Torre de las Telecomunicaciones (Telecommunications Tower), or Torre Joaquín Torres García (
Joaquín Torres García Tower), usually referred as ''Antel Tower'', is a building with 35 floors located in
Montevideo
Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
, Uruguay.
It hosts the headquarters of Uruguay's
government-owned
State ownership, also called public ownership or government ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, property, or enterprise by the national government of a country or state, or a public body representing a community, as opposed to ...
telecommunications company,
ANTEL, and is the tallest skyscraper in the country. Designed by the Uruguayan-Canadian architect
Carlos Ott
Carlos Adolfo Ott (born October 16, 1946) is a Uruguayans, Uruguayan-Canadians, Canadian architect. He became famous when he won the international design competition in 1983 for the construction of the Opéra Bastille in Paris, which was inaugu ...
, it is situated by the side of the
Bay of Montevideo. The tower was completed by American Bridge and other design/built consortium team members in 2002.
Description
With a total area of 19.459 m², the complex consists of the main tower, the Customer Service Building, the Telecommunications Museum and the Auditorium.
There are guided visits all through the week.
Controversy
When its construction was announced, many politicians complained about its cost ($40 million, plus $25 million for the construction of the other 5 buildings of the Telecommunications Complex).
Problems during its construction turned the original $65 million into $102 million.
See also
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ANTEL
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Communications in Uruguay
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American Bridge Company
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List of tallest buildings in Uruguay
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.antel.com.uy, ANTEL official website
American Bridge, participant in the constructionGuided Tours in the building
Office buildings completed in 2002
Buildings and structures in Montevideo
Carlos Ott buildings
Aguada, Montevideo
2002 establishments in Uruguay