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Pirelli Tower

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The Pirelli Tower, known in Italian as the Grattacielo Pirelli, rises in central Milan near the city's main railway station, completed in 1960 as the headquarters of the Pirelli tire and rubber company. Designed by the architect Gio Ponti in collaboration with the structural engineer Pier Luigi Nervi, the building takes a slender, tapering lens-shaped plan rather than the rectangular block typical of contemporary office towers, a form chosen to maximize natural light and minimize the depth of interior floor space. At the time of its completion it was among the tallest reinforced concrete buildings in the world, and it remains one of the defining works of postwar Italian modernism. A small aircraft struck the building's upper floors in 2002, and the structure was subsequently repaired and reinforced.

Facts
Building Type
Skyscraper 1
Location
Via Fabio Filzi, Milan, Lombardy, Italy 1
Completed Year
1958 1
Completed Year
1960 2
Height (m)
127 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Skyscraper 1
Connections

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The Skyscraper, Concepts

In Style

Modernist Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Pirelli Tower, Wikipedia

Uses Element

Concrete, Elements and Materials
Source Pirelli Tower, Wikipedia
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Located In

Italy

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Sources
1. Pirelli Tower, Wikipedia
  • Infobox, General information
    a 32-storey, 127 m (417 ft) skyscraper
  • Infobox: location
    Via Fabio Filzi, 22 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
  • History section
    Upon its completion in 1958
  • Infobox, Height
    127 m (417 ft)
  • History
    Upon its completion in 1958, it became a symbol not only of Milan, but also of the economic recovery of Italy after the devastation of World War II.
  • In Style: Modernist Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Modernism
  • Uses Element: Concrete, Wikipedia lead
    The construction used approximately 30,000 m3 (1,100,000 cu ft) of concrete.
  • In Group: Skyscrapers and Office Towers, Lead paragraph
    Pirelli Tower (Italian: Grattacielo Pirelli, also nicknamed Pirellone, literally 'Big Pirelli') is a 32-storey, 127 m (417 ft) skyscraper in Milan, Italy.
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2. Wikidata: Pirelli Tower
  • Wikidata Q920809, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q920809, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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