Torre de Cristal

This article is about the building in Madrid. For the sculpture in Recife, see Francisco Brennand.

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.

Torre de Cristal
Torre de Cristal in February 2020
General information
Type	Office
Location	Pº de la Castellana 259, CTBA, Madrid, Spain
Coordinates	40°28′41″N 3°41′14″W
Construction started	2004
Completed	2008
Owner	KPMG
Height
Architectural	249 m (817 ft)
Tip	250 m (820 ft)
Top floor	210 m (690 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	52
Floor area	59,827 m2 (643,970 sq ft)[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)	César Pelli
Main contractor	Dragados
Website
www.torredecristal.com
References
[2][3]

It was designed by Cesar Pelli and built by Dragados.^[4]

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  Torre de Cristal under construction
• 
  Torre Espacio and Torre de Cristal under construction
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  Torre de Cristal at twilight

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Spain
• Torre Espacio
• Cuatro Torres Business Area
• Torre PwC
• Torre Cepsa

References

1. "Torre de Cristal". Skyscraper CTBUH. CTBUH. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
2. "Torre de Cristal". Emporis. Archived from the original on 2015-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. "Torre de Cristal". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
4. Structurae database

External links

• Media related to Torre de Cristal at Wikimedia Commons