Tall All Glass Doors - As Used On: Torre Europa, Madrid, Spain

Bauporte was invited to develop a set of unique Tall All Glass Doors. The client had a series of challenging requirements:

• the doors should look like the faade, and create a seamless integrated appearance
• the doors had to be tall and elegant
• the doors needed to be self-supporting, without any connection to the faade.
• the doors needed incorporate collapsible wings to open the doors in the event of an emergency
• and last but not least, the glass canopy should be extended to the outside to give a space for the name of the building: TORRE EUROPA

The use of glass has a major part in the new look for this iconic building. The open and transparent new entrance hall, designed by Callison RTKL, has been built using the very latest glass construction techniques. The cube-shaped entrance 10x10x12 m is self-supporting through the seamless integration of tall glass panels, and interconnected glass fins and beams.

A glass and Steel canopy overhangs the lobby and wraps around the side of the building to connect the plaza to the main entrance.