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Torre Agbar, Barcelona, Photo, Architect, Tower, Spanish Building, Picture Agbar Tower, Barcelona : Architecture InformationBarcelona Building by Jean Nouvel in Catalonia, SpainOther Barcelona Towers Barcelona Telecommunications Tower - Torre de Collserola Foster & Partners ![]() The Barcelona Telecommunications Tower for Telefonica is 288m high Sagrada Familia Antoni Gaudi, Architect ![]() Communications Tower, Montjuic Santiago Calatrava, Architect ![]() The Montjuïc Tower is 136m high and very stylised like many Calatrava buildings. Mapfre Tower Ortiz & Leon, Architects ![]() This Barcelona skyscraper is 154m high Arts Hotel, Barcelona Bruce Graham of Skidmore Owings Merrill Architects (SOM Architects) ![]() Natural Gas Company Tower - Torre de Gas Natural Enric Miralles / Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT ![]() Princess Hotel, Barcelona Oscar Tusquets, Architect ![]() This Barcelona tower is 109m high. Jean Nouvel - Abgar Tower Architect Jean Nouvel Background The architect was born in France in 1945; he opened his own office in 1975. His break came in 1981 when President Mitterand commenced his Grand Projets and by 1988 his lnstitut du Monde Arabe was complete. Its facade was unlike anything seen before and catapluted Nouvel into international architect stardom. ![]() The Agbar Tower project in Barcelona reaffirms his celebrity status once again. It has been compared to Foster & Partners Swiss Re building of course but in various articles it has been articulated by Nouvel's office that this is incidental. Spanish designs by this architect Hotel Puerta America Barcelona Buildings Torre Agbar, Jean Nouvel Architect, Barcelona Building: Photos © adrian welch / isabelle lomholt Sagrada Familia Barcelona Pavilion Torre Baro Barcelona Casa Mila Park Guell Contemporary Architects Torre Collserola World Architecture : e-architect - key buildings across the globe Comments / photos for the Agbar Tower page welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk Torre Agbar Building - page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt Torre Agbar - Website: www.torreagbar.com |
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