Gran Torre Santiago
Second tallest skyscraper in Latin America
The Costanera Center Torre 2,[5] better known as Gran Torre Santiago (Great Santiago Tower), and previously known as Torre Gran Costanera, is a 62-story tall skyscraper in Santiago, Chile. It is the second tallest in Latin America (behind Mexico's T.Op Torre 1).[6] It is the fourth-tallest building in the Southern hemisphere (behind New Zealand's Sky Tower, Australia's Q1 Tower and Australia 108).
Gran Torre Santiago | |
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General information | |
Status | Complete |
Type | Office |
Location | Av. Andrés Bello 2457, Providencia, Chile |
Coordinates | 33°25′01″S 70°36′24″W / 33.41694°S 70.60667°W |
Construction started | June 2006 |
Topped-out | 14 February 2012 |
Completed | 2013[1] |
Cost | US$1 billion[2][3] |
Height | |
Architectural | 300 m (984 ft) |
Top floor | 261 m (856 ft)[4] |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 62 (+6 basement floors) |
Floor area | 107,125 m2 |
Lifts/elevators | 24 |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Barreda y Asociados Watt International and César Pelli |
Architecture firm | Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects |
Developer | Cencosud |
Website | |
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References
change- ↑ "Gran Santiago Torre serves as perfect wayfinder when walking Chile's capital (video)". The Oregonian. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ↑ Foster, Nick (29 November 2013). "Chile property: Pro-business Santiago lures foreign entrepreneurs". Financial Times.
- ↑ "Santiago's Gran Torre skyscraper viewed with foreboding". South China Morning Post.
- ↑ "Torre Costanera". The Skyscraper Center.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Costanera Center es oficialmente el edificio más alto de Latinoámerica". La Segunda. 14 February 2012.