Montjuic Communications Tower

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Title	Montjuic Communications Tower
Alternate Title	Torre Telefonica
View	Overall view
Work Type	building divisions rooms and spaces broadcasting studios buildings communications buildings broadcasting stations
Style/Period	Twentieth century
Creator Name	Calatrava, Santiago, 1951-
Creator Nationality	Spanish
Date.Creator Birth	1951
Contributors to Project	Santiago Calatrava Valls (Spanish architect, born 1951)
Subject.work	abstraction architecture contemporary (1960 to present) engineering and industrial design manufacturing recreation and games festivals timekeeping Olympics television broadcasting radio broadcasting transmitter tower
Country	Spain
City	Barcelona
State/Province	Catalonia
Location.Notes	Anella Olimpica, Montjuic
Architectural Material	painted steel
Technique	construction (assembling)
Dates	1989-1992 (creation)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	5/16/2008
Subject Information	The Montjuic Communications Tower (Torre Telefonica) is a telecommunication tower in the Montjuic neighborhood of Barcelona. The white tower was built for Telefonica to transmit television coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics Games in Barcelona. The 136 m (446 ft) tower is located in the Olympic park, and represents an athlete holding the Olympic Flame. The basement is covered with 'trencadis', Gaudi's mosaic technique created from broken tile shards. Because of the tower's orientation, it works also as a giant sundial, which uses the Europa square to indicate the hour.
Information.source	Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)

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