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Gate of Europe

Johnson & Burgee
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Alternative Titles
Puerta de Europa
KIO Towers
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/149416
Date
1989-1996
Description
Close up of decorative grid system (larger red overlay on smaller grid) on glass curtain wall; 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)
Type of Work
skyscraper; office building
Subject
architecture, contemporary (1960 to present), engineering and industrial design, manufacturing, Twentieth century
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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