Woermann Tower

{{Short description|Skyscraper in Canary Islands}}

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| name = Woermann Tower

| alternate_names = Ferrovial Torre{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&id=139914 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730014756/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&id=139914 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 30, 2012 |title=Torre Woermann |publisher=Emporis |accessdate=2009-09-24}}

| image = Torre Woermann, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.jpg

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| building_type = Residential, library

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| location = Las Palmas, Spain

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| start_date = 2001

| completion_date = April 2005

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| cost = €10,338,900{{cite book|last=Jodido |first=Philip |others=Court, Christiane; Bosser, Jacques |title=Architecture In Spain |editor=Kobler, Florian |publisher=Taschen |location=Italy |year=2007 |pages=20–25 |chapter=Chapter 1: Abalos and Herreros |isbn=978-3-8228-5261-3 }}

| height = {{convert|76|m|ft|0}}

| floor_count = 18

| client = Ferrovial Inmobiliaria

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| architect = Abalos & Herreros, Joaquin Casariego and Elsa Guerra

| structural_engineer = Obiol y Moya

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}}

Woermann Tower also Torre Woermann is a mixed-use tower in Las Palmas on Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. Completed in 2005, the tower was designed by Abalos & Herreros in collaboration with Joaquin Casariego and Elsa Guerra, and built by Ferrovial Inmobiliaria, the company also built around the same time one of the two Torres de Santa Cruz, in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.[http://www.ferrovial.com/es/Prensa/Comunicados/Ferrovial-Inmobiliaria-adquiere-dos-solares-sobre-los-que-promovera-las-Torres-de-Santa-Cruz-en-Tenerife?_afrLoop=13944840484277183&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=null#%40%3Fkeywords%3D%26_afrWindowId%3Dnull%26_afrWindowId%3Dnull%26tipoContenido%3DNOTICIAS%26_afrLoop%3D13944840484277183%26_afrLoop%3D13944840484277183%26title%3DFerrovial%2BInmobiliaria%2Badquiere%2Bdos%2Bsolares%2Bsobre%2Blos%2Bque%2Bpromover%25C3%25A1%2Blas%2BTorres%2Bde%2BSanta%2BCruz%252C%2Ben%2BTenerife%26description%3D%26urlFriendly%3DFerrovial-Inmobiliaria-adquiere-dos-solares-sobre-los-que-promovera-las-Torres-de-Santa-Cruz-en-Tenerife%26dDocName%3DNOT_FI_ADQUIERE_DOS_SOLARES_SO%26cloud%3D%26wcnav.model%3D%25252Foracle%25252Fwebcenter%25252Fportalapp%25252Fnavigations%25252Fnavegacion_es%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_adf.ctrl-state%3D1dlpfoyzpd_4 Ferrovial Inmobiliaria adquiere dos solares sobre los que promoverá las Torres de Santa Cruz, en Tenerife] The Woermann Tower forms part of a complex which includes a public square, constructed using Portuguese stone with the artist Albert Oehlen, and a seven-storey block to the south, containing retail units and offices.

The ground floor contains a main entrance area and retail units whilst the first floor contains a library.{{cite web|url=http://www.detail.de/rw_5_Archive_En_HoleArtikel_5810_Artikel.htm |title=Woermann Plaza in Las Palmas |year=2007 |work=Konzept High-Rise Buildings |publisher=detail.de|accessdate=2009-09-24}} The floors above contain apartments, usually four or five per floor. The floor slabs are separated by {{convert|3.6|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, offering views over the Atlantic Ocean through the {{convert|2000|m2|sqft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} glass facade. The facade is protected from the sun by solar fins running horizontally around the building, with vegetable motifs etched into the glass. Yellow colour inserts were placed in the windows in strategic locations on the facade.{{cite web|url=http://www.floornature.com/projects-housing/project-woermann-tower-abalos-herreros-las-palmas-gran-canaria-2004-4716/ |title=Woermann Tower, Ábalos & Herreros. |last=Badia |first=Laura Della |date=April 2006 |publisher=Floornature |accessdate=2009-09-24}}