# Alas Building

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Office, Residential in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Alas Building Interactive map of the Alas Building area General information Status Completed Type Office Residential Location Buenos Aires, Argentina Construction started 1951 Completed 1957 Height Antenna spire 185 m (607 ft) Roof 141 m (463 ft) Technical details Floor count 42 Floor area 99,000 m2 (1,070,000 sq ft) Design and construction Developer Agrupación de Trabajadores Latinoamericanos Sindicalizados S.A. (ATLAS)

The **Alas Building** ([Spanish](/source/Spanish_language): *Edificio Alas*) is a [Rationalist](/source/Rationalism_(architecture)) residential and office building in the [San Nicolás](/source/San_Nicol%C3%A1s%2C_Buenos_Aires) section of [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires), [Argentina](/source/Argentina). It is 141 metres (463 ft) high with 41 floors. Alas was the tallest building in Buenos Aires between 1955 and 1995, when it was surpassed by the [Le Parc tower](/source/Le_Parc_tower). It has long been part of the skyline of Buenos Aires. As of 2009, it was the 20th tallest building in Argentina.[1]

The building was commissioned in 1950 by President [Juan Perón](/source/Juan_Per%C3%B3n) for the Association of Unionized Latin American Workers (*ATLAS, S.A.*). He ordered that plans include an underground [bunker](/source/Bunker) for use in case of war or a [coup d'état](/source/Coup_d'%C3%A9tat). Perón, however, did not seek refuge there during the 16 June 1955 [bombing of Plaza de Mayo](/source/Bombing_of_Plaza_de_Mayo) by the [Argentine Navy](/source/Argentine_Navy).[2] The building was transferred to the [Argentine Air Force](/source/Argentine_Air_Force) after the 1955 coup and renamed *ALAS* ("wings") and the bunker was later converted into [Argentine Public Television](/source/Canal_7_Argentina) studios. These were relocated to [Figueroa Alcorta Avenue](/source/Figueroa_Alcorta_Avenue) in 1978. Two underground floors are occupied by parking spaces, a gym, the boiler room, bike racks and other amenities.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Edificio Alas, Buenos Aires"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070428234532/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=edificioalas-buenosaires-argentina). April 28, 2007. Archived from the original on April 28, 2007. Retrieved September 20, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Page, Joseph. *Perón: A Biography* New York: Random House, 1983.

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