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 | |
|---|---|
| File:CostaneraCenterTorre2016.jpg | |
| 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 | |
Gran Torre Santiago Media
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Costanera Center en sept. 2006, Santiago de Chile
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Costanera Center, January 15 2008
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La torre Gran Costanera durante su construcción en junio de 2010. Santiago de Chile.
- Torre Gran Costanera septiembre 2010.jpg
Torre Gran Costanera, Santiago, Chile
- Torre Gran Costanera en construcción, enero 2011.jpg
Main tower of the "Costanera Center"under construction on january 2011
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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.
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Costanera Center en marzo de 2012, con la Torre Titanium detrás
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Photo of the highest building in south america. The Gran Torre Santiago in Chile.
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Gran Santiago Tower, Views from San Cristóbal Hill, Santiago, Chile
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" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ 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.