Gran Torre Santiago
The Costanera Center Torre 2,[5] better known as Gran Torre Santiago (Great Santiago Tower), and previously known as Torre Gran Costanera, is a 62-story tall skyscraper in Santiago, Chile. It is the second tallest in Latin America (behind Mexico's T.Op Torre 1).[6] It is the fourth-tallest building in the Southern hemisphere (behind New Zealand's Sky Tower, Australia's Q1 Tower and Australia 108).
| Gran Torre Santiago | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Office |
| Location | Av. Andrés Bello 2457, Providencia, Chile |
| Coordinates | 33°25′01″S 70°36′24″W / 33.41694°S 70.60667°WCoordinates: 33°25′01″S 70°36′24″W / 33.41694°S 70.60667°W |
| Construction started | June 2006 |
| Topped-out | 14 February 2012 |
| Completed | 2013[1] |
| Cost | US$1 billion[2][3] |
| Height | |
| Top floor | 261 m (856 ft)[4] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 62 (+6 basement floors) |
| Floor area | 107,125 m2 |
| Elevators | 24 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Barreda y Asociados Watt International and César Pelli |
| Architecture firm | Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects |
| Developer | Cencosud |
| Website | |
| www | |
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Costanera Center en sept. 2006, Santiago de Chile
Costanera Center, January 15 2008
La torre Gran Costanera durante su construcción en junio de 2010. Santiago de Chile.
Torre Gran Costanera, Santiago, Chile
Main tower of the "Costanera Center"under construction on january 2011
La Torre Gran Costanera, la más alta de Chile y Sudamérica, perteneciente a Cencosud, durante su construcción. Foto tomada desde el Parque de Las Esculturas de la comuna de Providencia. Santiago de Chile, 2 de marzo de 2011.
Costanera Center en marzo de 2012, con la Torre Titanium detrás
Photo of the highest building in south america. The Gran Torre Santiago in Chile.
Gran Santiago Tower, Views from San Cristóbal Hill, Santiago, Chile
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References
- ↑ Gran Santiago Torre serves as perfect wayfinder when walking Chile's capital (video). 15 February 2014. http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2014/02/gran_santiago_torre_serve_as_p.html. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ↑ Foster, Nick (29 November 2013). "Chile property: Pro-business Santiago lures foreign entrepreneurs". Financial Times. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/49b0f6be-5205-11e3-8c42-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2zYlgNt7U.
- ↑ Santiago's Gran Torre skyscraper viewed with foreboding. South China Morning Post.
- ↑ Torre Costanera. The Skyscraper Center.
- ↑ Archived copy. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ↑ Costanera Center es oficialmente el edificio más alto de Latinoámerica. 14 February 2012. http://www.lasegunda.com/Noticias/Nacional/2012/02/721619/costanera-center-coloca-la-ultima-pieza-de-la-obra-gruesa.