Location Mexico City, Mexico Roof 127 metres (417 ft) Height 127 m Opened 1962 Lifts/elevators 10 | Completed 1962 Floor count 25 Floors 25 Construction started 1958 Architect Mario Pani | |
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Alternative names Torre Banobras, Nonoalco Tlatelolco Tower Similar Torre del Caballito, Torre HSBC, Edificio Miguel E Abed, Torre AXA México, Torre Reforma | ||
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. 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.
Contents
- Map of Torre Insignia Tlatelolco 06900 Ciudad de MC3A9xico CDMX Mexico
- Descriptive Report
- History
- Important Details
- References
Map of Torre Insignia, Tlatelolco, 06900 Ciudad de M%C3%A9xico, CDMX, Mexico
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.