Puerta
de Europa ("Gate of Europe") towers are two twin office buildings in Madrid.
They were built in 1996 by the Kuwait Investments Office (hence their initial
name "Torres KIO") and designed by the American architects Philip Johnson
and John Burgee. Each building is 115 m tall with an inclination of 15º.
They are located near the Chamartín railway station - on the sides
of the Plaza Castilla bus station, north from the Paseo de la Castellana
and near the Cuatro Torres skyscraper park.
After
the Torres KIO fraud case, KIO had to sell the buildings and they are now
owned by Cajamadrid and Realia. |
