Área de negocios de Cuatro Torres (ANCA or CTBA),

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for "Four Towers Business Area", is a business district located in the Paseo de la Castellana in

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, on the former Ciudad Deportiva of Real Madrid. The area contains the four tallest skyscrapers in Spain, and four of the ten tallest in the

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: the Torre Emperador, Torre de Cristal, Torre PwC and

Torre Cepsa The Torre Cepsa (renamed in June 2014, before was Torre Bankia)( en, Cepsa Tower) is a skyscraper located in the Cuatro Torres Business Area in Madrid, Spain. With a height of and 45 floors, it is the second tallest of the four buildings in the ...

. Construction of the buildings finished in 2008. Now, a fifth tower, '' Caleido'', is under construction.

CTBA buildings

Torre de Cristal

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and built by

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, Torre de Cristal (Spanish for ''Crystal Tower''), with a height of 249 meters, is the tallest building in the country. In April 2007, its structure surpassed the height of Torre Espacio.

Torre Bankia

and Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, the 45-storey Torre Cepsa (Spanish for ''Cepsa Tower''), with a height of 248 m, is the second tallest building in the area, surpassed by Torre de Cristal by 1 meter. It was first known as ''Torre Repsol'' and was to have served as headquarters for the oil and gas company Repsol YPF. During the construction of the tower, Repsol decided to change the location of its future headquarters, and the financial institution Caja Madrid (currently

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) purchased the building for €815 million in August 2007. In 2015 it was loaned to

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for its main headquarters and hence the tower was renamed again as Torre Cepsa.

Torre PwC

Designed by Carlos Rubio Carvajal and Enrique Álvarez-Sala Walter and built by Sacyr Sau, the 52-storey skyscraper, formerly known as Torre Sacyr Vallehermoso, is tall. It houses the five-star hotel ''Eurostars Madrid Tower,'' which occupies 60% of the tower, with rooms between floors 6 and 27 and at its upper part, a two-storey dining room offering a panoramic view of the city. It is the only tower with double skin facade and it is covered entirely of glass in the form of flakes. On the upper deck there are 3

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s capable of producing wind energy for use in the building. A production of 25 kWh is estimated.

Torre Espacio

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and built by

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, the 57-storey Torre Espacio (Spanish for ''Space Tower'') is tall. In November 2006, its height surpassed that of the

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, thus making it the tallest building in Spain, although it retained that title only for a short time (see above). The structure was

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on March 19, 2007 and that evening,

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, mayor of Madrid, attended a firework display to commemorate the event.

Gallery

Image:Cuatro Torres Business Area.JPG, The CTBA featuring Madrid in the back Image:MadridSkyline2008.jpg, CTBA during its construction, in 2008 Image:CTBA (Madrid) 31.jpg, CTBA complex Image:CTBA (Madrid) 36.jpg, Torre de Cristal & Torre Espacio, CTBA Image:MadridCTBA.jpg, Torre Cepsa, August 2008 Image:Madrid Cuatro Torres Business Area02.jpg, CTBA on 8 January 2009 Image:From Tetuán.JPG, From Tetuán-Valdeacederas

References

External links

PERI GmbH: Cuatro Torres Highrise, Madrid, SpainEmporis buildingsPanoramics and night pics CTBA.
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