El Helicoide was meant as a symbol of Venezuela's ambitions fuelled by oil riches In the centre of the Venezuelan capital Caracas, an extraordinary space-age building towers over the sprawling slums ...

There was a time when everyone heaped praise on the Helicoide. Poet Pablo Neruda called the building “one of the most exquisite creations to emerge from an architect's mind.” Salvador Dali wanted his ...

The huge futuristic spiral known as El Helicoide has a reputation as the country’s worst torture center. It has become a “dark site” where different Venezuelan police forces have their headquarters, ...

Venezuela said on Thursday it would release “a significant number” of prisoners in a move its government framed as a gesture “to seek peace.” ...

Perhaps modeling what would be the architectural icon of your country’s capital off the infamous Tower of Babel isn’t the best idea. But it wasn’t superstition that brought down the gargantuan spiral ...

Although construction was never completed, El Helicoide (The Helix) in Caracas remains one of the most important relics of the Modern movement in Venezuela. The 73,000-square-meter project, designed ...

In the centre of the Venezuelan capital Caracas, an extraordinary space-age building towers over the sprawling slums below. El Helicoide was once the symbol of a rich and promising nation. Today, it ...

The huge futuristic spiral known as El Helicoide has a reputation as the country’s worst torture center. It has become a “dark site” where different Venezuelan police forces have their headquarters, ...