Calatrava Tower II, a photo from Barcelona, Catalonia

Photographer's Note

La Torre Calatrava fue construida como pieza simbica junto al resto de la anilla ol匇pica, en la monta de Montju�c. Junto a la torre de comunicaciones de Collserola de Norman Foster, conforman el sistema de comunicaciones de la ciudad de Barcelona y su 疵ea metropolitana.

Barcelona vivi� una explosi de arquitectura y renovaci urban﨎tica con motivo de los Juegos Ol匇picos del 1992, y un ejemplo de ello es la torre de telecomunicaciones que Santiago Calatrava construy�, en plena anilla ol匇pica, para dicho evento. Esta torre fu� un encargo de la compaa de telecomunicaciones nacional por aquel entonces, Telefica de Espa S.A, para dar covertura a todo el mundo, de los Juegos Ol匇picos celebrados en la ciudad condal.

Altura total: 136 m.

A de construcci: 1992

Detalle de la base de la torre.
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Calatrava Tower was built as a symbolic piece together the rest of the Olympic ring, in the mountain of Montjuic. Along with the communications tower Collserola by Norman Foster, make up the communications system of the city of Barcelona and its metropolitan area.

Barcelona experienced an explosion of architecture and urban renewal during the Olympic Games of 1992, and an example is the telecommunications tower built to Santiago Calatrava, in full Olympic ring, for that event. This tower was commissioned by the national telecommunications company by then, Telefonica SA of Spain, to give coverage to the entire world, the Olympic Games held in the city.

Overall height: 136 m.

Year built: 1992

Detail of the base of the tower.

danos, francio64, josepmarin, jlbrthnn, subhendu_bagchi, Dimitris-Tolis has marked this note useful

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mauro61 (53429) 2010-06-07 8:24

ciao Charo,
bel gioco di linee architettoniche che si intersecano.
Mi chiedo cosa sarebbe stata con un bel cielo azzurro con qualche nuvoletta...
un caro saluto
maurizio

SWEETFREEDOM (24623) 2010-06-07 11:09

Hi Charo,
original construction, well framed and presented.
Natural colors, great sharpness.
Regards

Alessandro

danos (110407) 2010-06-07 11:21

Hola Charo,
effective the lines of Calatrava's tower,created during the Olympic Games of 1992, making Barcelona the diamond of the architecture town in Spain.I like the lines as the good light management.

Regards,Danos

coco (30439) 2010-06-07 12:15

Hola Charo.

Sencill﨎ima composici pero muy bueno trabajo con la exposici y un grafismo brutal.

Carlos.

Silvio1953 (221729) 2010-06-07 12:36

Ciao Charo, bella vista di questa piacevole architettura dalla splendida grafica, ci sta bene anche il cielo grigio, brava, ciao Silvio

francio64 (39888) 2010-06-07 12:45

Ciao Charo,
ottimo close up che mette in risalto sia un piacevole grafismo dato dal mosaico di rivestimento e anche delle geometrie, in particolare mi piace la doppia diagonale della struttura in cemento che forma quasi un triangolo.

Ben fatto!

Un abbraccio!
Francesco

npecanhuk (79329) 2010-06-07 12:57

Oi Charo!
O resultado visual da composi鈬o com esses detalhes arquiteticos ficou bem interessante e atraente!
Nitidez, exposi鈬o, ponto de vista escolhido, formato horizontal & retangular e moldura em preto & branco est縊 imos tamb駑!
Parab駭s, abra輟s e at� logo!
Neyvan

mikolaj_kawa (0) 2010-06-07 14:10

Hola Charo! Amazing architecture by famous Maestro Santiago Calatrava! I know Oriente Station in the city of Lisboa by Maestro Santiago. Good theme. Good capture. Perfect shot. Ideal contrast and sharpness. Well done!

ifege (48159) 2010-06-07 21:04

Hi Charo
If you had to guess where this structure is you've have Barcelona high on your list. It is a fascinating structure and you've been creative in selecting your POV - good one.
cheers
Ian

josepmarin (59385) 2010-06-08 0:29

Hola Charo,
recuerdo perfectamente este momento, en el que and畸amos los dos buscando encuadres imposibles, intentando captar la bonita geometr僘 de la obra de Calatrava.
Aqu� conseguiste lo que quer僘s, una buena foto en un encuadre cerrado, que juega con el grafismo de l匤eas y curvas de este interesante dise arquitectico para una torre de comunicaciones.
Bonito trabajo, y bonitos recuerdos.
Un fuerte abrazo para los dos,
Josep

Nicou (193806) 2010-06-08 0:42

Hello,

fantastique compo et iamge quel graphisme quelle forme, ce tonstraste entre le blanc et le blanc chin馥, ce courbe et se carr�,. ce 馗ailles, sueprbe compo.

Bravo et maiti�

Nicou

carlosmarin (11954) 2010-06-08 0:47

Hola Charo,
buen encuadre del plano cerrado de la base de la torre de Calatrava en la anilla ol匇pica.
Destaca el trabajo en "trencad﨎" que Calatrava suele usar como usaba Gaud�.
L疽tima que el tiempo no te acompa y el cielo estaba gris.
Un abrazo,
Carlos

Longroute (19600) 2010-06-08 4:21

Interesting composition which exploits well the architecture detail of this tower. Even if I don't like modern architecture here I appreciate the graphic pattern created by those lines and curves.
Buona giornata,
Donato

JFS (32459) 2010-06-08 8:52

Holo Charo,
Interesante detalle de la base de la torre Calatrava. Encuentro que este cielo con tonalidades suaves le queda bien. Buen trabajo!

Juan

giorgimer (35017) 2010-06-08 10:44

Hola Charo,

good idea to shoot a similar detail, I made a completely different choice

TFS!

G

faletiz (10113) 2010-06-08 13:25

Hi Charo
beautiful detail of the beautiful Calatrava Tower. A sharp image, simple, essential, beautiful. Excellent composition.
Have a nice evening
Letizia

jlbrthnn (76043) 2010-06-08 14:19

Bonsoir Charo,
Barcelone, est une ville que je connais mieux gr稍e � toi, sans y 黎re jamais all�! et pourtant relativement proche de Montpellier. Joli d騁ail tr鑚 particulier de l'architecture. Une image graphique et artistique, nette et lumineuse. Bravo.
Bonne soir馥
Amicalement
Jo�l

subhendu_bagchi (26091) 2010-06-09 4:27

Namaste Charo,
beautiful architecture. You have capture it with a nice POV. The geometrical shape is fine. Nice detailling of its with perfect light and good depth. Excellent composition. Tfs.
Best wishes.
Subhendu

Dimitris-Tolis (157) 2010-06-09 5:23

Gia sou Charo
A very nice detail of Calatrava tower. This photo has an architectural contrast (curves and straight lines, smooth blaster surface and mosaique, prevailing white color with green).
Sandiago Calatrava left some of his projects in Olympic Games of Athens city (2004) too.
Cheers

speedymanu (3701) 2010-06-09 13:54

hello Charo

an interesting architectural composition with a fine use of subdued colors.

Have a nice day

Emmanuel

Dyerco (10185) 2010-06-11 4:59

You have such wonderful pieces of modern architecture in Spain and this one is no exception. Nicely done.
Phil

flatwin (2181) 2010-06-12 12:56

Bonsoir

excellente prise de vue tr鑚 graphique de cet 駘駑ent

Arnaud

ManuMay (36447) 2010-06-15 8:34

Hola Charo!!

Bello detalle, la impresi gr畴ica es muy buena, as� como la composici y las texturas, fino detalle y muy buena luz...

Felicidades!!

Manu