Sevilla Tower

Historia

The Sevilla Tower is an office skyscraper under construction in Seville, Spain, that is being built under the masterplan of Puerto Triana. Known until 2015 as Cajasol Tower or Pelli Tower, its construction started in March 2008 and it is expected to be finished in early 2016. The tower will have a height of 180.5m and have 40 floors. The tower will have an office usage with the entrance to the tower located off Odiel street. The tower, built as Cajasol's headquarters, will be the tallest building in Andalusia and the city of Seville.The tower is being built in La Cartuja, the former zone of the Universal Exposition that took place in Seville between April and October 1992. It is located next to the river in an area being redeveloped since the early 2000s. The tower will be flanked by two four story podium buildings also designed by César Pelli. The curved edges of the podium buildings will define a plaza that opens on the north and south and narrows at the center, creating a pedestrian-scaled commercial street.It had been reported that UNESCO was considering putting the Seville's monuments which are classified as World Heritage Sites into the "Threatened List", because of the tower's “negative visual impact” on the old town skyline of Seville. The proposal was rejected at the meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Saint Petersburg in 2012 but the meeting regretted that work on the tower had not been suspended, as requested by the Committee at its previous session, and that no discussions or consultations had been undertaken to consider how the project could be improved and any possible impact further reduced.