{{Short description|Skyscraper in Milan, Italy}} {{Infobox building | name = UniCredit Tower | native_name = {{native name|it|Torre UniCredit}} | image = UniCredit tower Milan.jpg | caption = UniCredit tower pictured from Piazza Gae Aulenti | location = Milan, Italy | coordinates = {{coord|45.483845|N|9.189879|E|display=inline,title}} | construction_start_date = 2009 | completion_date = 2011 | opened_date = 2012 | building_type = Office | antenna_spire = {{convert|238|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="SkyscraperCenter">{{cite web|title=Unicredit Tower|url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/unicredit-tower/5292|website=Skyscraper Center|publisher=CTBUH|access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref> | roof = {{convert|139|m|abbr=on}} | top_floor = | floor_count = 31 (tallest of the three towers) | floor_area = {{convert|26,708|m2|abbr=on}}<ref name="SkyscraperCenter"></ref> | elevator_count = | architecture_firm = Pelli Clarke Pelli, Adamson Associates Architects (as executive architect) | architect = César Pelli | main_contractor = | developer = Hines Italia | owner = UniCredit | website = [https://www.unicredit.it/it/chi-siamo/presenza-in-italia/unicredit-in-italia/unicredit-tower.html unicredit-tower.html] }} The '''UniCredit Tower'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.casa24.ilsole24ore.com/art/mercato-immobiliare/2012-12-13/ecco-come-unicredit-tower-185021.php?uuid=Abg3DpBH|title = Ecco com'è l'UniCredit Tower inaugurata a Milano}}</ref> ({{langx|it|Torre UniCredit}}) is an office skyscraper in Milan, Italy. The building's spire increases its height to {{convert|238|m}},<ref name="SkyscraperCenter"></ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Grattacieli, il boom negli anni Duemila: Milano è a quota 61|url=https://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/grattacieli-d10d6963|website=Il Giorno CRONACA|date=18 August 2018 |access-date=31 May 2025}}</ref> making it the tallest building in Italy, although the Allianz Tower, at {{convert|213|m|abbr=on}}, ranks the tallest by roof height. The building is the headquarters of UniCredit, Italy's largest bank by assets, and is part of a larger development of new residential and business structures in Milan's Porta Nuova district, near Porta Garibaldi railway station, located at Piazza Gae Aulenti.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UniCredit S.p.A. |url=https://www.unicreditgroup.eu/en/worldwide/our-worldwide-presence/europe/italy/unicredit.html?intcid=INT-IG_CTA0019}}</ref>
== History == The building was designed by architect César Pelli and reached its full height on 15 October 2011 when the spire was attached. It was developed by Hines Italy and COIMA. In 2015, COIMA acquired Hines's shares in the asset management company managing the building, and since then, the building has been part of COIMA's portfolio.<ref>{{Cite web |title=L'immobiliarista Manfredi Catella porterà Hines SGR in Borsa |url=https://finanza.repubblica.it/mobile/News/2015/09/18/limmobiliarista_manfredi_catella_portera_hines_sgr_in_borsa-249/ |website=La Repubblica |date=2015-09-18 |access-date=2025-03-21 |language=IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UniCredit Campus |url=https://coimasgr.com/en/portfolio/unicredit-campus |website=COIMA |access-date=2025-03-21 }}</ref>
== Architecture and design == The tower ranked eighth in the Emporis 2012, that rewards skyscrapers for excellence in their aesthetic and functional design.<ref name="CNN">{{cite news|title=Meet the world's new skyscraper|url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/2012-best-new-skyscraper/index.html}}</ref>
=== Spire === The spire has a height of around 80.5 metres and is entirely covered with LED lights, with the spire also having continuous night lighting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unicredit Tower |date=24 September 2019 |url=https://www.grattacielimilano.it/it/unicredit-tower/}}</ref> The colours can be varied according to event. For example, during the Christmas season of 2013 it was lit up green to represent a Christmas tree,<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.corriere.it/cronache/dai-cittadini-per-i-cittadini/illuminami-natale-2013/gallery.shtml?contId=000046#1 | title= IlluminaMI Natale 2013 |date=30 December 2013 |access-date= 2 March 2014}}</ref> while on the night between 14 and 15 June 2014 it was illuminated in red to celebrate the 150 year anniversary of the Italian Red Cross. One of the usual displays is that of the Italian flag. On the evening of 14 November 2015, the spire was illuminated with the colors of the French flag to represent Italy's condolences for the victims of the attack at Stade de France and at the Bataclan theatre in Paris, which had occurred the night before. On 13 June 2016, the tower was lit up with the colours of the rainbow flag in acknowledgement of the 49 victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting in Florida.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.mam-e.it/spettacolo/orlando-cordoglio-dal-mondo/ |title= Strage Di Orlando: Il Cordoglio E Gli Omaggi Da Tutto Il Mondo - MAM-E |website= MAM-E.it |date= 2016-06-14 |language= IT |access-date= 2016-06-14 |archive-date= 2016-06-14 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160614123704/http://www.mam-e.it/spettacolo/orlando-cordoglio-dal-mondo/ |url-status= dead }}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Torre Unicredit vista da piazza Gae Aulenti.jpg|Ground-level view of UniCredit Tower File:The Spire in Milan.jpg|The spire at night </gallery>
== See also == * List of tallest buildings in Italy * List of tallest buildings in Milan * List of tallest buildings in Europe * Porta Nuova (Milan) *Piazza Gae Aulenti
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Category:Skyscrapers in Milan Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Milan Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2011 Category:Office buildings completed in 2011 Category:2011 establishments in Italy Category:21st-century architecture in Italy Category:César Pelli buildings Category:UniCredit Group Category:Adamson Associates buildings