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Architecture
• Torres Kio: are the so-called Gate of Europe. The name is due to KIO, which were promoted by a Kuwaiti company in origin. The most identifies is the inclination of 15 º experiencing both, which was at the time an architectural challenge.
• Torrespaña: better known as the lollipops, is a communications tower that has become a symbol within the architecture Madrid. Thence fourteen broadcast on FM radio, digital radio thirteen, eight television stations and twenty channels of digital terrestrial television.
• Torre Caja Madrid in the beginning, this tower would be the headquarters for Repsol, which is why it was known as Torre Repsol until it finally went into the bank. Is expected to become its headquarters in early 2009 and will be completed throughout 2008.
• Torre de Cristal: It is with the skyscraper Torre Caja Madrid, the highest in Spain, as the two measuring 250 meters. Both towers are scheduled to be finished in 2008. The characteristic that best defines him and the rest of skyscrapers is that changes in the plants of the four planes of the building, forming a shape similar to that of a cut glass, hence the name. Possibly one of the finest modern works of architecture in Madrid.
But Madrid also has an extensive repertoire of old architecture that has become true works of art, and are undoubtedly the greatest tourist attractions of Madrid travelers:
• Cathedral of the Almudena: despite its appearance of ancient work, this cathedral was started in the late nineteenth century, although the work lasted 100 years by successive stoppages throughout the twentieth century. Consequently, combining several styles such as neoclassical and neo-Gothic neorromántico in a very own mix of the last decades of the twentieth century.
• Escorial Monastery: Built in the late sixteenth century is one of the great works of Renaissance architecture in Spain, by Juan Bautista de Toledo, but then added to the project other notable architects of the time as Juan de Herrera, Francisco Mora and Juan Valencia. He was long considered the Eighth Wonder of the World.
• Royal Palace or Palacio de Oriente, was designed by the baroque architect Filippo Juvara around the year 1738. Situated near the Spanish Steps in Via Bailén. Has long been the residence of the royal family, until the current Kings, moved to the Palacio de la Zarzuela, where he currently resides.
Furthermore, the architecture of contemporary Madrid has also offered great jewels of the building should be noted that, although some, such as the Building Lookout Sanchinarro, are privately owned, which prevents access to it, but not Approaching the view from outside.
• Edificio Mirador: winner of one of the most prestigious awards in architecture. The project emerged from a study of Dutch architecture and supported by the Spanish architect Blanca Lleó, with the intention of housing from a different perspective. The result is a building of twenty-one plants that has a hole in the center about 36 meters high, and that serves as the lookout towards the Sierra de Guadarrama and garden. This project was the subject of extensive travel to the most important exhibitions among which are those of the MOMA in New York.
• Building CaixaForum: designed by Swiss architects Hercog and de Meuron, the building adds to the Art Triangle formed by the Museo del Prado, the Thyssen and Reina Sofia Museum. The most characteristic feature is that it has retained the brick façade of the former power station building at Noon on which they built the new headquarters of the Caixa Cultural, combining the architecture of Madrid of the past with the future. |
