Torre Snia Viscosa, Modernist skyscraper in San Babila district, Milan, Italy.

Torre Snia Viscosa is a 15-storey, 60-metre skyscraper at corso Giacomo Matteotti 11, near piazza San Babila. Built on a trapezoidal lot, it steps back from the fifth floor to form two large terraces facing via Monte Napoleone and via Bagutta, and narrows again over the last two floors. Its cladding is yellow trachite from Montegrotto, while the window frames, entrance portico, top walkable floor and string courses are in green serpentine.

Completed in 1937 during Milan's industrial boom, this structure held the title of the city's tallest building for 14 years after its completion. Its construction marked a turning point in modernizing the urban landscape during the interwar period.

The building embodies the modernist language of the 1930s with clean lines and functional forms that reflected contemporary artistic vision. The yellow and green color choices were deliberate design decisions meant to make the structure stand out within the urban fabric.

The tower stands at corso Giacomo Matteotti 11, a short walk from piazza San Babila and the San Babila metro stop. The entrance portico faces the street, and the upper setbacks and terraces are best seen from across the road or from via Bagutta and via Monte Napoleone.

The tower's nickname, rubanuvole ("cloud-scraper"), was coined by journalists of the period and is still used more than 70 years later. The green serpentine also covers the top walkable floor and the string courses between storeys, not only the window frames and entrance portico.