The monument is to be built in plaça Castilla, in the northern part of the city, between the Kio towers (two inclined buildings designed in 1996 by Philip Johnson and John Burgee, also for the Caja, better known as the “Porta d’Europa”) and 12 mobile rings set along its surface will create an optical illusion of wave like movement. The mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz Gallardon, who describes it as an icon of 21st century Madrid, has announced that the Caja obelisk will be finished in a couple of years. E.S.
Calatrava presents his obelisk for Madrid
The monument is to be built in plaça Castilla, in the northern part of the city, between the Kio towers (two inclined buildings designed in 1996 by Philip Johnson and John Burgee, also for the Caja, better known as the “Porta d’Europa”) and 12 mobile rings set along its surface will create an optical illusion of wave like movement. The mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz Gallardon, who describes it as an icon of 21st century Madrid, has announced that the Caja obelisk will be finished in a couple of years. E.S.