The Tower
Encyclopedia
Architecture
- The Tower of London, a castle in London, England, started in 1078
- The Tower (Dubai)The Tower (Dubai)The Tower is a 243 metre tower located on Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE. It has 54 stories. This skyscraper with its remarkable pyramid peak was finished in 2002 and stands next to the famous Emirates Towers.-External links:*...
, a building in United Arab Emirates, built in 2002 - The Tower (Gosforth)The Tower (Gosforth)Partnership House is a landmark tower office building in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. It is located at the Regent Centre business park, and was originally built to act as the headquarters of the nationalised British bank Northern Rock. It lies in the West Gosforth council ward...
, an office tower in Newcastle upon Tyne, England - The Tower, Meridian Quay, a residential tower in Swansea, Wales
- Al BurjAl BurjNakheel Tower was a proposed skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by developer Nakheel. The project was previously called Al Burj .In January 2009, it was announced that the project was put on hold due to financial problems...
or The Tower, a skyscraper under construction in the United Arab Emirates - Main Building (University of Texas at Austin) or The Tower
- Tower Theatre (disambiguation) or The Tower, several theaters
Literature
- The Tower (book)The Tower (book)The Tower was a book of poems by William Butler Yeats, published in 1928.The title, which the book shares with the second poem, refers to the Thoor Ballylee castle which Yeats purchased and lived in for some time with his family....
, a book of poems by William Butler Yeats, published in 1928- "The Tower" (poem)The Tower (poem)"The Tower" is a poem by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats. It is a passionate indictment of a man wrestling with age. It is the second poem in The Tower, a 1928 collection of Yeats's poems.Below appears a small extract from the poem:...
, by William Butler Yeats
- "The Tower" (poem)
- The Tower (play), a 1925 play by Hugo von HofmannsthalHugo von HofmannsthalHugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal ; , was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist.-Early life:...
- The Tower (novel)The Tower (novel)The Tower is a 1973 novel by Richard Martin Stern. It is one of the two books that was used to create the movie The Towering Inferno, the other being The Glass Inferno....
, a novel by Richard Martin Stern, 1973, adapted into the film The Towering Inferno - La Tour (comic)La Tour (comic)La Tour is a graphic novel by Belgian comic artists François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters, the third volume of their ongoing Les Cités Obscures series. It was first published in serialized form in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine À Suivre , and as a complete volume first in 1987 by Casterman...
, known in English as The Tower, the third volume of the Belgian graphic novel series Les Cités Obscures
Music
- The Tower (Bob Catley album)
- The Tower (Legendary Pink Dots album)The Tower (Legendary Pink Dots album)-Personnel:*Che Banana - vocals, keyboards, electronics*Phil Harmonix - keyboards, electronics, percussion*Stret Majest Alarme - guitars*Sybil Strange-Cargo - keyboards, vocals...
- The Tower (news music), a television news music package for NBC affiliates by 615 Music
- The Tower (opera), an American opera by Marvin David Levy presented at the Santa Fe OperaSanta Fe OperaThe Santa Fe Opera is an American opera company, located north of Santa Fe in the U.S. state of New Mexico, headquartered on a former guest ranch of .-General history:...
in 1957 - "The Tower", a song on the album Spanish Train and Other StoriesSpanish Train and Other StoriesSpanish Train and Other Stories is the second album by Chris de Burgh, released by A&M Records in 1975.-Track listing:# "Spanish Train" – 5:00# "Lonely Sky" – 3:52# "This Song For You" – 4:14# "Patricia the Stripper" – 3:30...
by Chris de Burgh - "The Tower", a song on the album The TempestThe Tempest (album)The Tempest is the tenth studio album by American hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse. Released in 2007, the album marks the return of producer Mike E. Clark, who had a falling-out with the duo in 2000...
by Insane Clown Posse - "The Tower", a song on the album The Chemical WeddingThe Chemical Wedding (Bruce Dickinson album)The Chemical Wedding is the fifth solo album by English heavy metal singer Bruce Dickinson, released on 14 July 1998 through Sanctuary Records...
by Bruce Dickinson - "The Tower", a song on the album The Metal OperaThe Metal OperaThe Metal Opera is the first full-length album by Tobias Sammet's side project opera, Avantasia. It is a concept album and a rock opera, and further information on the story can be found here.- Track listing :All music and lyrics by Tobias Sammet...
by Avantasia - "The Tower", a song on the album Waking Hour by Vienna Teng
- "The Tower", a song on the album O.G. Original Gangster by Ice-T
- "The Tower", theme song for the Channel 4 radio program The TubeThe Tube (radio series)"The Tube " was resurrected in 2006 by Manchester based production company UK One Productions for Channel 4 Radio and produced by Tom Smetham and Stephen Chapman, founders of GNA Trading, the company behind Versus Cancer. It ran monthly from October 2006 to March 2007 always broadcasting on the 1st...
, by Freebass
Other
- The Tower (Kean newspaper), student newspaper of Kean UniversityKean UniversityKean University is a coeducational, public research university located in Union and Hillside, New Jersey, United States. Kean University serves its students in the liberal arts, the sciences, and the professions with a dedication to intellectual and cultural growth and is best known for its...
- The Tower (Tarot card)The Tower (Tarot card)The Tower is the sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in most cartomancy Tarot decks. It is not used as part of any game.- History :...
, or The Tower (XVI), a Major Arcana card in Tarot - "The Tower" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode from the television show
- The Japanese name for the computer game SimTowerSimTowerSimTower: The Vertical Empire is a construction and management simulation computer game developed by OPeNBooK Co., Ltd. and published by Maxis for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS 7 operating systems in November 1994. In Japan, it was published by OPeNBooK that same year and was later released for...
- The Tower SPThe Tower SPThe Tower SP is a 2005 construction and management simulation video game for the Game Boy Advance. It is a port and revision of the SimTower , aka The Tower in Japan, with some elements of Yoot Tower...
, a skyscraper simulation game and spiritual sequel to SimTower - The Tower (TV serial), Channel 4 documentary on the Tower of LondonTower of LondonHer Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space...
- The Tower: A Tale of Two Cities, BBC documentary of the Pepys Estate in South London
- The Tower (film), a 1993 FoxFox Broadcasting CompanyFox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
TV Movie starring Paul ReiserPaul ReiserPaul Reiser is an American stand-up comedian, actor, television personality, author, screenwriter and musician. He is most widely known for his role on the long-running television sitcom Mad About You.-Early life:... - The Tower (Lynch, Nebraska), a hill visited by the Lewis and Clark Expedition