Torre Banco de la Nación

Torre Banco de la Nación
The building in 2021
General information
Location	San Borja, Lima
Construction started	October 2013
Construction stopped	October 2015
Inaugurated	2015
Owner	Banco de la Nación Peruvian State
Technical details
Floor count	30
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Bernardo Fort

The Bank of the Nation Tower (Spanish: Torre Banco de la Nación)[a] is a multi-purpose building in Lima and the tallest building in Peru.[4] It serves as the headquarters of the Bank of the Nation, after which it's named.

History

The building was designed to house the new headquarters of Banco de la Nación, a financial entity of the Peruvian State. After the fire that occurred during the Four Quarters March in 2000 that destroyed the original building (built by Enrique Seoane Ros),[5] the headquarters had moved to the district of San Isidro. It was designed by the Peruvian architect Bernardo Fort. Its location was set in a strategic area of Av. Javier Prado Este, next to the Museum of the Nation, the La Cultura station of the Lima Metro and the future Lima Convention Center, which could be known as the new cultural center of Lima, in the district of San Borja.[3]

The construction of the tower was in charge of construction company Cosapi, with an investment of approximately $150 million.[1][6] Construction began in October 2013 and was completed in October 2015, consisting of a 140.1-meter-high, 30-story building, with a constructed area of approximately 66,000 m² and a helipad on top.

In 2015, the lower floors were used for the Board of Governors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.[6]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Peru
• Edificio Interbank

Notes

1. Also known as:
   • Nueva Sede del BN[1]
   • Torre Hito Cultural or Edificio Hito Cultural[2][3]
   • Banco de la Nación - Centro de Convenciones[3]

References

1. "Construcción y Supervisión de la Nueva Sede del BN". Banco de la Nación.
2. "ORDENANZA № 510-MSB" (PDF). Municipalidad de San Borja. 2014-07-31.
3. "Banco de la Nación – Centro de Convenciones, Lima | 1233945 | EMPORIS". Emporis. Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
4. Neyra, Miguel (2015-10-01). "Nueva sede del Banco de la Nación es la torre más alta del país". El Comercio.
5. "BANCO COMERCIAL". Instituto de Investigación - Universidad de Lima.
6. "Cosapi construirá nueva sede del Banco de la Nación y será de 30 pisos". Gestión. 2013-10-11. Archived from the original on 2015-01-21.

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