Torre Insignia

Torre Insignia
Alternative names Torre Banobras, Nonoalco Tlatelolco Tower
General information
Location Mexico City, Mexico
Coordinates 19°27′16″N 99°09′04″W / 19.4545369°N 99.1511089°W / 19.4545369; -99.1511089Coordinates: 19°27′16″N 99°09′04″W / 19.4545369°N 99.1511089°W / 19.4545369; -99.1511089
Construction started 1958
Completed 1962
Height
Roof 127 metres (417 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 25
Lifts/elevators 10
Design and construction
Architect Mario Pani Darqui

Torre Insignia (also called Torre Banobras and the Nonoalco Tlatelolco Tower) is a building designed by Mario Pani Darqui which is located on the corner of Avenida Ricardo Flores Magnon and Avenida de los Insurgentes Norte, in the Tlateloco housing complex in Cuauhtémoc in Mexico City.[1][2] At its completion in 1962, the tower became the second tallest building in Mexico after the Torre Latinoamericana. The tower is not currently in use and is currently being renovated. It is currently the tallest building in the Tlatelolco area and the third highest in the Avenida Insurgentes. The building housed the headquarters of Banobras. The building has a pyramid shape and was built with a reinforced concrete frame. It has been remodeled at least twice and is one of the most important buildings in the city, besides having the tallest carillon in the world; there are 47 bells made by Petit & Fritsen.

Descriptive Report

History

After the excessive growth of Mexico City and especially the central Tlatelolco area, there was the need to start building vertically, which meant constructing housing office and apartment buildings with a height of over 20 floors, the space requirement and by rising incomes of the city, these were the reasons for the buildings are thought in a strategic area, with this in 1959 began to build the project and was until 1960 when construction began on the building and in 1962 the building had finished its construction, remains a challenge for this area is in a seismic zone, which was the fourth building in Mexico City and in the world with Torre Anahuac, Edificio El Moro, and Torre Latinoamericana in counting the latest technology in terms of earthquake shocks, thereby starting four of the great buildings of Mexico City.

It was headquarters of the government bank Banobras until the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, when it was abandoned. It has stood empty since then. In 2007 it was sold to Cushman & Wakefield.[3]

Important Details

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Torre Insignia.
  1. Rodolfo Ambriz (22 August 1997). "Dejan en el olvido obra de Mario Pani" [Mario Pani’s work left forgotten]. Reforma (in Spanish) (Mexico City). p. 5.
  2. "Unidad Habitacional Nonoalco-Tlatelolco" (in Spanish). Mexico City: Cuauhtémoc, D.F. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  3. "Cobra nueva vida un símbolo de Tlatelolco", Excelsior, 29 April 2011
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, October 03, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.