Philip Lyles Blog 7, Caser Pelli’s Unicredit Tower

Like many other wonderful constructions, another supertower architectural masterpiece by Pelli is the Unicredit Tower. Located in Milan, Italy, this tower began construction in 2003 and was completed around 2012. The headquarters of the tower is a complex of three towers. The tower spirals upward, with the asymmetrical main tower being culminated in a sculptural, stainless steel spire. However, like the two smaller towers, the building is clad in reflective glass. The narrow, curved forms of this encloses Piazza Gae Aulenti, a new public space recently introduced to the tower. When you look at the tower from the street level, the tower are in fact clad in stone. And, around the piazza, a ring-shaped canopy connects the podiums of the three towers. Extending the plaza is a public space with several eating places and public shops that attract the public well.

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