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| Iberdrola Tower | |
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Torre Iberdrola | |
 Tower in February 2012 | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Location | Bilbao, Spain |
| Coordinates | 43°16′03″N 2°56′19″W / 43.26750°N 2.93861°W |
| Construction started | 2007 |
| Completed | 2011 |
| Management | Apex Inmobiliaria S.A. |
| Height | |
| Roof | 165 m (541 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 41 (5 basement floors) |
| Floor area | 50,000 m2 (538,000 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 21 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | César Pelli |
| Main contractor | Promotora Vizcaina |
The Iberdrola Tower (Basque: Iberdrola dorrea, Spanish: Torre Iberdrola) is an office skyscraper in Bilbao, Spain. Its construction started on 19 March 2009 and was officially inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I on 21 February 2012.[1] The tower has a height of 165 metres (541 feet) tall and has 40 floors. The first eight floors of the tower were to hold a hotel by the Spanish hotel chain ABBA, but the project was eventually cancelled.[2] The tower, built as Iberdrola's headquarters, is the tallest building in the Basque Country and the city of Bilbao, and the ninth tallest building in Spain.
The tower was built in Abandoibarra, a former industrial area located next to the Nervión river that began to be renewed in the early 1990s and where other emblematic projects such as the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and the Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall have been built. There are two residential buildings designed by Carles Ferrater flanking the skyscraper. The entrance to the tower is located at the Euskadi Plaza.
- ^ "El Rey inaugura Torre Iberdrola, el nuevo faro de los negocios de Bizkaia". elcorreo.com. 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- ^ "Promotora Vizcaína se retira de la Torre Iberdrola". Cybereuskadi.com. 8 October 2008. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.