Norra Tornen, built by OMA, is a contemporary architectural work and a unique apartment building, divided into two buildings, Helix and Innovationen, located in Stockholm, Sweden. Opened in 2018, the eastern tower is 125 m tall, consisting of 36 floors. The west tower opened in 2020 and is 110 m tall, with 33 floors. Text by Reinier de Graaf(partner of the project). The Innovationen Tower comprises 182 units ranging from 44 sqm one-bedroom apartments to a 271 sqm penthouse on the top floor, with the majority consisting of two- or three-bedroom apartments of 80 to 120 sqm. The residential units are complemented by a cinema room, a dinner room for parties and celebrations, a guest apartment, a gym with a sauna and a relaxation area, and retail space at the ground floor. The Helix Tower includes 138 units, plus amenities.
Norra Tornen is a contemporary architectural work and a unique apartment building, divided into two buildings, Helix and Innovationen

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At a height of 125 meters, and 110 meters, respectively, the two towers are the highest residential buildings in Stockholm?s city center. Located in Hagastaden, a new district in the north of Stockholm developed around the Karolisnka Institute (which awards the Nobel Prize in Medicine), they stand as a gate to the city. However, the manipulation of the initial building envelopes radically transforms their initial implied architecture of monumentality. It gives way to an articulation of domestici...