Zaha Hadid Architects draws on fluted orchid for Taipei skyscraper

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects and Taiwanese studio CY Lee & Partners have unveiled plans for a 47-storey-tall skyscraper beside a 1930s post office in Taipei.

Planned for the city's financial district, the National Innovation, Creativity and Finance Center, or NICFC, will house four financial institutions, including the stock exchange, futures exchange, depository and clearing corporation.

Zaha Hadid Architects and CY Lee & Partners drew on the fluted shape of the island's...