J Mayer H wraps RKM 740 Tower in wavy metal cladding

Architecture studio J Mayer H has completed a mixed-use tower in Düsseldorf, Germany, with profiled metal cladding that opens up like a zipper to provide views through its glazed facades.
The RKM 740 Tower is positioned at the 466th mile, or 740th kilometre, of the course of the Rhine river, where it runs through the Düsseldorf-Heerdt neighbourhood.
RKM 740 Tower is a mixed-use building in Düsseldorf
J Mayer H won an international competition in 2011 to design the tower, which con