The Tao Zhu Yin Yuan, also known as Agora Garden (Chinese: 陶朱隱園; pinyin: Táo zhū yǐn yuán), is a residential high-rise building located in Xinyi Special District, Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan.
The tower was designed by the Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut and was completed in 2018.
The building has received a LEED Gold energy label as well as a Diamond level awarded by the Low Carbon Building Alliance.
[1][2] The residential building has a special appearance and is a rare twisting building, which is modeled after a DNA strand in the form of a double helix progressing 90 degrees from top to bottom, with each floor offset 4.5 degrees from the previous.
The building is covered in approximately 20,000 trees and shrubs, which is aimed to reduce the carbon footprint of Taipei by absorbing around 130 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year.