Parque Cristal

Parque Cristal
Location within Venezuela
General information
Status Complete
Type Office
Recreation
Location Caracas, Venezuela
Coordinates 10°29′52″N 66°50′35″W / 10.49778°N 66.84306°W / 10.49778; -66.84306Coordinates: 10°29′52″N 66°50′35″W / 10.49778°N 66.84306°W / 10.49778; -66.84306
Completed 1987
Design and construction
Architect Jimmy Alcock

The Parque Cristal is an office and recreation building located on Avenida Francisco de Miranda in Caracas, Venezuela, which has become a famous landmark.[1] The building is 103 meters high and has 18 floors for work and recreational space, and designed by Jimmy Alcock, who won the Premio Metropolitano de Arquitectura (Metropolitan Architecture Prize) for his design.[2] Completed in 1977, it has a cube-shaped structure formed by steel and concrete and glass facade. It won the Metropolitan Architecture Prize in 1987. This "white cube" design is considered a to be complemented by the nearby Cubo Negro (Black Cube) building which was completed approximately 2 years later in early 1979.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Dinneen, Mark (2001). Culture and Customs of Venezuela. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 172. ISBN 9780313306396.
  2. ↑ "Chacao bien vale un tour". El Universal. Caracas. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  3. ↑ Segre, Roberto (1991). América Latina: fim de milênio. Studio Nobel. p. 209. ISBN 9788585445010.

Further reading

  • Niño, William; Jimmy Alcock; Roberto Collevechio (1988). "Arquitectos de Caracas: Edificio para oficinas "Parque de Cristal"". Summarios. Summa SACIFI. 124: 25–27. ISSN 0325-6448.


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