The vertical forest: These are two residential towers with green terraces under the direction of architect Stefano Boeri. Bank tower Torre Unicredit, 231 metri high with 32 floors on 146m and 85 m spire (antenna).Responsible architects are Cesar Pelli, Stefano Boeri and Nicholas Grimshaw, who gave their names to the new skyscrapers. The Porta Nuova project includes the complete transformation of the urban area Garibaldi to Repubblica. Porta Nuova Project Bank tower Torre Unicredit From Garibaldi Station to Piazza della Repubblica, Milan will be have a new skyline.įurther to the project Porta Nuova there is the City Life project in construction that transforms the former exhibition center FieraMilanoCity. In occasion of Expo Milano 2015, a large construction site pulls Milan. The piazza in the center is accessible to the public and service facilities and an auditorium are housed in the complex. The 161 m high tower is surrounded by a complex of buildings of 7-9 floors in curvy lines, in which cultural institutions are located. With this new building the city offices, which had been distributed over the city, could be concentrated into one building complex The Palazzo Lombardia has now become with 161.3 meters hight the tallest building in Milan, seat of the government of Regione Lombardia. The building has 31 floors above ground and 2 underground.įor almost 50 years the Pirellone was the tallest building in Milan until 2010 when it was the dominated by the neighboring building, Palazzo Lombardia, the new headquarters of the regional government. Since then, it has been the administrative seat of the regional government. Originally the offices of the tire manufacturer Pirelli should be accommodated in the skyscraper, which already belonged to Pirelli.ġ978 the Lombardy region acquired the Pirelli skyscraper. As compensation Pirelli donated for the preservation of the Madonnina. With 127 meters height the Pirelli skyscraper has dominated the Madonnina on the cathedral with it’s 108.5 m and disagreed to the local law of 1930, after which no building could be higher than Milan's landmark. The Pirelli skyscraper was built in the years 1956-1961 according to a project by the architect Gio Ponti and engineer Pier Luigi Nervi.
The Pirelli Tower, called Pirellone, is located in Piazza Duca d'Aosta (next to Central Station) and is the seat of the regional government of Milan. Piazza Duca d'Aosta Skyscrapers Pirellone and Palazzo Lombardia Skyline Milan from the Duomo terraces Skyscraper Pirellone in
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