The Textbook of Architecture

The Cabinet of Models

The twisting tower

A parametric rule for a tall building: each floor turned by a fixed angle and scaled by a taper.

The twisting tower Open in Models ↗

Illustrates: Parametricism

The rules it illustrates

Vary everything by rule. Define a form by a few parameters and a rule, and let every element vary continuously with them, instead of repeating identical elements.

Where it appears in the book

In the styles Parametricism.

In the chapters The Contemporary.