Skidmore, Owings & Merrill just got tapped to design what will be Sweden's tallest building, beating out an international shortlist that included big-time players like Zaha Hadid Architects. While the skyscraper overlords at SOM proposed a tower that's truly elegant, the official name of the project—The Pole Star—is quite the misguided head-scratcher. More of the accomplished stripper renderings, this way. [Arch Daily; previously]
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