Torre Velasca (Milan, Italy) : Aerial context view, from top of the Milan Cathedral
- Creator:
- BBPR, est. 1932
- Published/Created:
- Milan, Lombardy, Italy
1956-1958 - Physical Description:
- 348 ft (height)
- Date Depicted:
- 1994
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- concrete; steel; glass
- Notes:
- BBPR Architectural Studio is a partnership of architects, designers, urban planners and critics, established in Milan in 1932. The firm’s name was derived from the first letters of the surnames of its original four partners: Banfi, Belgiojoso, Perussutti, and Rogers. They all graduated from the Politecnico of Milan in 1932. The Torre Velasca in Milan was completed in 1958. In the form of a medieval city tower, its upper floors have the effect of overhanging battlements, although being uncompromisingly modern in technique. The tower is mixed-use, residential and commercial.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twentieth century
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-I-M-TV-A1
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architecture; City planning; historic quotation; Sforza family; Castello Sforzesco Brutalist; Modernist; Twentieth century buildings; office buildings; complexes; mixed-use developments
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Five
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
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1994 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4090
- OID:
- 10055756
- PID:
- digcoll:1815545