Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Torre Agbar






thissss bigggg assss dome lookin egg shaped torpedo ass lookin thing .. is dope, lol .. i went walking early one morning, on a mission to find it
they used a crazy amount of glass to cover this thing .. truely a work of art

apparently, the shape of the this thing was inspired by Montserrat, a mountain near Barcelona, and by the shape of a geyser rising into the air. As a result of its unusual shape, the building is known by several nicknames, such as "el supositori" (the suppository), "l'obús" (the shell) and "the dick".[6] It has 30,000 (323,000 ft²) of above-ground office space, 3,210 (34,500 ft²) of technical service floors with installations and 8,351 (90,000 ft²) of services, including anauditorium. The Agbar Tower measures 144.4 m (473.75 ft) in height[8] and consists of 38 stories, including four underground levels.

Its design combines a number of different architectural concepts, resulting in a striking structure built with reinforced concrete, covered with afacade of glass, and over 4,500 window openings cut out of the structural concrete.



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