Music / NewsBeyoncé’s body has inspired a Melbourne high-riseWhich other buildings across the world are based on the feminine human form?ShareLink copied ✔️July 7, 2015MusicNewsTextTaylor Ghrist As if Beyoncé doesn’t inspire her colleagues, devout fans, and "single ladies" enough, she’s officially inspired an architecture firm named Elenberg Fraser based in Melbourne, Australia. For the firm’s latest venture it’s building a 78-story skyscraper that will soon cater to residents and retailers. The high-rise is called the "Premier Tower" and is inspired by Beyoncé’s video for "Ghost". “For those more on the art than the science side, we will reveal that the form does pay homage to something more aesthetic – we’re going to trust you’ve seen the music video for Beyonce’s "Ghost",” the firm writes on its website. Pretty referential in a modern-day context, right? The voluptuous design totes resembles the Queen’s majestic body and celebrates the power of feminine design, which isn’t news for renowned architects that have previously been inspired by the undeniable allure of the natural body. Take the "Absolute Towers" in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The first of the buildings has actually been named "The Marilyn Monroe”. Yury Gelman, the structural engineer, even admitted: “It is Marilyn Monroe. It looks like her.” There’s the “Dancing House” in Prague, also known as “Fred and Ginger”, a curvaceous structure that was designed by Croatian-Czech architect Vlado Milunić. If you want to get textbook literate, the actual term for this style of building is “deconstructivist”, another way for designers to say “new-baroque”. "Dancing House" – two buildings getting it on If the “Dancing House” is Jay Z and Beyoncé grinding to “Partition” then Dubai’s "Signature Towers”, a three-tower structure proposal, is most definitely “Single Ladies”. The original proposal for these buildings was unveiled at an exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York back in 2006. The original title was initially “Dancing Towers” and was changed. But it’s pretty obvious that these towers are bumping and grinding. There’s a psychology to these phenomenal, large-scale structures that you may or may not know are affecting our psyches too. Psychologists speculate that harder angles actually evoke more negative than positive emotions, whereas there’s something about curves that that comforts us. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREK-pop has an AI problemCoals are kickstarting Poland’s dream pop sceneOnMeet the creatives turning up the heat in Lagos with Burna Boy and OnEvilgiane’s camera roll from his tour with Snow StrippersFinnish alt-pop star Pehmoaino: ‘Art helps us survive this dark country’10 great albums you may have missed in the last three monthsLamb is making ‘electronic lyrical’ music that sounds like no one elseArabic shoegaze duo Kiss Facility speak a language deeper than words‘Nazis can’t dance’: Photos from London’s House Against Hate protest rave5 tracks you can’t miss from March 2026ADL: The best and worst tracks on Yeat’s new album‘A cig in one hand and an inhaler in the other’: Fcukers know how to partyEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy