Telecommunications Tower (Montevideo)

{{short description|Tower block in Montevideo, Uruguay}}

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| image = Montevideo Uruguay - panoramio (7).jpg

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| name = Telecommunications Tower

| location = Montevideo, Uruguay

| coordinates = {{coord|34|53|31|S|56|11|41|W|region:UY|display=inline,title}}

| completion_date = 2002

| status = Completed

| architect = Carlos Ott
American Bridge

| start_date = 1997

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| roof = {{convert|157.6|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| top_floor =

| floor_count = 35

| elevator_count = 6

| cost = US$ 100 million

| floor_area = {{convert|19459|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}

| structural_engineer =

| main_contractor = Stiler S.A.

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| owner = ANTEL

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|website = {{URL|https://www.descubrimontevideo.uy/en/telecommunications-tower}}

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Torre de las Telecomunicaciones (Telecommunications Tower), or Torre Joaquín Torres García (Joaquín Torres García Tower), usually referred as Antel Tower, is a {{convert|157|m|ft|sp=us|adj=mid|-tall|}} building with 35 floors located in Montevideo, Uruguay.

It hosts the headquarters of Uruguay's government-owned telecommunications company, ANTEL, and is the tallest skyscraper in the country. Designed by the Uruguayan-Canadian architect Carlos Ott, it is situated by the side of the Bay of Montevideo. The tower was completed by American Bridge and other design/built consortium team members in 2002.