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Created on: 05/19/99
Modified on: 10/04/06


Pirelli Tower

"Pirellone", Torre Pirelli
Built: 1956 - 1958
Status: in use
Location: Milan, Milano, Lombardy, Italy
Pirelli Tower
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Structural Type:
Frame structure
Function / usage:
Office building

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect E. Dall'Orto
  A. Fornaroli
  Gio Ponti
  A. Rosselli
  G. Valtolina
Structural engineer A. Danusso
  Pier Luigi Nervi

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
building structure  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  height 127 m
  number of floors (above ground) 32

Chronology
July 1956
Construction begins.
2 August 1958
Construction finished.
4 April 1960
Opening.
1978
Purchased by the Region of Lombardy.
18 April 2002, 17:55
A small Rockwell Commander 112TC plane with one pilot and no passengers hits the building at the 25th and 26th floor causing an explosion and a large gash in the building. At least 3 people die in the crash and 36 are injured, the 67-year-old pilot among them.

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External LinkarchINFORM: Pirelli-Turm Grattecielo Pirelli English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkBBC Mundo: Se estrella avión en Milán Spanish
External LinkCNN: Five dead as plane hits skyscraper (4/18/02) English
External LinkCorriere della Sera - Edizione Straordinario: Milano: Aereo contro il Pirellone Italian
External LinkCorriere della Sera: Aereo da turismo si schianta contro il Pirellone Italian
External LinkViquipèdia: Torre Pirelli Catalan
External LinkWikipedia: Grattacielo Pirelli Italian
External LinkWikipédia: Mrakodrap Pirelli Slovak
External LinkWikipedia: Pirelli Tower English
External LinkWikipedia: Pirelli-Hochhaus German
External LinkWikipedia: Torre Pirelli Spanish
External LinkВикипедия: Башня Пирелли Russian

Relevant Literature
* Desideri, Paolo   Pier Luigi Nervi, Zanichelli Editore, Bologna (Italy) , ISBN 8808041042, 1979; pp. 62-69.
* Dupré, Judith   Skyscrapers, Black Dog & Loventhal, New York (USA) , ISBN 1884822452, 1996; pp. 52-53.
* Dupré, Judith   Skyscrapers (2nd edition), Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., New York (USA) , ISBN 1579127878, 2008; pp. 54-55.
* Iori, Tullia   Pier Luigi Nervi, Motta Architettura, Milan (Italy) , ISBN 8864130055, 2009; pp. 54-57.
* Nervi, Pier Luigi   Neue Strukturen, Verlag Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart (Germany) , 1963; pp. 10-17.

 
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