Pirelli Building

E940073

The Pirelli Building is a landmark Modernist skyscraper in Milan, Italy, celebrated for its slender, elegant form and innovative postwar architectural design.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Modernist building
landmark
office building
skyscraper
architect Gio Ponti NERFINISHED
Pier Luigi Nervi NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle International Style
Modernism
category Modernist architecture in Italy
Skyscrapers in Milan
citySymbolOf Milan NERFINISHED
client Pirelli NERFINISHED
completionDate 1958
constructionStart 1956
continent Europe
country Italy
designedIn 1950s
engineeringInnovation slender concrete frame with central core
era postwar architecture
floorCount 31
hasAlternateName Grattacielo Pirelli NERFINISHED
height 127 m
approximately 417 ft
heritageStatus architectural landmark
influenced MetLife Building NERFINISHED
Pan Am Building NERFINISHED
postwar skyscraper design
locatedIn Lombardy
Milan NERFINISHED
Piazza Duca d’Aosta NERFINISHED
material glass
reinforced concrete
steel
namedAfter Pirelli NERFINISHED
notableFeature central structural core
curtain wall façade
slender plan
tapered ends
openingDate 1960
owner Lombardy Region NERFINISHED
planShape diamond-shaped plan
roofShape flat roof
status completed
structuralEngineer Pier Luigi Nervi NERFINISHED
use office
usedBy Regional Council of Lombardy NERFINISHED

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Gio Ponti notableWork Pirelli Building