Your position: World / Europe / Spain / Barcelona / Edifici Fòrum
Barcelona (start page)
Barcelona

Edifici Fòrum
 

[Enlarge] [Purchase]
Southwest corner - 2004-11-6 (316466)
(c) David Guija
 
[Enlarge] [Purchase]
Looking from the west - 2004-11-6 (302405)
(c) David Guija
 
[Enlarge] [Purchase]
A window to the sky - 2004-11-6 (316467)
(c) David Guija
 
Photo Compilation
Click here to see more files.
   You are using Emporis.com and all data marked with * and additional tools are accessible through content/tools offered by Emporis.

With Emporis Research you get a lot more content. Click here for more details.

 
Do you have an update for the content on this page?
[Write to Emporis.com] [How to enter information]

Identification
Official name Edifici Fòrum
Alternative names *
Emporis Building Number 168919
 
Location
Bordering street Rambla de Prim
Exact Latitude *
Exact Longitude *
Location Map (POI) *
Complex Forum 2004
Zone Diagonal Mar
Neighborhood Besòs i Maresme
Borough Sant Martí
City Barcelona
State Catalunya
Country Spain
 
Technical Data
Height (struct.) 27 m 89 ft
Length (max) *
Width (max) *
Construction start *
Construction end 2004
GFA *
 
Building in General
Type of construction low-rise building
Structural materials
*
*
Main usages
*
Status completed

Facts
- During the works they used a crane called The Big Tone. It is the biggest and strongest crane ever used in Spain. Before it was moved to Edifici Fórum, it was working in El Temple de la Sagrada Família-Sagrada Família].
- To complete the construction schedule work was performed 24/7.
- The roof of the building is, in fact, a big water pool.
- Building holds an exibition about the main projects in Barcelona and its metro area called 'Barcelona In Progress'.

Companies involved in this Building*
Architect: Herzog & de Meuron Architekten AG

Other companies: Necso, Dragados, Axima Sistemas e Instalaciones S.A., Ibering, Biosca & Botey, Orona Sociedad Cooperativa [Mondragon Corporacion Cooperativa], Texsa S.A., Arcelor S.A., Danosa.