=EFFEKT's treetop experience observation tower offers breathtaking views |publisher=DesignBoom.com |date=2017-06-16 |accessdate=2018-10-06}}{{cite web|url=http://www.contemporist.com/denmark-observation-tower/ |title=Denmark Will Have This Amazing New Observation Tower Next Year |publisher=Contemporist.com |date=2017-06-16 |accessdate=2018-10-06}}

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|2023

|Istanbul Financial Center, Istanbul

|{{flag|Turkey}}

|Hyperboloid skyscraper tower

| 222 m (726 ft)

|Tabanlıoğlu Architects

|The Vakif Bank Headquarters Tower is a project of Istanbul Financial Center (IFC) office buildings in Istanbul, Turkey.

(Les Essarts-le-Roi Water Tower)

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|Les Essarts-le-Roi, Yvelines

|{{flag|France}}

|Hyperboloid water tower

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|Heerlerheide, Heerlen

|{{flag|Netherlands}}

|Hyperboloid building public library, shopping, and community centre

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|Utilizes geothermal mine water ("Mijnwater") heating and cooling.{{cite web|url=http://www.mijnwater.com/?lang=en |title=Mine Water, Basis For Renewable Energy |publisher=Mijnwater.com |date= |accessdate=2018-10-08}} See also: :nl:Aardwarmte#Aardwarmte uit mijngangen.

a.k.a. Samspel

(interaction/interplay/teamwork)

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|Husnes

|{{flag|Norway}}

|Hyperboloid public art sculpture

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|LEADinc

|Commissioned by Hydro Husnes, formerly Sør-Norge Aluminium AS.{{cite web |url=http://leadinc.no/Tempo_project_in_Husnes_Kvinnherad_Norway |title=Tempo (Samspel) Public Art Installation |publisher=LEADinc |accessdate=2018-09-26}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mnartists.org/artwork/light-falls |title=Light Falls [on the Tempo (Sampsel) public art sculpture in Husnes, Norway, 2007] |publisher=Annette Walby |accessdate=2018-09-26}}{{cite web |url=https://www.panoramio.com/photo/3567516 |title=Panoramio - Photo of Samspel |publisher=panoramio.com |accessdate=2015-09-05}}

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|Barcelona

|{{flag|Spain}}

|Hyperboloid building cathedral vaults and windows

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|Antoni Gaudí

|Under construction since 1882 with an estimated completion in 2026.

|Business Bay, Dubai

|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}

|Hyperboloid skyscraper tower

| 510 m (1,670 ft)

| Nikken Sekkei

| Cancelled in 2013

|Moscow

|{{flag|Russia}}

|Hyperboloid superstructure

| 450 m (1,476 ft)

|Norman Foster of Foster and Partners

| In 2009, due to the 2008 financial crisis, financial backing for the project was lost, and construction of the project was postponed.

|London

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|Hyperboloid skyscraper tower

| 300 m (984 ft)

|Ken Shuttleworth

|Designed in 2012