Zenith Towers Busan, South Korea/DeStefano + Partners DeStefano
+ Partners convinced the developer to build fewer, taller towers
to maximize views over and above their surroundings. All images
courtesy DeStefano + Partners  Striking a balance between value
and cost was paramount to the architects and designers of the
Zenith Towers, an innovative, supertall, mixed-use development
that features an 80-story, 984-foot tower as the centerpiece of
a 6.1-million-square-foot complex located on the waterfront of
Busan, South Korea.  A model of the towers  The towers cuniform
shape helps increase cross ventilation and natural light.
Before they could make history with the tallest reinforced-
concrete residential structure in Asia, the development’s lead
architects, DeStefano + Partners, had to abide by a number of
concerns native to both the culture and conditions of the South
Korean Peninsula.  “In Korea, there are common values within the
residential environment that have driven most of the housing
over the last 20 y