I've always had mixed feelings about the questionable aesthetics of the Torre Agbar. Last Friday, we headed to my Walmart/Target Spanish replacement department store, Carrefour. When we got out of the metro station, alas, we found ourselves facing the third tallest skyscraper in town!
It's a newbie bulding in Barcelona, having been built in 1995. It's said to have been inspired by Monteserrat, a mountain near the city. It rises 38 floors and houses the municipal water company.
It's built with reinforced concrete and covered with a facade of glass. 4,500 windows cover the entire building.
This is a picture I took from the towers of the Sagrada Familia. This building just...sticks out.
The courtyard is dotted with these fun orange and blue cubes for people to relax on.
When we came out of Carrefour, the building was illuminated by thousands of LED devices.
It has temperature sensors that regulate the opening and closing of the glass blinds of the façade of the building. Ooh...pretty...
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