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Pirelli Tower
Commercial offices in Milan, Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pirelli Tower (Italian: Grattacielo Pirelli – also called "Pirellone", literally "Big Pirelli") is a 32-storey, 127 m (417 ft) skyscraper in Milan, Italy. The base of the building is 1,900 m2 (20,000 sq ft), with a length of 75.5 m (248 ft) and a width of 20.5 m (67 ft).[5] The construction used approximately 30,000 m3 (1,100,000 cu ft) of concrete. The building weighs close to 70,000 t (69,000 long tons; 77,000 short tons) with a volume of 125,324 m3 (4,425,800 cu ft).
Pirelli Tower | |
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![]() East elevation from Piazza Duca d'Aosta, 2016 | |
Alternative names | Pirellone Pirelli Tower |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Commercial offices |
Architectural style | Modernism |
Location | Via Fabio Filzi, 22 Milan, Italy |
Coordinates | 45°29′05″N 9°12′05″E |
Construction started | 1956 |
Completed | 1958 |
Owner | Regional Government of Lombardy |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 127 m (417 ft) |
Roof | 124 m (407 ft) |
Top floor | 113 m (371 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 32 2 below ground |
Floor area | 24,000 square metres (260,000 sq ft) |
Lifts/elevators | 6 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Giò Ponti Pier Luigi Nervi |
Main contractor | Pirelli & C. SpA |
References | |
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Characterized by a structural skeleton, curtain wall façades and tapered sides, it was among the first skyscrapers to abandon the customary block form.[6] After its completion it was the tallest building in Italy[7] but in 1961, Mole Antonelliana recovered priority after rebuilding of its pinnacle. The architectural historian Hasan-Uddin Khan praised it as "one of the most elegant tall buildings in the world" and as one of the "few tall European buildings [that made] statements that added to the vocabulary of the skyscraper".[8]
The building inspired the Pan Am Building (now MetLife Building) in New York, the National Mutual West Plaza in Auckland and the Banco Sabadell Tower in Barcelona.[9]