Torre Velasca is a mixed-use tower in central Milan, Italy, near Milan Cathedral, designed by the BBPR architectural partnership and completed in 1958, with an inauguration in 1961. Rising 26 stories to just over 100 meters, the tower carries offices and apartments in a distinctive mushroom-shaped profile, its upper floors cantilevered out wider than its base in a silhouette its architects intended to recall medieval Lombard fortress towers reinterpreted in modern reinforced concrete. It is counted among the relatively few Italian examples of post-rationalist, proto-brutalist architecture from the period, and the tower was granted historic building protection in 2011.
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1. Torre Velasca (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundationlead paragraph, sentence 1
The Torre Velasca ("Velasca Tower") is a skyscraper built in the 1950s by the BBPR architectural partnership, in Milan, Italy.
lead paragraph, sentence 2
The construction was achieved in 1958, and inaugurated in 1961.
second paragraph, sentence 1
The tower is located in the city centre of Milan, near the Duomo (Milan Cathedral) and the headquarters of the University of Milan, between the streets corso di Porta Romana and via Larga.
lead paragraph, sentence 3
Measuring 106 metres (348 ft) in height to the roof, the tower has 26 stories.
Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
Torre Velasca is a mixed-use tower in central Milan, Italy, near Milan Cathedral, designed by the BBPR architectural partnership and completed in 1958, with an inauguration in 1961. Rising 26 stories to just over 100 meters, the tower carries offices and apartments in a distinctive mushroom-shaped profile, its upper floors cantilevered out wider than its base in a silhouette its architects intended to recall medieval Lombard fortress towers reinterpreted in modern reinforced concrete. It is counted among the relatively few Italian examples of post-rationalist, proto-brutalist architecture from the period, and the tower was granted historic building protection in 2011.
In Style: Brutalism, Introduction
The building is considered one of the few Italian examples of post-rationalist brutalist architecture.
Uses Element: Stone, Wikipedia article
Due to the high cost of the material and the national production capacity of the time, this initial proposal was abandoned; BBPR instead opted for a reinforced concrete structure with stone cladding.
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Torre Velasca
- Wikidata Q1156274, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q1156274, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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