Atocha Railway Station
A significant project of the nineteenth century Spanish architecture is the madrileña station of Atocha (1888–1892), built by Alberto de Palacio, who met the dual capacity as architect and engineer. Its deck, in the form of inverted hull vessel has a glimmer of nearly 49 meters, a height of approximately 27 meters and a length of 157 metres, surpassing all the achievements that this wording had been made. Moreover, the hull, in which participated design engineer Saint James, introduced the novelty of being built on steel sheet, showing a strong resemblance to that Dutert and Contamin made for the gallery Machines of the Universal Exhibition of Paris of 1889 . A side of the great hall covering tracks and platforms are erected two eclectic buildings in brick.
In 1992 the Atocha railway station underwent a major transformation to integrate a station for the AVE. Rafael Moneo was responsible for new works and integrating the new building with the original one in a surprising way. The old platforms have been replaced by a large greenhouse.
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