Spanish; Castilian: Laboratorios Jorba | |
Native Name: | Spanish; Castilian: La Pagoda |
Location: | Madrid, Spain |
Client: | Laboratorios JORBA |
Location Country: | Spain |
Start Date: | 1965 |
Completion Date: | 1967 |
Demolition Date: | 1999 |
Architect: | Miguel Fisac |
La Pagoda, officially known as Laboratorios Jorba, was a building in Madrid designed by Spanish architect Miguel Fisac. It was located near the Avenida de América and served as the headquarters of Laboratorios Jorba, a pharmaceutical company.[1] The popular name of the building refers to the visible structure's resemblance to a pagoda, with each floor rotated 45º from the lower one and joined with a hyperboloid ruled surface.[2] It was controversially demolished in 1999, despite being widely recognised as one of the city's architectural icons.[3]