Bizkaia Tower

Spain

The Bizkaia tower is a building whose construction ended in 1969 and was originally used to house the headquarters of the Bilbao Vizcaya bank. It has an area of 30,400m2 divided into three basements and 22 floors above ground (the last two for installations), in all a height of close to 90m.

50 years after its construction, an integral reform of the building has been carried out that has allowed commercial use on the first 6 floors, keeping the rest of the spaces for office use, under a Core and Shell design concept.

It has been necessary to entirely empty the building until its structure, to undertake a complete reconstruction. The structure has also undergone a profound reform to adapt the building to new needs. The building’s façade is protected, so an identical one with the same characteristics as the original has been built, correcting the modifications that the building has undergone over the years.

Architecture : Corporate : Design