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Walking alongside the Canal de Alfonso XIII in Seville (I thought it was the river Guadalquivir at the time).

Torre Pelli construction site with tall crane.

Construction started in 2007 and is expected to be finished by 2015.

The Cajasol Tower or Torre Pelli , as known in the city, is a building designed by Cesar Pelli currently under construction in an area called Puerto Triana in Seville. The north tower has two lower buildings with a central street. The name of the project in the study of the architect is Seville Tower .

When the project was proposed was sponsored by savings El Monte and Caja San Fernando, you agree to merge in December 2006 to form the savings Cajasol , to be operational in 2007. The box is integrated into the bank CaixaBank in March 2012. Since 2013 Cajasol exists as foundation.

Upon completion it will become the first skyscraper and the tallest building in the city and also in the highest Andalucía , and in the seventh tallest skyscraper in Spain , just after the skyscrapers of Madrid and Benidorm and ahead of cities like Barcelona . Construction of the building is carried out in the southern sector, Isla de la Cartuja with avenues of sponsorship and Inca Garcilaso, in a plot with an area of 59,000 m². On 17 July 2007 the first stone was laid. The tower will have a total height of 180.5 meters . The proposed building has 37 floors and elliptical of reinforced concrete above ground with 3 underground. The facade is made ​​of glass and steel was studied and its protection against the sun with ceramic blades, although the project was changed so that these were aluminum colored tile.

In 2010 the works were awarded to a Joint Venture of the builder FCC (80%) and Inabensa (20%), being the second subsidiary of Abengoa . the same year the construction of the two efificios podium is awarded to the company Isolux Corsan. In 2013 CaixaBank works awarded to Dragados completion.


A canoe rows past the tower.
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Source Canal de Alfonso XIII - Seville - Torre Pelli
Author Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom
Camera location37° 23′ 28.96″ N, 6° 00′ 37.18″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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