A floating building

The Torre de Gas stands next to the Ronda del Litoral ring road, almost on the beach. The best-known part of the building is the enormous 20-storey tower that can be seen from all around. Close up, you can see the building’s true dimensions: there are three interconnected geometric, glass-covered buildings, on several levels. The 20-storey office tower, comprises 22,000 square metres of usable space. The second block is a spectacular rectangular prism that sticks horizontally out from the central tower, suspended in the air. Finally, attached to the tower,  is a third area with four floors.The most spectacular thing about the building the way it  reflects its surroundings: the building floats, reminiscent of the walkways that connect to aircraft and reflects everything around and the light of the sky.

Play of light

Designed by the architects Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue, the Torre del Gas is thoroughly integrated into its environment and has transformed the city’s skyline. When the sun shines brightly, even from the furthest hills you can spot this silver tower that seems to be emerging from the sea. In fact, it is this glass covering that means the building is in a permanent state of metamorphosis: it is never the same, you never see it looking the same way twice. Everything depends on the place you are looking at it from in the city and the light falling from the sky.