La Pagoda

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]

Laboratorios Jorba
La Pagoda
c. 1970
General information
Location	Madrid, Spain
Country	Spain
Construction started	1965
Completed	1967
Demolished	1999
Client	Laboratorios JORBA
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Miguel Fisac