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Parque Central Torre Este

Av.Lecuna y Bolivar, Parque Central
Caracas DC Venezuela

Status:built
Construction Dates
  Finished1979
Floor Count61
Basement Floors3
Elevator Count26
Building Uses
 - office
Structural Types
 - highrise
Architectural Style
 - postmodern
Materials
 - masonry
 - glass
 - steel
 - concrete (plain)
 - concrete, reinforced
 - brick

 Heights ValueSource / Comments 
Roof225.0 mhttp://www.csb.gob.ve/

Description
• Architect: Siso, Fernandez-Shaw y Asociados S.A.M.
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• Tallest building in country together its twin Parque Central Torre Oeste http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=181

• October 17, 2004: 19 floors of the building was damaged by fire. Was started on the 34th floor and flames reached the 44th floor of the building. The main structure was damaged severely but the tower don't collapse. The entire building needs to be repaired from 2005 - 2007 by the Ministry of Infraestructure at cost of 120000 millions of Bolivars, because the levels 1 to 33 was damaged too by vandalisms and lootings, all masonry walls of the entire tower was demolished also brick block walls, plafonds and ducts. The levels damaged was reinforcered previous internal demolition, 10500 cubic meters of demolition material were retired.

• Forum discussion about the fire (Oct. 04): http://www.skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=57441
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• Photo Links:
01- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/182644
02- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/35420
03- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/1502247
04- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/117797
05- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/117731
06- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/1034667
07- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/3469901
08- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/1243167
09- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/7493077
10- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/1967838
11- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/2764808
12- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/5072834
13- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/5757387
14- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/6801277

• Photos of Fire:
1- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/389964
2- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/182776
3- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/35429
4- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/460258
5- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/617715
6- http://www.panoramio.com//photo/3812987

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Shaw & Associates - architect
  
  

Drawing by Daniel Ugas
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