Cesenatico Skyscraper, High-rise building in Cesenatico, Italy
The Cesenatico Skyscraper is a residential complex with 35 floors and roughly 120 apartments, designed using rationalist principles with clean lines and functional forms. The structure uses straight surfaces and minimal decoration, typical of this design approach.
The tower was completed in 1958 by engineer Eugenio Berardi and was Italy's tallest building at that time. Two years later, the Pirelli Tower in Milan took that title, ending this building's reign at the top.
The tower is also called Condominio Marinella 2, named by engineer Eugenio Berardi after his wife Marinella Ragazzini of Faenza. The year before, Berardi had completed the Marinella skyscraper in Milano Marittima, the fourth skyscraper built in Italy after the Torre Piacentini, the Torrione INA and the Torre Breda. The building stands on the Adriatic sand a few dozen metres from the sea.
The tower stands on sand a few dozen metres from the Adriatic, so the surrounding streets are low seaside blocks rather than an open viewing area. The entrance faces Piazza Costa, the side toward which the building leans 33 centimetres. The 35 floors are private apartments; visitors see the exterior and the base from the street and beach.
The building was constructed on sand directly at the water's edge and has tilted about 33 centimeters toward the plaza in front of it. This lean developed over time due to the soft ground conditions at this unusual seaside location.
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