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This is a list of the tallest buildings in Spain. Since 2008 the tallest building in Spain has been the 250 metres (820 ft) tall Torre de Cristal in Madrid. In recent years the number of skyscrapers in Spain has significantly grown. Of the buildings in this list, just 18 were completed before the year 2000 with all others being completed after ...
List of tallest buildings in Spain; List of tallest buildings in Madrid; List of tallest buildings in Barcelona; List of tallest buildings in Valencia; References
The Torre de Cristal (Spanish for Glass Tower) is a skyscraper in the Cuatro Torres Business Area (CTBA) in Madrid, Spain, completed in 2008. With a final height of 249 m (817 ft), it surpassed Torre Emperador as the tallest building in Spain, and is the fourth-tallest in the European Union. It was designed by Cesar Pelli and built by Dragados. [4]
AZCA & CTBA business complexes, where most of the tallest buildings are located. Since 2009, the tallest building in Madrid (and Spain) has been Torre de Cristal, that dominates the Madrid skyline with 250 m in height. Madrid has two main business centres: Cuatro Torres Business Area and AZCA.
Circular church inside building ensemble of Universidad Laboral de Gijon The tower of the Universidad Laboral Aerial view of the courtyard. The church is considered the most spectacular building in the Universidad Laboral. With a surface area of 807 m 2, it is the biggest church with an elliptical floor in the world.
The Tower appeared in numerous Spanish movies released in the 1960s. The tower was conceived to be the tallest concrete building in the world at the time of its completion and until the construction of Torrespaña was the highest building in Madrid. The lead architects also envisioned that the building would harbour 500 stores, spacious ...
Intempo is a 47-floor, 187-metre-high skyscraper building in Benidorm, Spain. [1] [4] The design of the building was officially presented on 19 January 2006 and work began in 2007. Originally scheduled for completion in 2009, [5] work was significantly hampered by the economic crisis of 2008 which seriously affected the real estate sector in ...
The recent trend in architecture in recent years has been promoting the construction of high-rise buildings as part of a wider modernisation plan that has been taking place since 1992, the year the Olympic games were held in Barcelona. Most of the skyscrapers in Barcelona were built in the 70s, 90s, and after 2002.