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Gran Torre Costanera

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Gran Torre Costanera is a 300-meter, 62-story office skyscraper at Avenida Andres Bello 2457 in the Providencia district of Santiago, Chile, designed by the Chilean firm Alemparte Barreda y Asociados with Argentine architect Cesar Pelli of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and Canadian firm Watt International, and completed in 2013. It is the tallest building in South America and the second-tallest in Latin America, and ranks among the five tallest buildings in the Southern Hemisphere. The tower anchors the larger Costanera Center complex, and its Sky Costanera observation deck, occupying its top two floors, opened to the public in 2015.

Facts
Building Type
Office skyscraper 1
Location
Santiago, Chile 1
Completed Year
2013 2
Height (m)
300 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Skyscraper 1
Connections

Has Building Type

The Skyscraper, Concepts

In Style

Postmodern Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Wikidata: Gran Torre Costanera

Uses Element

Concrete, Architectural Materials
Source Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, The Skyscraper Center: Torre Costanera
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Located In

Chile

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is located.

Sources
1. Gran Torre Costanera, Wikipedia
  • Infobox, General information, Use field
    Office
  • Lead section, first sentence
    is a 62-story skyscraper in Santiago, Chile.
  • Infobox, General information, Completed field
    2013
  • Infobox, Technical details, Architectural height field
    300 m (984 ft)
  • Lead section
    It is the tallest building in South America, the second tallest building in Latin America (behind Mexico's T.Op Torre 1), and the fifth tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere (behind Indonesia's Autograph Tower and Luminary Tower, and Australia's Q1 Tower and Australia 108).
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2. Wikidata: Gran Torre Costanera
  • Wikidata Q1542408, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q1542408, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
  • In Style: Postmodern Architecture, Wikidata P149
    architectural style: postmodern architecture
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Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, The Skyscraper Center: Torre Costanera
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, The Skyscraper CenterUses Element: Concrete, Structural Material
Quote, Uses Element: Concrete, Structural Material
All-Concrete
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