Gran Torre Santiago
| Gran Torre Santiago | |
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 Gran Torre Santiago under construction in May 2013. |
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| General information | |
| Status | Topped-out |
| Location | Costanera Center, Santiago, Chile |
| Coordinates | 33°25′00.80″S 70°36′24.14″W / 33.4168889°S 70.6067056°WCoordinates: 33°25′00.80″S 70°36′24.14″W / 33.4168889°S 70.6067056°W |
| Estimated completion | 2014 |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 300 m (984 ft) |
| Top floor | 254.6 m (835 ft)[1] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 64 |
| Design and construction | |
| Developer | Cencosud |
The Gran Torre Santiago (Spanish for "Grand Santiago Tower"), previously known as Torre Gran Costanera, is a skyscraper under construction in Santiago, Chile. In 2011 it became the tallest building in South America,[2] and in 2012 the tallest in Latin America.[3]
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Details [edit]
Gran Torre Santiago is part of the Costanera Center complex, which will include a shopping mall, two hotels and two additional office towers. Gran Torre Santiago will be 300 metres (980 ft) tall and 64 stories high with a floor pitch of 4.1 metres (13 ft) and 107,125 m2 in area.[4]
The tower was designed by Cesar Pelli of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Chilean architects Alemparte Barreda & Asociados, and by the Canadian company Watt International. Structural engineering is performed by the Chilean company René Lagos y Asociados Ing. Civiles Ltda. Salfa Corp. was responsible for its construction.[4]
Construction [edit]
Construction of the building began in June 2006 and was expected to be completed in 2010, but was put on hold in January 2009 due to the global financial crisis of 2008–2009.[5] Construction on the project resumed on 17 December 2009[2] and it is expected to be inaugurated in 2013.[4]
In early November 2010, standing 205 m tall, it overtook the neighboring Titanium La Portada to become the tallest building in Chile. In February 2011, La Segunda daily reported that, at 226 m tall, the tower had overtaken Caracas's Twin Towers to become the tallest building in South America,[2] while La Tercera newspaper reported in February 2012 that it had achieved that feat on 12 April 2011.[4]
Structural work on the tower was completed in July 2011[6] and the maximum height of 300 m was achieved on 14 February 2012, becoming the tallest building in Latin America.[3]
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September 2006
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December 2007
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June 2010
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September 2010
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January 2011
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March 2011
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March 2012
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References [edit]
- ^ "Gran Torre Costanera". CTBUH. 2012-12-16.
- ^ a b c "Costanera Center alcanza 226 metros y se convierte en el edificio más alto de Sudamérica". La Segunda. 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ^ a b "Costanera Center es oficialmente el edificio más alto de Latinoámerica". La Segunda. 2012-02-14.
- ^ a b c d "Costanera Center alcanza su altura máxima y culmina etapa de obra gruesa | Santiago". La Tercera. 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
- ^ Long, Gideon (2009-01-30). "South American skyscraper on hold". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
- ^ "Terminan obra gruesa de gran torre de Costanera Center". La Tercera. 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
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