Arata Isozaki and Andrea Maffei devise a brilliantly straightforward structural solution for the ultrathin profile of the Allianz Tower at CityLife in Milan

摘要

Milan has long been the financial capital of Italy, but until recently, it has lacked the dense verticality that marks other European economic powerhouses like Frankfurt in Germany and Paris's La Defense. In the last few years, though, skyscrapers have started springing up around the city center, mostly to provide office space for companies like Google and Linkedln. One of the most watched of this new crop of tower developments has been CityLife. Located a few miles northwest of central Milan on the site of the old city fairgrounds, the complex is anchored by three towers, including one by Zaha Hadid and one by Daniel Libeskind, aia. The third is the 50-floor Allianz Tower, which, at 793.3 feet tall at the tip of its broadcast antenna, is now the tallest building in Italy.