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Edificio Girasol: Context
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Edificio Girasol: Exterior · Girasol Building designed by José Antonio Coderch between 1964 and 1966
2/6 · Exterior · Girasol Building designed by José Antonio Coderch between 1964 and 1966Photo: Vilacor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Edificio Girasol: Exterior
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Edificio Girasol: Exterior · Madrid - Edificio Girasol (Calle de José Ortega y Gasset nº 23)
4/6 · Exterior · Madrid - Edificio Girasol (Calle de José Ortega y Gasset nº 23)Photo: Zarateman · CC0 · source
Edificio Girasol: Exterior · Madrid - Edificio Girasol (Calle de José Ortega y Gasset nº 23)
5/6 · Exterior · Madrid - Edificio Girasol (Calle de José Ortega y Gasset nº 23)Photo: Zarateman · CC0 · source
Edificio Girasol: Interior · First floor of the Girasol Apartment Building in Madrid
6/6 · Interior · First floor of the Girasol Apartment Building in MadridPhoto: Vilacor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Photo 1: ContextPhoto 2: Exterior · Girasol Building designed by José Antonio Coderch between 1964 and 1966Photo 3: ExteriorPhoto 4: Exterior · Madrid - Edificio Girasol (Calle de José Ortega y Gasset nº 23)Photo 5: Exterior · Madrid - Edificio Girasol (Calle de José Ortega y Gasset nº 23)Photo 6: Interior · First floor of the Girasol Apartment Building in Madrid

Housing · Late modernism

Edificio Girasol

Josep Antoni Coderch · Madrid, Spain · 1966

Key featuresApartment block whose saw-tooth facade turns every flat towards the sun ("girasol" means sunflower).

Architect
Josep Antoni Coderch
Place
Madrid, Spain
Year
1966
Typology
Housing
Movement
Late modernism
Region
Europe
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