Alain Robert in Barcelona again

The French ‘Spiderman’ re-scales the Agbar Tower

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Alain Robert has done it again. This Frenchman, nicknamed ‘Spiderman‘ and known for climbing emblematic buildings such as the Khalifa Tower, climbed this Friday on the glass façade of one of the tallest skyscrapers in Barcelona: the Agbar Tower.

Without even wearing a harness, the 54-year-old urban climber has climbed and descended the office building, famous for its nighttime lighting. For almost an hour of feat, policemen and some curious who have approached the place have watched the movements of the French ‘spiderman’, who has carried out his mission with a bit of chalk in his hands and climbing shoes in his feet.

On his arrival to the land, the specialist has been arrested by several Mossos d’Esquadra (catalan police) because, apparently, he was not authorized to climb the building.

This is not the first time I have climbed the Torre Agbar. A decade ago, in August of 2006, it returned to face the 140 meters of height of the imposing building. That day he completed his journey in about three quarters of an hour. It was not authorized by what the company Aigües de Barcelona (Agbar) filed a lawsuit. According to the owner of the building, Agbar, Robert explained that his action was “in favor of peace in Lebanon.”

Throughout his reckless urban climber career, Robert has conquered more than 100 structures around the world, including the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the Burj Khalifa complex in Dubai, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Sydney Opera House; Always without a security team.

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Barcelona Agbar Tower celebrates 10 years waiting to become hotel

The uniqueness of the building, visible from almost every geography, it became a place of sightseeing

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He emerged from the Plaza de les Glories ten years ago. A building, the third highest of the city that received all kinds of adjectives and left no one indifferent both its aesthetics and what it represented. The iconic architecture that companies and municipalities coveted at that time to show the power of an economic boom that now after the economic crisis has reneged. The building work of the French architect Jean Nouvel was officially opened to host the offices of Aigües de Barcelona ten years ago today and-if you leave- now aspires to be a luxury hotel.

The uniqueness of the building, visible from almost all the geography of the city, quickly became a place of pilgrimage for tourists. The Barcelona, ​​meanwhile, have devoted all kinds of adjectives: howitzer, geyser, suppository, dildo or cucumber, among others. However, major obstacles beyond its aesthetic singularity, always came by his controversial integration with what was then the knot Glóries now a place in transformation.

They rained criticism from a sector considered that the tower 142 meters high was an example of the architecture of solitude. So said the architect Manuel de Solà-Morales, who judged that the building represented an isolated, insolent and uncooperative architecture with its environment. But solitude did not last long and after one year proliferated other iconic buildings in their environment to give substance to the territorial limit of 22 @ and the Eixample. Chipperfield towers or Ferrater in the new Diagonal, Fermin Vazquez Els Encants, Dhub MBM or are some of them. Undoubtedly, the construction bothered to Nouvel, who always considered that the tower should shine alone, was the neighboring hotel Silken work of Juli Capella.

Future use that arises now for the tower must solve issues related to interior design, which is largely influenced by the 4,500 windows pierce the facade and the nucleus of vertical communications that travel up and down around the center of the building. Inconveniences have had much to do with the limited success to rent space inside.

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Torre Agbar becomes the Hyatt tower Barcelona

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The Agbar Tower, one of the most iconic and well known city of Barcelona icons, will host the Grand Hyatt luxury hotel Barcelona in the coming months. The news has created great excitement, as the figures that revolve around the new openness are spectacular: is expected investment of 150 million euros, and a renovation of the building that will house almost five hundred rooms and about 1 5 visitors annually. The Hyatt Barcelona Torre wants to become one of the best hotels in Barcelona, as well as a new tourist hub for Barcelona.

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