{{Short description|Building in Lima, Peru}} {{Infobox building | name = Edificio BBVA | image = Edificio BBVA Continental.jpg | image_caption = | address = Rep. de Panamá 3055 | years_built = 1979–1981 | inauguration_date = {{dts|1981}} | cost = <!-- [[US$]] --> | owner = | height = 137 [[Metre|m]]<ref name=LR>{{Cite news |title=¿Sabías que el edificio más alto de Perú solo tiene 30 pisos?: conoce en qué distrito de Lima está |last=Dextre |first=Cecilia |url=https://larepublica.pe/datos-lr/2023/09/15/sabias-que-el-edificio-mas-alto-de-peru-solo-tiene-30-pisos-conoce-en-que-distrito-de-lima-esta-evat-557775 |date=2023-09-29 |work=[[La República]]}}</ref> | material = | size = | floor_count = 19<ref name=LR/> | floor_area = 64,860 [[Square metre|m<sup>2</sup>]]<ref name=LR/> | architect = Víctor Smirnoff, Víctor Ramírez, José Kanashiro<ref name=LR/> | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | main_contractor = | parking = | public_transit = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | references = | footnotes = }} The '''BBVA Building''', also known as the '''Banco Continental Building''', is a building located in Republic of Panama Avenue 3055, in [[San Isidro District, Lima]].<ref name=LR/> The [[List of tallest buildings in Peru|second tallest building in Peru]], it serves as the main headquarters of [[BBVA Perú]], a subsidiary of [[Spain|Spanish]] financial company [[Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria]] (BBVA).
==History== The building was designed by architects Víctor Smirnoff, Víctor Ramírez and José Kanashiro.<ref name=LR/> Construction started in 1979,<ref name=Castillo>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbva.com/es/10yearchallenge-la-transformacion-de-bbva-continental-en-una-decada/ |title=#10YearChallenge: la transformación de BBVA Continental en una década |date=2019-01-17 |website=[[BBVA]] |last=Castillo Dávila |first=Claudia}}</ref> with the building being inaugurated in 1981.<ref name=LR/> The building's orange façade was remodeled from 2011 to 2012, and a tower with an [[Antenna (radio)|antenna]] was erected next to the building at the same time.<ref name=Castillo/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://repositorio.usmp.edu.pe/bitstream/handle/20.500.12727/3684/hoyos_csy.pdf |title=EVENTOS: MOTORSHOW Y WONG SPIRITS |last=Hoyos Chirichigno |first=Sally Yohana |website=[[Universidad San Martín de Porres]] |year=2018 |page=7}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Torre Banco de la Nación]]
==Gallery== <gallery> Edificiobancocontinental.jpg|The building's former façade Edificio bbva continental remodelacion2.jpg|The building being remodeled in 2011 Lima-Peru Buildings 01.jpg|The building at night </gallery>
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Lima]] [[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2012]] [[Category:Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria]] [[Category:San Isidro District, Lima]]