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[Enlarge] [Purchase] (c) Arturo García

 

[Enlarge] [Purchase] (c) Arturo García

 

[Enlarge] [Purchase] (c) Arturo García

 

[Enlarge] [Purchase] (c) Jaime Cortés

 

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[Enlarge] [Purchase] (c) Jaime Cortés

 

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Identification
Official name	Torre Mayor
Emporis Building Number	100352
Location
Address	*
Borough	Cuauhtémoc
City	Mexico City
State	Distrito Federal
Country	Mexico

 

Technical Data
Height (tip) * Height (struct.) 225 m 738 ft Height (roof) * Floors (OG) 55 Floors (UG) * Construction start * Construction end 2003 GFA * UFA * Height Floor-to-floor * Elevators * Parking places *

 

Building in General
Type of construction	high-rise building
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Status	completed

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Facts

-	Mexico's tallest skyscraper since completion.
-	The light at the top is visible from 25 kilometers away.
-	The tower resists winds of 160 miles per hour.
-	Latin America's tallest skyscraper since completion.
-	During September the lights on the top have the colors of the Mexican flag.
-	The lights on the rear top only illuminate from Monday to Friday.
-	It has become one of the representative icons of the city.
-	The inside air it is changed 6 times every hour in order to avoid the existence of microorganisms.
-	The windows are 2.5 cm thickness.
-	If there was an earthquake of 8.5 on scale of richter the building would suffer a movement equal to winds of 22 miles per hour.
-	The humidity level of the inside air is approximately 45%.
-	The construction counts 98 shock absorbers.
-	The building has more than 7,000 light bulbs.
-	There were 1,700 workers during the construction with no fatal accident.
-	The elevators can transport upwards of 70,000 people per day.
-	Top of the tower is nearly 8,500 feet above sea level.
-	Considering the foundations the overall height it is 285 m.
-	Its dual steel structures was the first used in any skyscraper in México.
-	The half moon on the main entrance, which is covered by eleven pairs of columns is of the same size as the one on the top.
-	The original name of the project was "Torre Chapultepec".
-	The speed of the elevators reaches 6 meters per second and it takes 36 seconds arriving at floor 52 from the ground floor.
-	The public observatory on the 52nd floor is the highest in the city, surpassing the one in the Torre Latinoamericana.
-	It has been presented awards by the following institutions: IMEI, ADI, AISC, Civil Engineering Research Foundation, CERF and Popular Science Magazine.
-	The building overlooks Chapultepec park.
-	251 piles were used in the foundation, some reaching a depth of 60 meters.

News

- Latin America's tallest building toppe.. (2002-09-21)

Companies involved in this Building*

Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, , Zeidler Partnership Architects, IDEA Asociados de México, S.A. de C.V. Empresas ICA Sociedad Controladora S.A. de C.V., Reichmann International, A.D. Tec Gerencia de Construcción S.A. de C.V., The Cantor Seinuk Group Inc., Enrique Martinez Romero, S.A. de C.V., Cosentini Associates, Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Mexport S.A. de C.V., Cyvsa Calefacción y Ventilación S.A. de C.V., York International Corp., Laboratorios LIAC S.A. de C.V., IBA Consultants, Larson Engineering of Missouri, Elevadores Schindler S.A. de C.V., Cupples International Inc., Taylor Devices, Inc., Corporación HCR, S. A. Armstrong Limited, Vitro, S.A. de C.V., Deloitte & Touche LLP, McKinsey & Company, Corey Steel Company, First Data Corp., Servicios de Comunicación por Cable S.A. de C.V., Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., The First American Corporation, Transportes Aéreos Centroamericanos, Hewlett-Packard.

Emporis Skyscraper Award 2003:
Torre Mayor was chosen as one of the best new skyscrapers of the year 2003 and received 7 voting points. Click here to read more about the Emporis Skyscraper Award 2003.

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