Inhabitat – Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building Eastern Design's Tower of Ring is a Stunning LED Spire that Lights Up the Sky in Tianjin

Tower of Ring, LED Light, LED Tower, Eastern Design, Tianjin China, Kawaguchi & Engineers, Daireido, Green Lighting

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Tower of Ring is a recently-completed LED-lit spire designed by Eastern Design that rises as a glowing beacon in the middle of a popular square in Tianjin, China. With an airy structure made almost entirely out of steel casting, the Tower of Ring resembles a tower of waves that lights up the evening sky. There is no observation deck or interior structure within the tower — inside there is just empty space.

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When is a tower not quite a tower? That is the question posed by Eastern Design with their recently completed project in Tianjin, China.

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Eastern Design is based in Japan and was founded by Anna Nakamura and Taiyo Jinno in 2003.

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Eastern Design calls the tower “lucid” and emphasizes the differing views that the tower will offer as the light and clouds change in the sky.

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Tianjin is the sixth-largest city in China and is located in the north eastern part of China.

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Eastern Design is know for their modern structures, which utilize innovative shapes and concrete forms.

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The tower stands in front of Tianjin’s assembly house Daireido, and as part of the cultural center of Tianjin, the tower will be used to count down into the New Year in China.

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The tower reaches nearly 200 feet into the sky with a 20-foot base sunk below ground and sits 40-feet wide.

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The exterior of the structure is made entirely out of undulating waves of steel, which are lit up at night using LED lights.

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Designed by Eastern Design and built by Kawaguchi & Engineers, the tower is situated in the center square of Tianjin City, creating striking contrasts between the stone of the square hollow lightness of the tower.