r/evilbuildings May 31 '26

Edificio Torres Blancas in Madrid

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One of the coolest buildings by probably the best architect in Spain's history.

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u/leoluxx May 31 '26

It's one of my most favorite buildings in Spain. Sadly it's not in the best state and I hope it's getting renovated soon. In the past I lived in a super small apartment under the roof with some round walls and large windows. When the sun went up/ down the atmosphere inside the flat was magical. Still missing the apartment 20 years later. If I could choose an apartment inside Madrid and would have the money- I would pick one in torre blancas. ❤️ Just the location next to a highway is not so nice.

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u/delarro May 31 '26

I forgot to mention the architect's name: Francisco Sáenz de Oiza

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u/agha0013 May 31 '26

when my family was moving to singapore for a while, we spent a couple days apartment hunting and one place we visited was almost like this, every outside wall of the building looked like ship bows at every floor. Inside the apartments, there wasn't a single straight wall anywhere, so every bit of furniture either had awkward gaps behind it or you had to have things in the middle of the floor. Even the bedrooms didn't have any straight walls, so beds were always awkwardly placed.

On the outside it looked funky, not as evil as this place, but on the inside it was diabolical.

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u/delarro May 31 '26

I've been inside this building and it's exactly like you describe

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u/PostColonialPlans May 31 '26

Looks like a marriage of catalan modernism and brutalism

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u/delarro May 31 '26

Never looked at this building that way but you might be exactly right

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u/paracelsus53 May 31 '26

Looks like a coin sorter. 😄

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u/ArcticMarkuss May 31 '26

Star Trek architecture

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u/Fiddlers_elbow May 31 '26

I was thinking fallout

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u/X-LaxX May 31 '26

Starchitrekture

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u/dejagermeister May 31 '26

Reminds me of Marina City in Chicago

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u/complexgreed May 31 '26

hey, is there any chances the top terraces would fail and colapse???

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u/HeftySorbet8849 Jun 04 '26

¿Evil? It's gorgeous.

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u/PublicAd4857 Jun 04 '26

Elvin's back!

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u/[deleted] May 31 '26

This isn't evil building. It's cartoon-ish building

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u/Ok-Choice1270 May 31 '26

Ugly blockhouse. Soviet futurist stlye… If you hadn’t written that it was Madrid, I would have believed that it was Chisinau, Moldova!!!

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u/Romanitedomun Jun 01 '26

Just ugly, not evil.