Home > Cities > Venezuela > DC > Caracas Login   Register     •  Comparison Diagram Compare this building to notable structures of the world Parque Central Torre Este Av.Lecuna y Bolivar, Parque Central Caracas DC Venezuela Status: built Construction Dates   Finished 1979 Floor Count 61 Basement Floors 3 Elevator Count 26 Building Uses  - office Structural Types  - highrise Architectural Style  - postmodern Materials  - masonry  - glass  - steel  - concrete (plain)  - concrete, reinforced  - brick   Heights   Value Source / Comments   Roof 225.0 m http://www.csb.gob.ve/ Description • Architect: Siso, Fernandez-Shaw y Asociados S.A.M. ___________________________________________________________ • 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 ___________________________________________________________ • 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 • Google Search Companies Shaw & Associates  -  architect        Drawing by Daniel Ugas © SkyscraperPage.com • View all drawings (10)   • View Daniel Ugas' diagram   • View Caracas diagram • View Distrito Capital diagram • View Venezuela diagram Terms & Conditions:  All content displayed on and contained within this page is subject to Skyscraper Source Media Inc.'s Terms and Conditions.  No content displayed on this page may be reproduced, in whole or in part, without prior written permission by Skyscraper Source Media Inc.  All content © Copyright Skyscraper Source Media Inc.

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