Caleido is an tall, 36-story skyscraper in
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), an ...
.
It is popularly known as ''Quinta Torre'' (Fifth Tower) as it stands close to the other four skyscrapers of the
Cuatro Torres Business Area
Área de negocios de Cuatro Torres (ANCA or CTBA), Spanish for "Four Towers Business Area", is a business district located in the Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid, Spain, on the former Ciudad Deportiva of Real Madrid. The area contains the four t ...
(CTBA) complex along the
Paseo de la Castellana
Paseo de la Castellana, commonly known as La Castellana, is a major thoroughfare in Madrid, Spain. Cutting across the city from South to North, it has been described as the "true structuring axis" of the city.
History and description
The street ...
. As of 2021,
Instituto de Empresa
IE Business School is a graduate and undergraduate school of business, located in Madrid, Spain, European Union, Europe. It was founded in 1973 under the name Instituto de Empresa and since 2009 is part of IE University. IE Business School r ...
(IE) is the main tenant.
[ Its construction started in April 2017] and the tower was formally completed on 19 October, 2021.[{{cita book/news/web}} requires , título= (Spanish) or , titolo= (Italian)]
It occupies the former site of the Centro Internacional de Convenciones de la Ciudad de Madrid
The International Convention Center of the City of Madrid ( es, Centro Internacional de Convenciones de la Ciudad de Madrid) was a skyscraper project in Madrid, Spain.
It was designed to be 119 meters tall and was scheduled to be opened in 2014. ...
. It is the fifth tallest building in Madrid and seventh tallest in Spain.
The building was designed by architecture firms
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructin ...
Fenwick Iribarren and Serrano-Suñer Arquitectura. The main contractor was OHL Desarrollos.
References
Skyscrapers in Madrid
Skyscraper office buildings in Madrid
Buildings and structures in Fuencarral-El Pardo District, Madrid
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