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Torre Agbar (Catalan or Spanish), or Agbar Tower, is a 21st century skyscraper
in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by French architect Jean
Nouvel. It opened in June 2005 and it was inaugurated officially by the
Kings of Spain on 16 September 2005. The building resembles an enormous
missile, but many people see it as a giant dildo or suppository. The Agbar
Tower measures 144,4 meters (466 feet in height) and consists of 38 stories,
including 4 underground levels. Its design combines a number of different
architectural concepts, resulting in a striking structure built with reinforced
concrete, covered with a facade of glass, and over 4,400 window openings
cut out of the structural concrete. The building is one of the most unique
in Barcelona, becoming the third tallest building in Barcelona, only after
the Arts Hotel and the Mapfre Tower, both 154m . A unique feature of the
building is its nocturnal illumination. It has more than 4,000 LED luminous
devices that allow generation of luminous images in the facade. In addition,
it has temperature sensors in the outside of the tower that regulate the
opening and closing of the glass blinds of the facade of the building,
reducing the consumption of energy for air conditioning. It houses the
head office of the Group Aigües de Barcelona (the Barcelona Water
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