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Torres Blancas is a mixed use concrete building in
Madrid, Spain Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
, designed in 1961 by Spanish architect
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. The structure is a noted example of Spanish
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. Spanish industrialist Juan Huarte commissioned the project which initially included two residential towers. The video for the single Rainy Days by
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of
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was filmed here on the top floor.


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Buildings and structures in Chamartín District, Madrid Brutalist architecture in Spain Buildings and structures completed in 1969 {{Madrid-struct-stub