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Images from Hufton + Crow highlight Milan's third-tallest building, a 170-metre-high office tower with a Zaha Hadid twist. The now-completed Generali Tower by the late British-Iraqi architect comprises one-third of the skyscrapers constructed as part of the CityLife development, which remakes Milan's trade fair grounds into a mixed-use bastion of contemporary design.
Also known by Lo Storto, translating to The Twisted One in English, the 44-storey tower is the second of the trio to achieve completion. The Arata Isozaki-designed Allianz Tower finished in 2012, and with the opening of the Generali Tower, only the Daniel Libeskind-designed PwC Tower remains.
The building's signature curve is a gesture to the perceived centripetal forces caused by the convergence of Milan's three axes. White piers that follow the spine of the building connect to the podium that holds commercial space, including a theatre. The uppermost floors have been oriented to face the Santa Maria delle Grazie, a UNESCO World Heritage site. A system of louvres helps deflect the sun, reducing solar heat gain on the glazed tower.
Italian insurance company Generali Group will locate 3,900 of its employees in the building after interiors complete in the summer. The entire CityLife development is expected to wrap up in 2020, entailing 1,000 homes, office and retail space, and a 42-acre public park.
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