Zagrepčanka
45°47′54″N 15°57′44″E / 45.79833°N 15.96222°E
Zagrepčanka is a business tower located in Zagreb, Croatia. The address is Savska 41, on the Savska and Vukovarska intersection.
Technical info
Zagrepčanka is ranked 2nd by height (1st when you include the antenna) in Croatia. It is 94.6 meters (310 feet) tall, and it has 26 levels. There is a radio mast on the roof, which increases the height of the tower to 109 meters (363 feet). There are two underground levels, used for parking spaces. It's served by six elevators. The skyscraper is a part of the complex, which includes a lowrise 3 level business objects, an art installation, and a fountain.
The tower is comprised of three parts. The center part has 26 floors, the west wing has 21 floor, and the east wing has 19 floors. The facade is derived in white marble, and a reflective green glass. There are 23 three-apses protrusions, which run from the 25th to 26th floor. The center wing has 24 support beams, and the side wings have 23 beams. The side wings are hyperbolically curved over the vertical axis.
History
The tower was built in 1976 by architects Slavko Jelinek and Berislav Vinković.
About ten years after the completion, heavy marble tiles started to fall off from the facade. This was due to the low-quality material that was ordered for the construction. Because of the danger, the employees had to enter the tower through an improvised tunnel, made out of the wooden planks and steel bars. This unfortunate feature produced a nickname for it, "The hells tower". The renovation started only recently. By now the west facade is completely fixed, and the works on the rest of the tower are starting soon.
Zagrepčanka was surpassed in (structural) height by the Eurotower (97.8 meters) in 2006. But it still holds the No.1 place in the real height (109 meters), and it has the Croatia's highest office.
See also
Views of Zagrepčanka
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Old photo of Zagrepčanka tower
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Old photo of Zagrepčanka facade
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Old night photo of Zagrepčanka tower
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Zagrepčanka tower from the distance
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Zagrepčanka tower
