Peugeot headquarters, Buenos Aires

This competition was organised in Buenos Aires by the “Sociedad Central de Arquitectos” for the construction of the tallest building in Argentina.

This building was destined to welcome offices for large companies and firms, and would also include a mall and a cultural centre.

This competition was approved by the International Union of Architects (UIA).

Keywords : Culture, Transformation, Urban Landscape

Competition results

First Prize

Second Prize

Third Prize

Fourth Prize

Fifth Prize

Theme and objectives

The aim of this competition was to invite architects from all over the world to produce preliminary projects in order to obtain the best functional design expression of contemporary architecture.

The Peugeot tower was to be built in order to accommodate various commercial and cultural activities.

With this competition, the promoters wanted to realise the construction of a building that would stand out for its height, a one-of-a-kind skyscraper. This building would provide almost 140,000 square metres in floor space.

Key criteria

Here were some of the criteria that projects submitted for the competition had to take into consideration:

Planning;
Descriptive memory;
Metric calculations;
Easy identification.

Jury Members

230 projects from 33 countries were submitted for this international competition.

The jury was made up of the following members:

Martín Noel, Architect and President of the Jury, ARGENTINA;
Francisco García Vasquez, Representative of the Sociedad Central de Arquitectos, ARGENTINA;
Eugène Beaudouin, Architect, FRANCE;
Alberto Prebisch, Architect, ARGENTINA;
Marcel L. Breuer, Architect, USA;

Alfonso Eduardo Reidy, Architect, BRAZIL.

Eligibility

This competition was open to all architects from across the world.

Results

Competition closed. Results announced in 1962

COMPETITION RESULTS