Telecom Italia Tower, Office skyscraper in Centro Direzionale, Naples, Italy
Telecom Italia Tower is a 129-metre office skyscraper at the northern edge of Naples' Centro Direzionale, clad in mirrored glass on all sides. A central shaft rises between two lower wings, and two white-panelled pylons on the front enclose the lifts and stairs. A black horizontal cut marks a balcony at mid-height, just above the roofs of the lower bodies; the sides show glass recesses and roofs at different levels.
Construction began in 1988 and the building was completed in 1994, making it Italy's tallest structure for 15 years. The project was part of a major modernization effort that reshaped the business district from the ground up.
The tower's name comes from Telecom Italia, the telecommunications company it serves, and it stands in the Centro Direzionale, the business district planned by urbanist Corrado Beguinot. From the surrounding hills, the port and Napoli Centrale station, the glazed shaft is a fixed reference point on the eastern skyline.
The tower stands at the northern edge of the Centro Direzionale, and its mirrored glass makes it easy to pick out from the surrounding hills, the port and the Napoli Centrale railway station. Two white-panelled pylons on the front hold the lifts and stairs. The complex also has two lower wings around the base.
The black horizontal cuts on the facade are not open viewing platforms: they mark a panoramic balcony at mid-height, just above the roofs of the two low wings, plus two similar recesses at the back, one near the top and one at mid-height. The mid-height cut is easy to miss from street level.
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