ARGENTINA
ARGENTINA / BUENOS AIRES
Puente de la Mujer
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Santiago Calatrava
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA / SYDNEY
Sydney Opera House
Sydney, Australia
Jorn Utzon
BAHRAIN
BAHRAIN / MANAMA
Bahrain World Trade Center
Bahrain
WS Atkins & Partners
BRAZIL
BRAZIL / BRASILIA
Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge
Brasilia, Brasil
Alexander Chan
BRAZIL / NITERÓI
MAC-Museum of Contemporary Art
Niterói, Brasil
Oscar Niemeyer
BRAZIL / RIO DE JANEIRO
Christ the Redeemer
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Various Artists
CANADÁ
CANADÁ / TORONTO
The Mirvish/Gehry Project
Toronto, Ontario, Canadá
Frank Gehry
Humber River Bridge
Toronto, Ontario, Canadá
Montgomery y Sisam
CN Tower
Toronto, Ontario, Canadá
John Andrews & WZMH Architects
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZECH REPUBLIC / PRAGUE
The Dancing House
Prague, Czech Republic
Gehry Partners LLP
Charles IV Bridge
Prague, Czech Republic
Petr Parler
CHINA
CHINA / GUANGZHOU
Guangzhou International Finance Centre
Guangzhou, China
Wilkinson Eyre Architects
CHINA / HANGZHOU
China Comic & Animation Museum
Hangzhou, China
MVRDV
HONG KONG
Bank of China Tower
Hong Kong, China
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
CHINA / SHANGHAI
Riviera TwinStar Square
Pudong, Shanghai, China
Arquitectonica
UK Pavilion
Shanghai Expo 2010, China
Heatherwick Studio
Shanghai World Financial Center
Shanghai, China
Kohn Pedersen Fox & Associates
CHINA / SHENZHEN
KK100 Development
Shenzhen, China
TFP Farrells
TAIWAN / KAOHSIUNG
Tuntex Sky Tower
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
C. Y Lee & Partners
TAIWAN / TAIPEI
Taipei 101
Taipei, Taiwan
C. Y. Lee & Partners
EGYPT
EGYPT / EL CAIRO
Gizeh Pyramids
El Cairo, Egypt
Hemiunu & others
FRANCE
FRANCE / AVEYRON
Millau Viaduct
Aveyron, France
Foster + Partners and
Michel Virlogeux
FRANCE / PARIS
Eiffel Tower
Champ de Mars, Paris, France
Maurice Koechlin and
Gustave Eiffel
GERMANY
GERMANY / HAMBURG
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Hafencity, Hamburg, Germany
Herzog & de Meuron
GERMANY / BERLIN
HH122-Reichstag Dome
Berlin, Germany
Foster+Partners
Puerta de Brandenburgo
Berlin, Germany
Carl Gotthard Langhans;
Johann Gottfried Schadow
GREECE
GREECE / ATHENS
Harilaos Trikoupis Bridge
Athens, Greece
B. Mikaelian, VINCI & Others
The Acropolis of Athens
Athens, Greece
Phidias, Ictinus and Callicrates
HOLLAND
HOLLAND / ROTTERDAM
The Red Apple
Rotterdam, Holland
KCAP Architects & Planners
Erasmus Bridge
Rotterdam, Holland
Ben van Berkel
HUNGARY
HUNGARY / BUDAPEST
Megyeri Bridge
Budapest, Hungary
Mátyás Hunyadi
ITALY
ITALY / BOLOGNA
Reggio Emilia Bridges
Mancasale, Bolonia, Italia
Santiago Calatrava
ITALY / FLORENCE
Ponte Vecchio
Florencia, Tuscany, Italy
Taddeo Gaddi and Giorgio Vasari
The David
Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy
Michelangelo Buonarroti
ITALY / PISA
Pisa Tower
Piazza del Duomo, Tuscany, Italy
Various authors
ITALY / ROME
Fontana di Trevi
Rome, Italy
Several Authors
Fuente de los Cuatro Ríos
Plaza Navona, Roma, Italia
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Éxtasis de Santa Teresa
Capilla Cornaro, Iglesia de Santa Maria della Vittoria, Roma, Italia
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Fuente del Tritón
Plaza Barberini, Roma, Italia
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Piedad
Basílica de San Pedro, Roma, Italia
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Coliseum
Rome, Italy
Flavian Dinasty
ITALY / VENICE
Rialto Bridge
Venice, Italy
Antonio da Ponte
JAPAN
JAPAN / TOKIO
Cocoon Tower
Tokio, Japan
Tange Associates
Tod's Omotesando Building
Tokyo, Japan
Toyo Ito & Associates
JAPAN / SENDAI
Sendai Mediatheque
Sendai, Japan
Toyo Ito & Associates
JORDAN
JORDANIA / PETRA
Petra City
Petra, Jordania
Edomitas
MALAYSIA
MALAYSIA / PUTRAJAYA
Seri Wawasan Bridge
Putrajaya, Malaysia
Michael Yomout (PJSI)
Petronas Towers
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Cesar Pelli & Associates
MÉXICO
MÉXICO D.F.
Museo Soumaya
Mexico D.F.
Fernando Romero
MÉXICO / ESTADO DE MÉXICO / NAUCALPAN DE JUÁREZ
Torres de Satélite
Ciudad Satélite, Naucalpan, México
Luis Barragán-Mathias Goeritz
MÉXICO / YUCATÁN
Chichén Itzá Pyramid
Yucatán, Mexico
Maya Dinasty
QATAR
QATAR / DOHA
Doha Tower-Burj Qatar
Doha, Qatar
Ateliers Jean Nouvel
ROMANIA
ROMANIA / TARGU JIU
The Endless Column
Târgu Jiu, Romania
Constantin Brancusi
SAUDI ARABIA
SAUDI ARABIA / JEDDAH
The Kingdom Tower
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill
SAUDI ARABIA / RIYADH
Kingdom Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ellerbe Becket & Omrania
SPAIN
SPAIN / ÁLAVA
Hotel Marqués de Riscal
El Ciego, Álava, Spain
Gehry Partners LLP
Winery Ysios
Laguardia, Álava, Spain
Santiago Calatrava
SPAIN / BARCELONA
Torre Diagonal ZeroZero
Barcelona, Spain
EMBA Arquitectos
Porta Fira Towers
Barcelona, Spain
Toyo Ito & Associates
Media-TIC Building
Barcelona, Spain
Enric Ruiz-Geli, Cloud 9
Suites Avenue Building
Barcelona, Spain
Toyo Ito & Associates
City of Justice
Barcelona, Spain
David Chipperfield
Diagonal 197@
Barcelona, Spain
David Chipperfield Architects
Hesperia Tower Hotel
L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain
Richard Rogers Partnership
Gas Natural Office Building
Barcelona, Spain
EMBT
Agbar Tower
Barcelona, Spain
Jean Nouvel
Forum Barcelona Building
Barcelona, Spain
Herzog & de Meuron
Fish
Barcelona, Spain
Gehry Partners LLP
Montjuic Communications Tower
Barcelona, Spain
Santiago Calatrava
Bach de Roda Bridge
Barcelona, Spain
Santiago Calatrava
Casa Milá (La Pedrera)
Barcelona, Spain
Antoni Gaudí
SPAIN / BILBAO
Airport Sondica
Bilbao, Spain
Santiago Calatrava
Campo Volantin Footbridge
Bilbao, Spain
Santiago Calatrava
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain
Gehry Partners LLP
SPAIN / GRAN CANARIA
Woermann Tower
Las Palmas, Canary Island, Spain
Ábalos & Herreros
SPAIN / MADRID
Pasarela de la Arganzuela
Madrid, Spain
Dominique Perrault
Distrito C de Telefónica
Madrid, Spain
Rafael de La-Hoz
Hotel Silken Puerta América
Madrid, Spain
Jean Nouvel & others
SPAIN / MALLORCA
Bou
Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain
Santiago Calatrava
SPAIN / SEVILLA
Puente del Alamillo
Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain
Santiago Calatrava
Barqueta Bridge
Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain
Juan José Arenas de Pablo
SPAIN / TENERIFE
MAGMA Arte & Congresos
Adeje, Tenerife, Spain
AMP Arquitectos
Tenerife Concert Hall
Santa Cruz de Tenerife,
Canary Island, Spain
Santiago Calatrava
SPAIN / VALENCIA
Valencia Opera House
City of Arts and Sciences
Valencia, Spain
Santiago Calatrava
SPAIN / ZARAGOZA
Third Millenium Ebro River Bridge
Zaragoza, Spain
Juan José Arenas de Pablo (Arenas y Asociados)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / DUBAI
O-14
Dubai, UAE United Arab Emirates
Reiser+Umemoto
Burj Khalifa (Burj Dubai)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, SOM
Rose Rayhaan by Rotana
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Khatib & Alami
Burj Al Arab
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tom Willis Wright (Atkins)
UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED KINGDOM / BIRMINGHAM
Selfridges Departament Store
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Future Systems
UNITED KINGDOM / LONDON
The Shard - London Bridge Quarter
London, United Kingdom
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Maggie's Centre
London, United Kingdom
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners
Moor House
London, United Kingdom
Foster + Partners
30 St. Mary Axe
London, United Kingdom
Foster + Partners
Laban Centre
London, United Kingdom
Herzog & de Meuron
City Hall
London, United Kingdom
Foster + Partners
Millenium Bridge
London, United Kingdom
Foster + Partners
Canary Wharf Underground Station
London, United Kingdom
Foster + Partners
Tower Bridge
London, England, UK
Horace Jones
Big Ben
London, England, UK
Charles Barry
y Augustus Pugin
UNITED KINGDOM / NEWCASTLE
Gateshead Millenium Bridge
Newscastle, England
Wilkinson Eyre Architecs
UNITED KINGDOM / PORTSMOUTH
Spinnaker Tower
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
HGP Architects
SLOVAKIA
SLOVAKIA / BRATISLAVA
SNP Bridge-Novy Most
Bratislava, Slovakia
Jozef Lacko
SWEDEN
SWEDEN / MALMO
HSB Turning Torso
Malmo, Sweden
Santiago Calatrava
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNITED STATES / CHICAGO
The Chicago Spire
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Santiago Calatrava
Aqua Tower
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Studio Gang Architects
Trump Chicago Tower
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, SOM
BP Bridge
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millenium Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gehry Partners LLP
Willis Tower (Sears Tower)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, SOM
John Hancock Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, SOM
Lake Point Tower
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Schipporeit & Heinrich
The Chicago Picasso
Chicago, Illinois. USA
Pablo Picasso
Marina City
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Bertrand Goldberg
Home Insurance Building
Chicago, Illinois, USA
William Le Baron Jenney
UNITED STATES / DALLAS, TEXAS
Fountain Place
Dallas, Texas, USA
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
UNITED STATES / HOUSTON, TEXAS
Pennzoil Place
Houston, Texas, USA
Philip Johnson/John Burgee
UNITED STATES / MIAMI, FLORIDA
Espirito Santo Plaza
Miami, Florida, USA
KPF Kohn Perdersen Fox
Miami Tower
Downtown Miami, Florida, USA
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
The Atlantis Condominiums
Miami, Florida, USA
Arquitectonica
Delano Hotel
Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Robert Swartburg;
Philippe Starck (Interior)
UNITED STATES / MILWAUKEE
Milwaukee Art Museum
Wisconsin, USA
Santiago Calatrava
UNITED STATES / MINNEAPOLIS
Weisman Art Museum
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Frank O. Gehry
UNITED STATES / NEW YORK CITY
One World Trade Center
Manhattan, New York City, USA
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Eight Spruce Street
Manhattan, New York City, USA
Gehry Partners LLP
One Bryan Park -
Bank of America Tower
Manhattan, New York, USA
Cook+Fox Architecs LLP
The IAC Building
New York City, USA
Gehry Partners LLP
The New York Times Building
Manhattan, New York City, USA
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Hearst Tower
Manhattan, New York, USA
Foster + Partners
Citicorp Center
Manhattan, New York City, USA
Stubbins Associates;
Emery Roth & Sons
The World Trade Center
Manhattan, New York, USA
Minoru Yamasaki & Associates
Seagram Building
Manhattan, New York City, USA
Mies van der Rohe
American International Building
Manhattan, New York City
Clinton and Russell; Holton & George
Empire State Building
Manhattan, New York City
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates
570 Lexington Avenue
Manhattan, New York
Cross & Cross
Chrysler Building
Manhattan, New York, USA
William van Alen
Woolworth Building
Manhattan, New York City, USA
Cass Gilbert
Flatiron Building
Manhattan, New York, USA
Daniel Burnham
Statue of Liberty
New York, USA
Frédérick-Auguste Bartholdi
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan, New York, USA
John Augustus Roebling
UNITED STATES / PENNSYLVANIA
Fallingwater
Pennsylvania, USA
Frank LLoyd Wright
UNITED STATES / REDDING
Sundial Bridge
Redding, California, USA
Santiago Calatrava
UNITED STATES / SAN FRANCISCO
Transamerica Pyramid
San Francisco, California, USA
William L. Pereira & Associates
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco, California, USA
Joseph B. Strauss & others
UNITED STATES / SEATTLE
Space Needle
Seattle, Washington, USA
John Graham & Associates
SOUTH DAKOTA
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Pennington, South Dakota, USA
Gutzon Borglum
UNITED STATES / ST. LOUIS
The Gateway Arch
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Eero Saarinen
References / Referencias
The Urban Towers Handbook
John Wiley&Sons, London, 2011
by Eric Firley and Julie Gimbal
English
+info Buy
TURNING TORSO - Santiago Calatrava
Bellisco Ediciones, Madrid, 2008
by José Miguel Hernández Hernández
Español - English
+info Buy
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