Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron have designed this apartment tower with overhanging floor plates and terraces for Beirut, Lebanon as part of a wider masterplan to regenerate this area of the city that includes a marina.

The building will comprise five different modular floor slabs used in varying combinations to create a mixture of overhangs and terraces. The 116 metre-high structure will be supported by columns on a 14.7 metre regular grid, with each floor plate overhanging the glazing by at least 60 centimetres.

The project is due for completion in 2013.

Read the original blog post here on Deezen.