![Cayan Tower by SOM](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2013/06/dezeen_Cayan-Tower-by-SOM_2sq.jpg)
Twisted skyscrapers
Following our story on SOM's contorted Cayan Tower in Dubai, here's a roundup of twisted skyscrapers from the Dezeen archives.
![The Grove at Grand Bay by BIG The Grove at Grand Bay by BIG](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/12/dezeen_The-Grove-at-Grand-Bay-by-BIG_sq1.jpg)
Danish firm BIG are behind a few of the twisted buildings on Dezeen. The most recent is The Grove at Grand Bay, a 20-storey residential development for Miami.
![Absolute Towers by MAD Absolute Towers by MAD](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/12/dezeen_Absolute-Towers-by-MAD_sq3.jpg)
These curvaceous twisting skyscrapers by Beijing firm MAD in Mississauga, Canada, have been dubbed the "Marylyn Monroe towers" by local residents.
![Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/05/dezeen_Dancing-Towers-by-Studio-Daniel-Libeskind_9.jpg)
Daniel Libeskind says the three Dancing Towers he's designed as part of his Yongsan International Business District masterplan for Seoul are inspired by the movements of a Korean Buddhist dance.
![Beach and Howe St. by BIG Beach and Howe St. by BIG](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/04/Dezeen_Beach-and-Howe-mixed-use-tower-by-BIG-+-Westbank-+-Dialog-+-Cobalt-+-PFS-+-Buro-Happold-+-Glotman-Simpson-1.jpg)
More from BIG: this time the 150-metre-high Beach and Howe St. skyscraper for downtown Vancouver that turns away from the adjacent motorway flyover.
![Huntingdon Estate by AL_A Huntingdon Estate by AL_A](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/05/dezeen_Huntingdon-Estate-by-Amanda-Levete-1.jpg)
This twisted residential tower clad in zinc-coated steel is part of the Huntingdon Estate mixed use development proposal in Shoreditch, London, by AL_A.
![Raffles City Hangzhou by UNStudio Raffles City Hangzhou by UNStudio](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/07/raffles-city-hangzhou-by-unstudio-4.jpg)
UNStudio's 60-storey Raffles City Hangzhou building with two twisting towers near the Qiantang River in China is due for completion next year.
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