Palacio de la Prensa
The Palacio de la Prensa is a brick-clad building in Madrid, Spain.
| Palacio de la Prensa | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Gran Vía 46, Madrid, Spain |
| Coordinates | 40°25′13″N 3°42′21″W |
| Construction started | 11 July 1925 |
| Completed | 1929 |
| Opening | 7 April 1930 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 58 metres (190 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 16 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Pedro Muguruza |
History and description
It is located in the Gran Vía, near the Callao Square, in the Universidad neighborhood.
Commissioned by the Madrid Press Association (APM) to serve as corporative headquarters,[1] the building was designed by Pedro Muguruza. The first sketches date from 1924.[2] It was intended to provide a mixed use, including apartments for rent, offices, a movie theatre (ultimately located in the northern end of the plot) and a concert hall.[3] The three different volumes the building features convey this circumstance. The 16-floor southern tower rises to a height of 58 metres.[1]
Buildings works started on 11 July 1925.[3]
Works finished by 1929.[4] The building opened on 2 January 1930 with a projection of The Way of All Flesh,[3] although it was formally inaugurated on 7 April 1930.[1] After mortgaging the building because of huge debts accumulated during the Francoist dictatorship, the APM decided to move its headquarters to a small palace in the Salamanca district for free.[5] Two floors of the building hosted the headquarters of the regional branch of the PSOE from 2009 to 2015.[6]
It was declared Bien de Interés Patrimonial ("Good of Patrimonial Interest", BIP) by the regional government in 2017.[1]
References
- Citations
- Fanjul 2017.
- Bustos Juez 2015, p. 35.
- Boned Purkiss 2015, p. 137.
- Boned Purkiss 2015, p. 135.
- "Sobre la APM. Sedes sociales".
- Marcos 2015.
- Bibliography
- Boned Purkiss, Javier (2015). Castaño Perea, Enrique; Bustos Juez, Carlota (eds.). "Muguruza en la Gran Vía" (PDF). Boletín de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Madrid: Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando: 135–150. ISSN 0567-560X.
- Bustos Juez, Carlota (2015). Castaño Perea, Enrique; Bustos Juez, Carlota (eds.). "Muguruza en la arquitectura española (1916-1952)" (PDF). Boletín de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Madrid: Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando: 27–46. ISSN 0567-560X.
- Fanjul, Sergio C. (11 January 2017). "El Palacio de la Prensa es Bien". El País.
- Marcos, José (28 June 2015). "La nueva sede del PSM será 10.000 euros más barata". El País.
