Allianz Tower ( Italian : Torre Allianz ), also known as Isozaki Tower ( Italian : Torre Isozaki ), is a fifty-floor, 209-metre-tall (686 ft) skyscraper in Milan , Italy . Designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki and Italian architect Andrea Maffei , it serves as the headquarters of the Italian subsidiary Allianz SpA .
5-476: Locally nicknamed Il Dritto (Italian for "The Straight One"), it is the tallest building in Italy at 209 m (686 ft)—259 m (850 ft) with broadcast antenna—and with its 50 floors is the tallest to the roof. It is composed by eight modules by six floors each one, with the façade of the module composed by a triple-glass unit slightly curved to outside. The vertical succession of rounded forms create
10-597: A feeling of slight vibration of the volume of the building as it rises upward. Elevations of the short sides are fully glazed and show the mechanical series of six panoramic lifts going up and down to the various floors of the building. In 2016, Allianz Tower was nominated by Emporis as the third-best skyscraper that was completed in 2015. The idea of an endless tower can be compared to previous ambitions of other artists such as Constantin Brâncuși , for example, who in 1937–38 installed one of his endless columns of Târgu Jiu in
15-643: Is well known for famous ancient structures, Italy curiously played a key role as precursor in the construction of the first modern skyscrapers in Europe . The history of skyscrapers in Italy began with the completion of Torrione INA in Brescia . The tower is 57 m (187 ft) high and was completed in 1932. Torre Piacentini (63 m) in Genoa was the tallest high rise building in Europe from 1940 to 1952 as well as
20-682: The first one whose roof reached and exceeded the height of 100 metres. After 1952, Italy lost the record in Europe but it continued to have the tallest buildings in the European Union until 1966, with three different skyscrapers: Torre Breda (117 m), Grattacielo di Cesenatico (118 m) and Pirelli Tower (127 m). Italy's first business district, the Centro Direzionale , opened in 1962 in Milan. Today, there are 5 business districts in Italy. The construction of high rise buildings
25-852: The park to create repeatable systems indefinitely. 45°28′39″N 9°09′26″E / 45.4776°N 9.1573°E / 45.4776; 9.1573 This article about an Italian building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tallest buildings in Italy This lists ranks the tallest completed and topped out buildings in Italy that stand at least 100 m (330 ft) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Only habitable buildings are ranked, which excludes radio masts and towers , observation towers , steeples , chimneys and other tall architectural structures. Even though it
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