The entrance arch

Torre Picasso (Picasso Tower) is a skyscraper located in Madrid, Spain, on Pablo Picasso Square, within the business and commercial complex AZCA next to Paseo de la Castellana, in the financial district of the Spanish capital. It was designed by the American architect of Japanese origin Minoru Yamasaki (who also designed the destroyed World Trade Center in New York). Image:Madrid-TorrePicasso. ... Image:Madrid-TorrePicasso. ... Madrid (Spain) – Entrance arch to Torre Picasso Photograph taken by Uaxuctum on June 24th, 2004. ... Madrid (Spain) – Entrance arch to Torre Picasso Photograph taken by Uaxuctum on June 24th, 2004. ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest skyscraper by roof height on high rise. ... Plaza de Cibeles (Cibeles square) and the Palacio de Comunicaciones (Communications Palace) Coat of arms. ... Young Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso, formally Pablo Ruiz Picasso, (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was one of the recognized masters of 20th century art, probably most famous as the founder, along with Georges Braque, of Cubism. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect/Building designer is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social concern. ... Minoru Yamasaki (December 1, 1912 - February 6, 1986) was a Japanese American architect, born in Seattle, Washington, a second-generation Japanese-American. ... The twin towers, photographed from the west The World Trade Center in New York City was a complex of seven buildings leased by Larry Silverstein from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey around a central plaza, near the south end of Manhattan in the downtown financial district. ... -1...

• Height: 157 m (515 ft) above ground (171 m above the lowest basement)
• Floors: 43 inhabitable floors above ground (ground-floor hall, 42 office floors), 5 basements, 2 upper floors for machinery
• Area: 71,700 m² office space (121,000 m² total)
• Size per floor: 38 m x 50 m
• Elevators: 26 (18 to office floors in 3 groups of 6: 1st-18th floors at 2.5 m/s; 18th-32nd floors at 4 m/s; 32nd-43rd floors at 6 m/s)
• Parking space: 837
• Foreseen population: 6,000 persons
• Daily visitors: 1,500 persons

Construction began in late 1982, and the building was inaugurated in December 1988. Since then, this has been Madrid's tallest building, surpassing Torre de Madrid, but it will be no longer when Torre Espacio is completed. It was also Spain's tallest until recently when it was overtaken by the Gran Hotel Bali in Benidorm (Alicante). 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gran Hotel Bali. ... The coast of Benidorm, a holiday resort full of skyscrapers. ... Location of Alicante province in Spain. ...

A notable feature of Torre Picasso is the wide entrance arch, supporting the whole façade over it, with an underground steel structure serving to reinforce it. The gap under this arch is covered by a special security glass named STADIP (the one used in Torre Agbar in Barcelona). A typical arch An arch is a curved structure capable of spanning a space while supporting significant weight (e. ... West façade of the Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Cathedral A facade (or façade) is the exterior of a building – especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. ... // Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... Torre Agbar in Barcelona The Torre Agbar or Agbar Tower is a skyscraper in Barcelona. ... Barcelona within Barcelonès Population (2003) 1,582,738 Area 1004 Km2 Population density (2001) 15,764/Km2 Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia, an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, and Spains second-largest city (after Madrid). ...

This building is currently the property of Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC), S.A.; managed and commercialized by PER Gestora Inmobiliaria, S.L. [1].

It has studios for the Spanish TV channel Canal +. It was featured in the last scenes of Alejandro Amenábar's 1997 film Abre Los Ojos. Canal Plus Group (Canal+) is a French film and television studio and distributor. ... Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born March 31, 1972) is a Chilean-born Spanish film director, widely considered one of the most important Spanish directors working today even though he has directed only four films. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Movie poster for Abre los ojos Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes) is a 1997 film directed by Alejandro Amenábar and written by him and Mateo Gil. ...

Shortly after 9/11, ETA confirmed that in 1999 they had planned to blow down this skyscraper using the 1,700 kg of explosives loaded into two Madrid-bound vans intercepted that year near Calatayud (Zaragoza) by the Spanish Civil Guard (the first stopped en route on December 21st and the second found not far from there the next day; an incident known as "la caravana de la muerte", the caravan of death) (online report with video, in Spanish: [2]). The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated attacks carried out in the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. ... ETA can refer to: eta is a Basque word for and. Eta (letter) - from the Greek alphabet. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Calatayud (2002 pop. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Aragon | Provinces of Spain ... See Guardia Civil for other meanings of the phrase The Guardia Civil is a Spanish police force with both military and civilian functions. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

In August 2004, the Otis Elevator Company was awarded a contract to modernise the elevators in the building, to incorporate some of the most advanced elevator technology available. (press release, in English: [3]). The Otis Elevator Company is the worlds largest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems, principally elevators and escalators. ...

External links

• Torre Picasso at Google Maps