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Torre de Communicació de Collserola, Barcelona

Architect: Foster & Partners
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Built for the Barcelona Olympics, this tower by Norman Foster & Partners was a competition winning entry to centralise the communications equipment which was spread all over the mountaintop. The tower is 205 metres high and anchored to the ground via pre-tensioned cables. It has thirteen platforms containing equipment - curved triangles in plan.

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