Il Matitone
Sign in to saveThe Matitone (a popular nickname meaning literally "big pencil", officially San Benigno North Tower) is a high-rise office building in the San Teodoro district of the area in Genoa, Italy. Built between 1987 and 1990, and inaugurated in 1992, the tower stands at tall with 26 floors. It was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Mario Lanata and Andrea Messina and is currently used as a business center. It has been the tallest building in Genoa since its completion in 1992.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- skyscraper
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Genoa
- Image
- Porto di Genova, Matitone, vista.jpg
- Height
- 109
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- Commons category
- Matitone
- architect
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- architectural style
- postmodern architecture
- Commons gallery
- Matitone
- floors above ground
- 24
- date of official opening
- 1992-00-00
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Il Matitone est un gratte-ciel de 108,5 mètres de hauteur construit à Gênes en Italie en 1992. Il abrite des bureaux sur 26 étages. L'immeuble qui a la forme d'un octogone pour ressembler aux clochers colorés de la ville, a été conçu par l'agence d'architecture américaine SOM et par les architectes italiens Mario Lanata et Andrea Messina. C'est le plus haut gratte-ciel de Gênes.
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