Allianz Tower
Torre Allianz (Italian)
Allianz Tower
Alternative names
  • Isozaki Tower[1]
  • Il Dritto (The Straight One)
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeMixed use
Architectural styleModern
LocationMilan, Italy
Construction started2012
Opening2015
Height
Roof209 m (686 ft)
259 m (850 ft) (with broadcast antenna)[2]
Technical details
Floor count50
Floor area81,615 m2 (878,500 sq ft)[3]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Arata Isozaki & Associates
Andrea Maffei Architects
Website
it.arteliagroup.com/en/allianz-tower-new-building-touchesthe-sky-heart-milan

Allianz Tower (Italian: Torre Allianz), also known as Isozaki Tower (Italian: Torre Isozaki), is a fifty-floor, 209-metre-tall (686 ft) skyscraper in Milan, Italy. Designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki and Italian architect Andrea Maffei, it serves as the headquarters of the Italian subsidiary Allianz SpA.[4]

Locally nicknamed Il Dritto (Italian for "The Straight One"), it is the tallest building in Italy at 209 m (686 ft)—259 m (850 ft) with broadcast antenna[5]—and with its 50 floors is the tallest to the roof. It is composed by eight modules by six floors each one, with the façade of the module composed by a triple-glass unit slightly curved to outside. The vertical succession of rounded forms create a feeling of slight vibration of the volume of the building as it rises upward. Elevations of the short sides are fully glazed and show the mechanical series of six panoramic lifts going up and down to the various floors of the building.

In 2016, Allianz Tower was nominated by Emporis as the third-best skyscraper that was completed in 2015.[6]

The idea of an endless tower can be compared to previous ambitions of other artists such as Constantin Brâncuși, for example, who in 1937–38 installed one of his endless columns of Târgu Jiu in the park to create repeatable systems indefinitely.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Torre Isozaki, Milan". Emporis. Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Milano | Tre Torri – Nuova punta per l'antenna della torre Allianz". Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Allianz Tower". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Allianz Italia installa il quartier generale nella 'sua' Torre a CityLife" [Allianz Italia new headquarters in Citylife]. adnkronos.com (in Italian). 23 November 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Milano | Tre Torri - Nuova punta per l'antenna della torre Allianz". Urbanfile Blog (in Italian). 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  6. ↑ "Top 10 new skyscrapers in the world".

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