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.

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

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

See also

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.
  3. ^ "Torre de Cristal". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
  4. ^ Structurae database

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