Location Milan, Italy Antenna spire 231 metres (758 ft) Height 231 m Opened 2012 Construction started 2009 | Completed 2011 Roof 146 metres (479 ft) Floors 33 Owner UniCredit Architect César Pelli | |
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Floor count 31 (tallest of the three towers) Floor area 25,000 m (270,000 sq ft) Similar Porta Nuova, Bosco Verticale, Torre Diamante, Allianz Tower, Palazzo Lombardia | ||
Unicredit tower a obstruction lights
The UniCredit Tower (Torre UniCredit) is a skyscraper in Milan, Italy. At 231 metres (758 ft), it is the tallest building in Italy.
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The building was designed by architect Cesar Pelli and reached its full height on 15 October 2011 when the spire was attached. The building is the headquarters of UniCredit, Italy's largest bank by assets, and is part of a larger development of new residential and business structures in Milan's Porta Nuova district, near Porta Garibaldi railway station. The tower ranked eighth in the Emporis 2012, that rewards skyscrapers for excellence in their aesthetic and functional design.
The nearby Palazzo Lombardia, at 161 metres (528 ft), is still the tallest building in Italy if ranked by highest usable floor.
Spire
It is entirely covered with led, the spire in addition to having a constant night lighting, can take on different colors depending on the recurrence: during the Christmas season of 2013 was lit green to represent a Christmas tree or on the night between 14 and 15 June 2014 was illuminated in red to celebrate the 150 years of Italian Red Cross. One of the usual combinations is Italian flag. Inoltre la sera del 14 novembre 2015 la sua guglia era illuminata con i colori della bandiera francese per ricordare le vittime dell'attentato allo Stade de France e al Teatro Bataclan di Parigi, avvenuto la sera prima. Il 13 Giugno 2016 è stata illuminata con i colori della bandiera arcobaleno per ricordare le 49 vittime della strage di Orlando in Florida.
