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Office & tower · Modernism

Centro Simón Bolívar (El Silencio Towers)

Cipriano Domínguez · Caracas, VE · 1954

Key featuresTwin 103 m towers rising from two parallel wings raised on stilts, with Avenida Bolívar passing beneath.

Architect
Cipriano Domínguez
Place
Caracas, VE
Year
1954
Typology
Office & tower
Movement
Modernism
Region
Americas
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