The Pirelli tower is located in Piazza Duca D'Aosta in
Milan, where the Central Station. It was built between 1956 and 1960 to designs by Gio Ponti, Pier Luigi Nervi, Fornaroli, Rosselli, and Dell'Orto Valtolina. It is an important architectural work, of his Italian Rationalism, with its 127 meters high is one of concrete buildings the highest in the world. It is one of the most famous symbols of
Milan and is the highest skyscraper in Italy. [Citation needed]
The original palace was built to house the offices of the famous Italian tire company Pirelli, but since the skyscraper was bought by the Lombardy Region to serve as its headquarters.