Piraeus Tower, High-rise building in Piraeus Municipality, Greece.
Piraeus Tower is a 24-story high-rise building rising 84 meters in the port city of Piraeus, constructed from reinforced concrete and designed in the International Style. The structure provides office spaces and showcases the characteristic framework design typical of modern urban architecture.
Construction of the tower began in 1972 during a politically unstable period in Greece and was not completed and updated until much later. The building remained largely empty for decades before undergoing major renovation in the early 2020s.
The tower takes its name from the port city it stands in and has become a defining feature of Piraeus's skyline as a modern high-rise. It represents how the city embraced contemporary architecture and urban development in recent decades.
The tower stands on Akti Poseidonos right by the passenger port, on the block bounded by Dimosthenous, Tsamadou, Hippokratous and Makras Stoas streets, with Agia Triada cathedral next door. Office floors are reached by card-operated touchless lifts running at 4 m/s, the fastest in a Greek building. The underground car park has 44 spaces, all with electric-vehicle charging.
The tower stands on the site of the old Piraeus clock tower and the city's former market, both demolished to make way for it. Its lifts run at four metres per second, the fastest in any Greek building, and the 44 underground parking spaces all have electric-car charging points.
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