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Torres de Colón: Context · Chamberí | Plaza de Colón Twin towers built for the headquarters of the Rumasa company
1/7 · Context · Chamberí | Plaza de Colón Twin towers built for the headquarters of the Rumasa companyPhoto: Fred Romero from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · source
Torres de Colón: Exterior · Palace of Linares, Recoletos promenade and Colón Towers, Madrid, Spain
2/7 · Exterior · Palace of Linares, Recoletos promenade and Colón Towers, Madrid, SpainPhoto: Carlos Delgado · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Torres de Colón: Exterior · toronyház (Colón)
3/7 · Exterior · toronyház (Colón)Photo: Lajos Gál · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Torres de Colón: Exterior · toronyház (Colón)
4/7 · Exterior · toronyház (Colón)Photo: Lajos Gál · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Torres de Colón: Interior · Escalera añadida en la última reforma
5/7 · Interior · Escalera añadida en la última reformaPhoto: Triplecaña · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Torres de Colón: Context
6/7 · ContextPhoto: Sjaak Kempe from Groningen, The Netherlands · CC BY 2.0 · source
Torres de Colón: Plan · Detalle de techod e la última planta
7/7 · Plan · Detalle de techod e la última plantaPhoto: Benjamín Núñez González · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Photo 1: Context · Chamberí | Plaza de Colón Twin towers built for the headquarters of the Rumasa companyPhoto 2: Exterior · Palace of Linares, Recoletos promenade and Colón Towers, Madrid, SpainPhoto 3: Exterior · toronyház (Colón)Photo 4: Exterior · toronyház (Colón)Photo 5: Interior · Escalera añadida en la última reformaPhoto 6: ContextPhoto 7: Plan · Detalle de techod e la última planta

Office & tower · Late modernism

Torres de Colón

Antonio Lamela · Madrid, Spain · 1976

Key featuresTwin office towers whose floors hang from the tops of their concrete cores ("suspended architecture").

Architect
Antonio Lamela
Place
Madrid, Spain
Year
1976
Typology
Office & tower
Movement
Late modernism
Region
Europe
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