Ayala Tower One

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building_name = Ayala Tower One


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location = 6767 Ayala Avenue corner Paseo de Roxas Avenue, Makati City, Philippines
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use = office
status = Complete
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opening = 1996 Skyscraperpage.com [http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=6774 "Ayala Tower One"] ]
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roof = convert|160|m|ft|2|abbr=on
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floor_count = 35 aboveground
elevator_count = 15
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architect = Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLD; Leandro V. Locsin & Partners
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developer = Ayala Land, Inc.
owner = Ayala Corporation
management = Ayala Property Management Corporation
references = Emporis.com [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu?id=ayalatower1-makati-philippines "Ayala Tower One"] ]

The Ayala Tower One (or Ayala Tower 1) is one of the tallest and most well-known skyscrapers in the Philippines. With a height of 160 metres (525 feet), it is the 10th tallest building in Makati City, where the building is located, and the 16th tallest building in the Philippines overall. The building has 35 floors above ground level, and is originally planned to be the first of three towers for the Ayala Triangle, the other two (the planned Ayala Tower Two and Ayala Tower Three) were to be taller than Tower One. Plans for the construction of the two additional buildings did not materialize though. [Skyscraperpage.com [http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?cityID=817&statusID=10 Stale Proposals - Makati City] ]

Ayala Tower One was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLD and is owned by Ayala Land, a subsidiary of the Ayala Corporation, which is headquartered in the building. Other institutions headquartered at Ayala Tower One include Banco de Oro Universal Bank (BDO) and the primary trading floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange. Headquarters of the Ayala Corporation, the company that built the Makati Central Business District.

Location

The building is located at the corner of Ayala Avenue and Paseo de Roxas, on one of the three ends of the Ayala Triangle. Ayala Tower One is located near two other famous buildings, the headquarters of Bank of the Philippine Islands, an Ayala Corporation company, and the former main office of Insular Life.

History

This building was built solely as a response to the Philippine Stock Exchange relocating from Makati City to the Tektite Towers West-Tektite Towers in the Ortigas Center. Ayala Land was hoping that the Philippine Stock Exchange would reconsider its plan. It did not completely succeed with its attempt to keep the stock exchange exclusively in Makati City since the Philippine Stock Exchange ultimately decided to have two trading floors: one each in Makati and Ortigas Center. But the building did become one of the most prestigous office towers in the country.

References

External links

* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=ayalatower1-makati-philippines Ayala Tower One at Emporis]
* [http://www.ayalamap.com/map/buildings/structure/ayala-tower-i/details.html Ayala Tower One at Ayala Maps]