Torre de las Telecomunicaciones ''(Telecommunications Tower)'' or Torre Joaquín Torres García ''(
Joaquín Torres García
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Given name
* Joaquín (footballer, born 1956), Spanish football midfielder
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Tower)'', usually referred as ''Antel Tower'', is a 157 meter tall building with 35 floors located in
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
, Uruguay.
It hosts the headquarters of Uruguay's
government-owned
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telecommunications company,
ANTEL, and is the tallest skyscraper in the country. Designed by the Uruguayan-Canadian architect
Carlos Ott
Carlos Ott (born October 16, 1946, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan architect who resides in Canada and many other countries. He became famous when he won his first prize in 1983 (among 744 architects from all over the world) for the construction ...
, it is situated by the side of the
Bay of Montevideo. The tower was completed by American Bridge and other design/built consortium team members in 2002.
Description
With a total area of 19.459 m², the complex consists of the main tower, the Customer Service Building, the Telecommunications Museum and the Auditorium.
There are guided visits all through the week.
Controversy
When its construction was announced, many politicians complained about its cost ($40 million, plus $25 million for the construction of the other 5 buildings of the Telecommunications Complex).
Problems during its construction turned the original $65 million into $102 million.
See also
*
ANTEL
*
Communications in Uruguay
Telecommunications in Uruguay includes radio, television, telephones, and the Internet.
Radio and television
Uruguay has a mixture of privately owned and state-run broadcast media; more than 100 commercial radio stations and about 20 TV chann ...
*
American Bridge Company
*
List of tallest buildings in Uruguay
The following list shows the tallest buildings in Uruguay.
Tallest buildings
See also
* List of tallest buildings in South America
Notes
References
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References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.antel.com.uy, ANTEL official website
American Bridge, participant in the constructionGuided Tours in the building
Office buildings completed in 2002
Buildings and structures in Montevideo
Carlos Ott buildings
Aguada, Montevideo
2002 establishments in Uruguay