The Torre Emperador Castellana, simply known as Torre Emperador and formerly named Torre Espacio (Spanish for Space Tower) is a skyscraper in
Madrid, Spain, measuring 230 metres (755 feet) tall and containing 57 floors. It is currently the
fourth tallest building in Madrid.
Construction
During its construction on the night of 4 September 2006, a fire broke out on the 43rd floor of the tower. The structure of the building suffered no critical damage, as the fire had only affected some construction materials.
The structure was
topped out on 19 March 2007. That night, Madrid mayor
Alberto Ruiz Gallardón attended a ceremony with fireworks to commemorate the event. With its 230 m, it also became the tallest structure in Spain at that time, surpassing the telecommunications tower
Torrespaña.
Torre de Cristal
The Torre de Cristal ( Spanish for Glass Tower) is a skyscraper in the Cuatro Torres Business Area (CTBA) in Madrid, Spain, completed in 2008. With a final height of , it surpassed Torre Emperador as the tallest building in Spain, and is the ...
, one of the neighbouring skyscrapers at 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 fou ...
, surpassed the height of Torre Espacio in April 2007.
File:Torre Espacio (Madrid) 04a.jpg, ''Torre Emperador'' at completion
File:Torre Espacio Madrid.jpg, ''Torre Emperador'' under construction
File:Torre Espacio (Madrid) 08.jpg, Night view of the ''Torre Emperador''
File:Torre espacio 1.jpg, Close up of the ''Torre Emperador''
The building project was featured on the
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. , Discovery Channe ...
's ''
Build It Bigger
''Extreme Engineering'' is a documentary television series that aired on the Discovery Channel and the Science Channel. The program featured futuristic and ongoing engineering projects. After ending of season 3 it airs under the ''Build It Bi ...
'' series due to the skyscraper's unique form and shape.
It was designed by
American
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architect
Henry N. Cobb, a partner in the firm
Pei Cobb Freed, and built by
OHL OHL or Ohl may refer to:
Initialisms
*Latvian Hockey Higher League, known in Latvian as the ''Optibet hokeja līga''
*Oberste Heeresleitung, the Supreme Army Command of Germany in World War I
*Obrascón Huarte Lain, a Spanish construction company
* ...
. In 2009, it became the new home of the
British Embassy in Madrid. In 2010, the Embassy of Canada too moved to Torre Espacio. The Australian and Dutch Embassy are also located in the building.
Since 2015, it has been owned by Grupo Emperador S.A.U, owned by Chinese-Filipino entrepreneur
Andrew Tan. Six years after the acquisition by the Filipino-Spanish company, the skyscraper got its name changed to Torre Emperador (or Torre Emperador Castellana), named after the popular Filipino brand
Emperador Brandy
Emperador is a brand of cut brandy and brandy produced by Emperador Inc., a 81% owned subsidiary of Alliance Global Group. The shares of Emperador Inc. are traded at the Philippine Stock Exchange with the symbol "EMP". The beverage is primaril ...
, as they announced in a Facebook post.
See also
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Torre Cepsa
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Torre Sacyr Vallehermoso
The Torre PwC, formerly Torre Sacyr Vallehermoso, is a 52-floor, skyscraper, completed in 2008, located in Madrid, Spain. Torre PwC is one of four buildings in the Cuatro Torres Business Area. It was designed by Carlos Rubio Carvajal and Enriq ...
*
Torre de Cristal (Madrid)
The Torre de Cristal ( Spanish for Glass Tower) is a skyscraper in the Cuatro Torres Business Area (CTBA) in Madrid, Spain, completed in 2008. With a final height of , it surpassed Torre Emperador as the tallest building in Spain, and is 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 fou ...
*
Embassy of the United Kingdom, Madrid
The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Madrid is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in Spain. Since 2009 the Embassy has been located in the Torre Espacio skyscraper in the Cuatro Torres Business Area. The current British Ambassador ...
References
External links
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Se retira la última dotación de bomberos tras quedar extinguido el fuego en la madrileña Torre EspacioEmporis.com
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Office buildings completed in 2008
Skyscraper office buildings in Madrid
Buildings and structures in Fuencarral-El Pardo District, Madrid
Modernist architecture in Madrid
2008 establishments in Spain