| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Madrid, Madrid, Spain | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1989-1996 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Johnson & Burgee | en_US |
| dc.date | 1989-1996 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-12-05T15:28:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-12-05T15:28:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1989-1996 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 241176 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 2821 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/149413 | |
| dc.description | West tower looking north from Plaza Castilla showing 15° incline; Commissioned by the Kuwait Investment Office (hence their initial name "Torres KIO" or "KIO Towers"). Twin office buildings in Madrid. Each building is 115 m tall (26 floors) with an inclination of 15°, making them the first inclined skyscrapers in the world. Leslie E. Robertson Associates, RLLP New York (LERA) provided structural engineering services. The west tower has a rooftop helicopter pad outlined in blue; the east tower has a red one. Now owned by Bankia and Realia. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 8/9/2013) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | steel; glass | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | contemporary (1960 to present) | en_US |
| dc.subject | engineering and industrial design | en_US |
| dc.subject | manufacturing | en_US |
| dc.subject | Twentieth century | en_US |
| dc.title | Gate of Europe | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Puerta de Europa | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | KIO Towers | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-PJ-PDE-A03 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Spanish | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | skyscraper | en_US |
| vra.worktype | office building | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Johnson & Burgee (American architectural firm, 1967-1991) | en_US |
