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Torre de Collserola

Torre de Collserola is a uniquely designed tower located on the Tibidabo hill in the Serra de Collserola, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by the architect Sir Norman Foster and by the Spanish civil engineers Julio Martínez Calzón and Manuel Julià Vilardell. This emblematic tower was built in 1991 by the construction company Cubiertas y MZOV S.A. for the 1992 Summer Olympics. It features a pod for flo…

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1991

Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Spain

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Television tower, observation tower in Catalonia, Spain

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Norman Foster

Born 1935 · London, England, United Kingdom

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Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, is an English architect. Closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture, Lord Foster is recognised as a key figure in British modernist architecture. His firm, Foster + Partners, first founded in 1967 as Foster Associates, is the largest in the Unit…

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