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Torre Vasco da Gama

Lisbon Portugal

Status:	built
Construction Dates
Began	1997
Finished	2012
Floor Count	20

Building Uses

- hotel

- conference

- observation

- restaurant

Structural Types

- highrise

- atrium

- revolving floor

- tower

- exterior elevator

Heights	Value	Source / Comments

Spire	476 ft
	to tip of spire

Observation (2)	381 ft
	to observation deck

Top floor	328 ft
	to observation floor

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Description
- Architect: Leonor Janeiro/Nick Jacobs/SOM

- Structural Engineer: Martifer

- Owner: Parque Expo

- The tower is named after famous Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama.

- The tower was built for the Expo 1998 World's Fair.

- The observation deck and the restaurant were closed in 2001, and the tower was unused until 2012 when a new 20-storey hotel, Myriad, was opened, constructed connected to the tower.

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