The Torre de Cristal (
Spanish for Glass Tower) is a
skyscraper
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in the
Cuatro Torres Business Area
Área de negocios de Cuatro Torres (ANCA or CTBA), Spanish for "Four Towers Business Area", is a business district located in the Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid, Spain, on the former Ciudad Deportiva of Real Madrid. The area contains the fou ...
(CTBA) in
Madrid, Spain
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, completed in 2008. With a final height of , 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 Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to:
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and built by
Dragados
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.
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File:Torre de Cristal (Madrid) 04a.jpg, ''Torre de Cristal'' under construction
File:Torre Espacio y Torre de Cristal2.jpg, ''Torre Espacio
The Torre Emperador Castellana, simply known as Torre Emperador and formerly named Torre Espacio (Spanish for Space Tower) is a skyscraper in Madrid, Spain, measuring 230 metres (755 feet) tall and containing 57 floors. It is currently the List ...
'' and ''Torre de Cristal'' under construction
File:Torre de Cristal (Madrid).jpg, Torre de Cristal at twilight
See also
*List of tallest buildings in Spain
This is a list of the tallest buildings in Spain. Since 2008 the tallest building in Spain has been the tall Torre de Cristal in Madrid. In recent years the number of skyscrapers in Spain has significantly grown, out of the buildings in this lis ...
*List of tallest buildings in the European Union
This list ranks the tallest buildings in the European Union that stand at least tall, based on standard height measurement. This means that spires and other architectural details are included in the official height, but not antenna masts, as i ...
*Torre Espacio
The Torre Emperador Castellana, simply known as Torre Emperador and formerly named Torre Espacio (Spanish for Space Tower) is a skyscraper in Madrid, Spain, measuring 230 metres (755 feet) tall and containing 57 floors. It is currently the List ...
*Cuatro Torres Business Area
Área de negocios de Cuatro Torres (ANCA or CTBA), Spanish for "Four Towers Business Area", is a business district located in the Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid, Spain, on the former Ciudad Deportiva of Real Madrid. The area contains the fou ...
*Torre Sacyr Vallehermoso
The Torre PwC, formerly Torre Sacyr Vallehermoso, is a 52-floor, skyscraper, completed in 2008, located in Madrid, Spain. Torre PwC is one of four buildings in the Cuatro Torres Business Area. It was designed by Carlos Rubio Carvajal and Enriq ...
*Torre Caja Madrid
The Torre Cepsa (renamed in June 2014, before was Torre Bankia)( en, Cepsa Tower) is a skyscraper located in the Cuatro Torres Business Area in Madrid, Spain. With a height of and 45 floors, it is the second tallest of the four buildings in the ...
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Office buildings completed in 2008
Skyscraper office buildings in Madrid
Modernist architecture in Madrid
César Pelli buildings
Buildings and structures in Fuencarral-El Pardo District, Madrid