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Collserola Tower

Torre de Collserola
Completed in: 1992
Location: On the Collserola coast in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Collserola Tower, Barcelona
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Structural Type:
Cable-stayed tower
Function / usage:
Communications tower
Part of: Olympic Summer Games 1992

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Lord Norman Robert Foster
Structural engineer Chris Wise

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Structural engineering Ove Arup & Partners

Main contractor Cubiertas y MZOV
Cables Freyssinet International
Lifting VSL International

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
cables  aramid
shaft  reinforced concrete
platform  steel
Dimensions
  height 288 m
  diameter at base 4.5 m
  height to platform (1) 84 m
observation deck   height to observation deck 135 m
Quantities used in construction
  structural steel 3 000 t

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External LinkTorre de Collserola Spanish English

Relevant Literature
* Margolius, Ivan   Architects + Engineers = Structures, Academy Editions, New York (USA) , ISBN 0471498254; pp. 83-84.
* Möschler, Erich   VSL heavy Lifting simplifies construction of Barcelona Tower, in "VSL News", 1991, n. 2 v. 2 .
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 73.

 
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