Torre de Madrid
Madrid, Spain
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Standing 142 metres above Plaza de España in Madrid, the Torre de Madrid is a mixed-use high-rise designed by architects Julián and José María Otamendi Machimbarrena and completed in 1957. Its thirty-six floors were conceived as the world's tallest concrete building at completion, housing offices, apartments, and originally envisioned amenities including five hundred stores, galleries, a hotel, and cinema. Equipped with twelve of the era's fastest elevators, capable of travelling 3.5 metres per second, the tower held the distinction of Western Europe's highest office building until 1967, when Brussels's South Tower surpassed it. Situated at the end of Gran Vía and neighbouring the 117-metre Edificio de España, it became an iconic presence in Spanish cinema throughout the 1960s. The building was redeveloped beginning in 2012, with the Hotel Barceló Torre de Madrid opening on its lower floors in 2017.
Architect
- Built
- Type
- skyscraper
- Height
- 142 m
- Place
- Madrid, Spain
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