{{Short description|Cultural heritage site in Lima, Peru}} {{Infobox building | name = Rímac Building | native_name = Edificio Rímac, Casa Roosevelt | native_name_lang = Spanish | image = Casa Roosevelt o Edificio Rímac.jpg | image_size = 250 | caption = The building seen from the ''[[Paseo de los Héroes Navales]]'' | location = [[Historic Centre of Lima]] | address = [[Roosevelt Avenue, Lima|Av. Roosevelt]] 101/157<br>[[Jirón de la Unión|Jr. Unión]] 1177/1199 | architectural_style = [[Second Empire style|Second Empire]] | construction_start_date = 1919 | construction_stop_date = 1924 | inauguration_date = 1924 | owner = [[Grupo Breca|Rímac Seguros]]<br>[[Municipality of Lima]]<br>[[Manuel Prado Ugarteche|Manuel Prado]] (1939–1945) | architect = [[Ricardo de Jaxa Malachowski]] | cost = [[Peruvian libra|Lp.]] 200,000 }} The '''Rímac Building''' ({{langx|es|Edificio Rímac}}), also known as the '''Roosevelt House''' ({{langx|es|Casa Roosevelt}}), is a building located in the [[Historic Centre of Lima|centre]] of the city of [[Lima]], [[Peru]]. It is currently under the administration of the insurance company [[Grupo Breca|Rímac Seguros]]. It is located at 101/157 [[Roosevelt Avenue, Lima|Roosevelt Avenue]] and 1177/1199 [[Jirón de la Unión]]. It is the starting point of [[Paseo de la República]] Avenue.
==History== The [[Second Polish Republic|Polish]] architect [[Ricardo de Jaxa Malachowski]] designed the building, which was built between 1919 and 1924.<ref name=bonilla>[[#Bonilla|Bonilla]], p. 28</ref> Its construction coincided with the real estate construction boom that the city of Lima had in the government of [[Augusto B. Leguía]] and with the construction of a whole series of [[Second Empire style]] buildings on the ''[[Avenida Nicolás de Piérola]]'' and ''Paseo Colón''.<ref>[[#Bonilla|Bonilla]], p. 308</ref> Its first denomination is due to the fact that it was built at the request of the ''Rimac Seguros'' insurance company and its second denomination, ''Casa Roosevelt'', due to the name of the avenue in which it is located.
It was the first multi-family building built in Lima.<ref name=bonilla/> It was owned by [[Manuel Prado Ugarteche]] between 1939 and 1945. Here, the [[Otis Worldwide|Otis elevator factory]] installed one of the first elevators in Lima. In 2007 the façade of the house was recovered by Arte Express<ref>{{Cite news |title=Arte Express compra a Telefónica del Perú su antigua sede en el Centro de Lima |url=https://gestion.pe/economia/empresas/arte-express-compra-a-telefonica-del-peru-su-antigua-sede-en-el-centro-de-lima-fernando-palazuelo-noticia/ |last=Melgarejo |first=Víctor |date=2021-04-05 |work=[[Gestión]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref> and is currently owned by the [[Metropolitan Municipality of Lima]].
==Architecture== It has a [[Second Empire style]] façade, symmetrical and divided vertically into three bodies. This is richly ornamented and many of its details were brought from [[French Third Republic|France]]. It has [[Arcade (architecture)|arcades]], [[Bossage]] details, [[garland]]s, [[Medallion (architecture)|medallions]], [[pilaster]]s and a series of individual [[Mansard roof|mansards]] that finish off different bodies. It occupies a good part of the block in which it is located.<ref name=bonilla/>
It has a façade of 84 metres on Roosevelt avenue, and 70 metres on the ''Jirones'' [[Jirón Carabaya|Carabaya]] and [[Jirón de la Unión|Unión]]. It has three interior patios that allow it to capture daylight and function as natural ventilation devices.<ref name=bonilla/>
Some apartments on the first floor have direct access from the street. It has 69 apartments: 24 on the first two floors, and 45 on the last two.<ref name=bonilla/>
==See also== *[[Historic Centre of Lima]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==Bibliography== *{{Cite book |ref=Bonilla|title=Lima y el Callao: Guía de Arquitectura y Paisaje |last=Bonilla Di Tolla |first=Enrique |publisher=[[Junta de Andalucía]] |year=2009 |pages=28 |language=es |url=https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/export/drupaljda/publicacion/21/05/60acb153b9883-guia_lima_y_callao.pdf}}
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