Agbar Tower / Torre Agbar
Avinguda Diagonal, Barcelona
1999-2004
Jean Nouvel Architects

Photos of this Jean Nouvel building:



This skyscraper is 142m high, the third highest in Barcelona in 2005.

More Torre Agbar images available upon request: photos 1280x1024 pixels, 72dpi



Other Barcelona Towers:

Barcelona Telecommunications Tower / Torre de Collserola
north Barcelona
1988-92
Foster & Partners

The Barcelona Telecommunications Tower for Telefonica is 288m high, built on a hill just north of the city.

Sagrada Familia - Church of the Holy Family / Sagrada Familia
northeast Barcelona
1884
Antoni Gaudi, Architect

Literally 'Sacred Family' this church is the most striking and largest of all Antoni Gaudi buildings.

Communications Tower, Montjuic / Torre de Comunicacions, Montjuïc
Hill of Montjuic, southwest Barcelona
1991
Santiago Calatrava, Architect

The Montjuïc Tower is 136m high and very stylised like many Calatrava buildings.

Mapfre Tower / Edifici Mapfre
Port Olimpic, Barcelona
1988-92
Ortiz & Leon, Architects

This Barcelona skyscraper is 154m high.

Arts Hotel, Barcelona / Hotel Arts Barcelona
La Marina 19, Port Olimpic, Barcelona
1992
Bruce Graham of Skidmore Owings Merrill Architects (SOM Architects)

This skyscraper (left of the image) is 154m high and uses and expressed, white-painted regular structural frame. Located immediately west of the Mapfre Tower building (right of image) of the same height.

Natural Gas Company Tower / Torre de Gas Natural
La Barceloneta, Barcelona
1995; cantilever addition 2004
Enric Miralles / Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT


Princess Hotel, Barcelona / Hotel Princess Barcelona
Diagonal Mar - Barcelona Forum, avenue Diagonal 3, east Barcelona
2001-04
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.

Jean Nouvel Architect - Awards
Grand Prix d'Architecture - 1987
Aga Khan Award for Architecture - 1989
Royal Institute of British Architects: Royal Gold Medal for Architecture - 2001

Key Jean Nouvel Building
lnstitut du Monde Arabe / Arab du Monde lnstitute, Paris
1987-88

Other Jean Nouvel Buildings
Lyon Opera House, redevelopment - 1993
Fondation Cartier, Paris - 1994
Galeries Lafayette, Berlin - 1996

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Torre Agbar, Jean Nouvel Architect, Barcelona Building: Photos © adrian welch / isabelle lomholt

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