One of Barcelona’s most striking architectural symbols, Torre Agbar - The Agbar Tower - has come to life with a helping hand from Araldite adhesives and the engineering adhesives team at Huntsman Advanced Materials.
Created by French architect Jean Nouvel, the Agbar Tower was officially opened in September 2005. Standing at over 142m, the bullet-shaped skyscraper is the third tallest building in Barcelona and a dramatic addition to the city’s skyline.
Crowning the tower is a huge composite dome created from concrete, aluminium cladding, glass reinforced plastic (GRP) and galvanized steel. Core elements of the dome’s steel structure were first fixed in place using traditional joining techniques. Key high load areas were then supplemented with products from the Araldite 2000 range of engineering adhesives to provide additional strength, reliability and durability.
Specified by Spanish engineering companies involved in the project, three types of Araldite adhesives were selected. Araldite 2015 and 2022 were used to join GRP to GRP while Araldite 2013 was the preferred choice for fixing GRP to galvanized steel.
- Huntsman Advanced Materials, together with adhere from Intertronics, has launched Araldite 2000 PLUS, a new portfolio of structural adhesives, optimised for complex plastic and metal-based design projects. This new family of 14 adhesives offers products based on three key chemistries to suit your application, including epoxy, methacrylate and polyurethane.