Torre Picasso
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Torre Picasso is a skyscraper in Madrid, Spain designed by Minoru Yamasaki. From 1988 until 2007 it was the tallest building in Madrid, measuring 515 ft (157 m) and with 43 floors. Torre Picasso is located next to the Pablo Picasso Square, within the commercial complex AZCA along the Paseo de la Castellana.
Torre Picasso
Night view. The building as seen from the junction of the Paseo de la Castellana and the Plaza de Pablo Ruiz Picasso.
Black and white view looking southwest
The entrance arch
Minoru Yamasaki
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Minoru Yamasaki was a Japanese-American architect, best known for designing the original World Trade Center in New York City and several other large-scale projects. Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century. He and fellow architect Edward Durell Stone are generally considered to be the two master practitioners of "New Formalism".
Yamasaki in 1959
Pruitt–Igoe housing project, St. Louis, 1954 (demolished 1972–1976)
The original World Trade Center (1973–2001) was the most widely-known of Yamasaki's buildings.