Look-Out Tower “Himmelsstürmer” in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany A highlight of the 2014 State Garden Show in the German town of Schwä- bisch Gmünd was the “Himmels- stürmer“ look-out tower which is al- most 40 m high. It is made of approx- imately 176 m3 of cross-laminated timber and con sists of an inner and an outer tower. A stairway with 209 steps in the area be tween the internal and external walls leads to the tower top. Visitors climbing the tower may feel like men walking to the sky, which is indicated by the tower‘s name. The structural analysis of the “sky climber“ Project Himmelsstürmer, Landesgartenschau Schwäbisch Gmünd 2014 www.gmuend2014.de Concept and design KuKuK GmbH www.zumkukuk.de/en.html Structural engineering Andreas Wirth www.wirth-baustatik.de Planni

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