Pirelli Building (127 meters)

Milan, Italy (IT)

The building inspired the Pan Am Building in NYC, the National Mutual West Plaza in Auckland and the Banco Sabadell Tower in Barcelona.

Tallest building in Italy from 1960 to 1995, if not including the restoration of the Mole Antonelliana's pinnacle.

Tallest building in Milan from 1960 to 2010

Tallest building in the EU from 1958 to 1967

Pirelli Building (127 meters)

Milan, Italy (IT)

Grattacielo Pirelli / "Pirellone") is a 32-story, 127 m (417 ft) skyscraper in Milan. The base of the building is 1,900 m2, with a length of 75.5 m and a width of 20.5 m.

Characterized by a structural skeleton, curtain wall façades and tapered sides, it was among the 1st skyscrapers to abandon the customary block form. The architectural historian Hasan-Uddin Khan praised it as "one of the most elegant tall buildings in the world" and as one of the "few tall European buildings [that made] statements that added to the vocabulary of the skyscraper".[8]

The building inspired the Pan Am Building in NYC, the National Mutual West Plaza in Auckland and the Banco Sabadell Tower in Barcelona.

Tallest building in Italy from 1960 to 1995, if not including the restoration of the Mole Antonelliana's pinnacle.

Tallest building in Milan from 1960 to 2010

Tallest building in the EU from 1958 to 1967

Skyscrapers, Misc
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