| Pirelli Tower | |
|---|---|
Torre Pirelli (Italian) | |
 East elevation from Piazza Duca d'Aosta, 2016 | |
  Location within Milan | |
| Alternative names | Pirellone Pirelli Tower |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Architectural style | Modernism |
| Location | Via Fabio Filzi, 22 Milan, Italy |
| Coordinates | 45°29′05″N 9°12′05″E / 45.48472°N 9.20139°E |
| Construction started | 1956 |
| Completed | 1958 |
| Owner | Regional Government of Lombardy |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 127 m (417 ft) |
| Roof | 124 m (407 ft) |
| Top floor | 113 m (371 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 32 2 below ground |
| Floor area | 24,000 square metres (260,000 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 6 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Giò Ponti Pier Luigi Nervi |
| Main contractor | Pirelli & C. SpA |
| References | |
| [1][2][3][4] | |
Pirelli Tower (Italian: Grattacielo Pirelli – also called "Pirellone", literally "Big Pirelli") is a 32-storey, 127 m (417 ft) skyscraper in Milan, Italy. The base of the building is 1,900 m2 (20,000 sq ft), with a length of 75.5 m (248 ft) and a width of 20.5 m (67 ft).[5] The construction used approximately 30,000 m3 (1,100,000 cu ft) of concrete. The building weighs close to 70,000 t (69,000 long tons; 77,000 short tons) with a volume of 125,324 m3 (4,425,800 cu ft).
Characterized by a structural skeleton, curtain wall façades and tapered sides, it was among the first skyscrapers to abandon the customary block form.[6] After its completion it was the tallest building in Italy[7] but in 1961, Mole Antonelliana recovered priority after rebuilding of its pinnacle. The architectural historian Hasan-Uddin Khan praised it as "one of the most elegant tall buildings in the world" and as one of the "few tall European buildings [that made] statements that added to the vocabulary of the skyscraper".[8]
The building inspired the Pan Am Building (now MetLife Building) in New York, the National Mutual West Plaza in Auckland and the Banco Sabadell Tower in Barcelona.[9]
- ^ "Pirelli Tower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- ^ "Emporis building ID 110920". Emporis. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016.
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- ^ Pirelli Tower at Structurae
- ^ Il cielo in una stanza, informative brochure from Lombardy Region.
- ^ Sharp, Dennis, ed. (1 September 1991). The Illustrated encyclopedia of architects and architecture (first ed.). New York: Whitney Library of Design. p. 124. ISBN 978-0823025398. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ Pascucci, Denim (27 February 2014). "AD Classics: Pirelli Tower / Gio Ponti, Pier Luigi Nervi". ArchDaily. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ Khan, Hasan-Uddin (1 May 1998). International style: modernist architecture from 1925 to 1965. Köln [Germany]: Taschen. p. 231. ISBN 978-3822882603. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ Kirk, Terry (1 September 2005). Visions of Utopia, 1900 – present (first ed.). New York City: Princeton Architectural. p. 170. ISBN 978-1568984360. Retrieved 28 November 2016.