That leaves Nina (pronounced NINE-ah), who moved into the Round Tower when she was a few months old in 1919. "I was born in the bed of our duplex nearby and the whole thing cost $5," she said.

Foster is a big fan of round buildings. His St. Mary Axe Tower — nicknamed The Gherkin — is an exclamation point on the London skyline. Foster + Partners also designed tech firm Apple's huge ...

And builders here have long had a hankering for round towers. Advertisement In the late 1960s, developers proposed building a 90-story skyscraper near Dallas City Hall that would have included a ...