University campus in Barcelona by Zaha Hadid

In the neighborhood of the Forum 2004 (where institutions like FOA, EMBT, H&deM, etc. are located) in Barcelona, a university campus called Universitario del Beso's will be built, dominated by a 48-meter-high building named Spiralling Tower designed by the London architect Zaha Hadid. The eleven-story structure, costing 28 million Euros and resembling a chaotically stacked tower of books and magazines, is expected to become the icon of the entire future campus. Construction is set to begin within five months and should be completed in 2008. Info>