Torres de Colón

The Torres de Colón (English: Columbus Towers) is a high-rise office building complex in the Plaza de Colón district of Madrid, Spain. Originally built between 1968 and 1976, and renovated in 2024, the complex consists of two twin towers standing at 115.1 m (378 ft) tall with 30 floors each. They were designed by Spanish architect Antonio Lamela. They were originally conceived as twin towers sharing the same base until the 1990 renovation, which connected the two structures with a suspended fire escape. It is currently the 11th tallest building in the Spanish capital and was the tallest office building in Madrid until the completion of the Torre Picasso in 1989. The towers were built between 1967 and 1976 by the Madrid-based architect Antonio Lamela and the engineers Leonardo Fernández Troyano, Javier Manterola, and Carlos Fernández Casado. In December 2019, the owner, Mutua Madrileña, announced a major renovation of the towers, which took place between 2020 and 2024. The base floors and the plug-shaped crown were removed and replaced with two new four-story structures, an intervention carried out by the Spanish architect Luis Vidal. Since April 2025, and for a period of 12 years, they have been leased in their entirety to the law firm Garrigues.

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