Zagrepcanka
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Zagrepčanka is a business tower located in Zagreb
, Croatia
. The address is Savska 41, on the Savska Road and Vukovar Avenue intersection.
There is a radio
mast on the roof, which increases the height of the tower to 109 meters (363 feet). There are two underground levels, used for parking spaces.
It's served by six elevators.
The skyscraper
is a part of the complex, which includes a lowrise 3 level business objects, an art installation, and a fountain
.
The tower has three parts. The center part has 26 floors, the west wing has 21 floor, and the east wing has 19 floors. The facade
is derived in white marble
, and a reflective green glass
. There are 23 three-apses protrusions, which run from the 25th to 26th floor. The center wing has 24 support beams, and the side wings have 23 beams. The side wings are hyperbolically curved over the vertical axis.
About ten years after the completion, heavy marble tiles started to fall off from the facade. This was due to the low-quality material that was ordered for the construction. Because of the danger, the employees had to enter the tower through an improvised tunnel
, made out of the wooden planks and steel
bars. This unfortunate feature produced a nickname for it, "The hells tower". The renovation started only recently. By now the west facade is completely fixed, and the works on the rest of the tower are starting soon.
Zagrepčanka was surpassed in (structural) height by the Eurotower (97.8 m) in 2006. But it still holds the No.1 place in the real height (109 m), and it has the Croatia's highest office.
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. The address is Savska 41, on the Savska Road and Vukovar Avenue intersection.
Technical information
Zagrepčanka is ranked 1st by height (1st when you include the antenna) in Croatia. It is 94.6 meters (310 feet) tall, and it has 27 levels.There is a radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
mast on the roof, which increases the height of the tower to 109 meters (363 feet). There are two underground levels, used for parking spaces.
It's served by six elevators.
The skyscraper
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...
is a part of the complex, which includes a lowrise 3 level business objects, an art installation, and a fountain
Fountain
A fountain is a piece of architecture which pours water into a basin or jets it into the air either to supply drinking water or for decorative or dramatic effect....
.
The tower has three parts. The center part has 26 floors, the west wing has 21 floor, and the east wing has 19 floors. The facade
Facade
A facade or façade is generally one exterior side of a building, usually, but not always, the front. The word comes from the French language, literally meaning "frontage" or "face"....
is derived in white marble
Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...
, and a reflective green glass
Glass
Glass is an amorphous solid material. Glasses are typically brittle and optically transparent.The most familiar type of glass, used for centuries in windows and drinking vessels, is soda-lime glass, composed of about 75% silica plus Na2O, CaO, and several minor additives...
. There are 23 three-apses protrusions, which run from the 25th to 26th floor. The center wing has 24 support beams, and the side wings have 23 beams. The side wings are hyperbolically curved over the vertical axis.
History
The tower was built in 1976 by architects Slavko Jelinek and Berislav Vinković.About ten years after the completion, heavy marble tiles started to fall off from the facade. This was due to the low-quality material that was ordered for the construction. Because of the danger, the employees had to enter the tower through an improvised tunnel
Tunnel
A tunnel is an underground passageway, completely enclosed except for openings for egress, commonly at each end.A tunnel may be for foot or vehicular road traffic, for rail traffic, or for a canal. Some tunnels are aqueducts to supply water for consumption or for hydroelectric stations or are sewers...
, made out of the wooden planks and steel
Steel
Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...
bars. This unfortunate feature produced a nickname for it, "The hells tower". The renovation started only recently. By now the west facade is completely fixed, and the works on the rest of the tower are starting soon.
Zagrepčanka was surpassed in (structural) height by the Eurotower (97.8 m) in 2006. But it still holds the No.1 place in the real height (109 m), and it has the Croatia's highest office.