Alfredo Mahou Building, Commercial skyscraper in Cuatro Caminos, Madrid, Spain.
The Alfredo Mahou Building, also called Torre Mahou, is a skyscraper in the AZCA complex with 29 floors and a height of 85 metres. Its facade is covered in blue and purple glass, and it stands near the site of the former Windsor building. It houses offices of several companies.
Completed in 1990, the building marked a turning point in Madrid's skyline during a period of intensive commercial expansion. Its construction was part of a broader urban reshaping that created new office space for the city's growing economy.
The tower takes its name from Alfredo Mahou, of the Mahou brewery family, though the building houses offices of various companies and no Mahou premises. A large logo on the upper facade is purely advertising: it long showed Adeslas, a health insurer with no offices inside, and today displays Mutua Madrileña. Visitors looking up can spot the sign against the blue and purple glass.
The tower stands inside the AZCA complex, beside the site of the former Edificio Windsor and near the Torre del Banco de Bilbao, Torre Europa and Picasso Tower. It is an office building, not open to visitors; the blue and purple glass facade is best seen from the surrounding AZCA walkways.
The building sits within the AZCA Complex, an ensemble of several commercial towers that together define Madrid's financial district. This concentration of high-rises created its own vertical urban space that contrasts sharply with the city's traditional neighborhoods.
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