General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Office building |
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Location
| Location: |
Montevideo, Uruguay |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2051 Avenida Paraguay |
| Coordinates: | 34° 53' 30.84" S 56° 11' 40.92" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 162 m |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Torre de las Telecomunicaciones (Telecommunications Tower) or Torre Antel (Antel Tower) is a 157 meter tall building with 35 floors in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is the headquarters of Uruguay's government-owned telecommunications company, ANTEL, and is the tallest building in the country. It was designed by architect Carlos Ott. It is situated by the side of Montevideo's bay. The tower was completed by American Bridge and other design/built consortium team members in 2002.
Characteristics
With a total area of 19.459 m², the complex consists of the main tower, the Customer Service Building, the Telecommunications Museum and the Auditorium. There are guided visits all through the week.
Controversy
When its construction was announced, many politicians complained about its cost ($40 million, plus $25 million for the construction of the other 5 buildings of the Telecommunications Complex).
Problems during its construction turned the original $65 million into $102 million.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Telecommunications Tower (Montevideo)" and modified on June 3, 2020 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20005917 - Published on:
04/10/2002 - Last updated on:
22/07/2014
