
In Barcelona, a new tower made of colored glass
A project by GCA Architects uses AGC’s Planibel Coloured glass to to realize the Torre Colonial, a 21-story building that now becomes part of the city’s skyline.
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The constraints were saw as opportunities by the architects, who decided to allow the slope, the vegetation and animals to flow underneath the house: they essentially lifted the house up into the air on a series of pilotis which gives the impression that it is floating above the hillside.
This solution allowed creating a very delicate intervention that allows the terrain to breathe whilst providing spectacular views out towards the ocean from the key location on the site.



Casa Flotanta, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Program: single-family house
Architect: Benjamin Garcia Saxe
Project Coordinator: Daniel Sancho
Design Development: Soki So
Structural Engineer: Sotela Alfaro
Builder: Dante Medri
Client: private
Area: 300 sqm
Completion: November 2013

PNA International Forum celebrates natural stone
What's the future of authentic natural stone? Find out at the PNA International Forum, an unmissable event set in the magical atmosphere of Venice on June 12th and 13th, 2025. Registration is now open, don't miss out!
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