Cuatro Torres Business Area
The Cuatro Torres Business Area (CTBA), also known as the Área de Negocios de las Cuatro Torres (Spanish for "Four Towers Business Area"), is a business district located in the Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid, Spain, on the former Ciudad Deportiva of Real Madrid. The area contains the four tallest skyscrapers in Spain, and four of the ten tallest in the European Union: the Torre Emperador, Torre de Cristal, Torre PwC and Torre Cepsa. Construction of the buildings finished in 2008.
| Cuatro Torres Business Area | |
|---|---|
Área de Negocios de las Cuatro Torres | |
From left to right: Torre Cepsa, Torre PwC, Torre de Cristal and Torre Espacio | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Office & Hotel (Torre PwC) |
| Location | Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain |
| Coordinates | 40°28′40″N 3°41′16″W |
| Construction started | 2004 (all) |
| Completed | Torre Espacio : March 2007 Torre PwC: April 2008 Torre Cepsa: May 2009 Torre de Cristal: December 2009 |
| Height | |
| Roof | Torre de Cristal: 249 m (817 ft) Torre Bankia: 248 m (814 ft) Torre PwC: 236 m (774 ft) Torre Espacio: 230 m (750 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | Torre PwC: 58 Torre Espacio: 57 Torre de Cristal: 52 Torre Cepsa: 45 |
| Lifts/elevators | Torre de Cristal: 27 Torre Espacio: 27 Torre Cepsa: 14 Torre PwC: 8 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Torre Cepsa: Norman Foster Torre de Cristal: César Pelli Torre PwC: Carlos Rubio Carvajal and Enrique Álvarez-Sala Walther Torre Espacio: Henry N. Cobb |
Since the site was developed a fifth tower, Caleido, was subsequently completed in 2021.
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