June 19 building, building in Montevideo

The June 19 building is a Banco de la República branch occupying a full block at Avenida 18 de Julio 1654-1670, bounded by Minas, Guayabos and Magallanes streets, opposite the Plaza de los Treinta y Tres. Designed by Ildefonso Aroztegui, it consists of two perfect prismatic volumes in a spare, almost mute Miesian language, described by Laboratorio Materia in 2010 as neutral containers of a pure, impersonal interior space.

In 1946 a competition was held for the headquarters of the Caja Nacional de Ahorros y Descuentos; the jury awarded no first prize but chose the entry by Uruguayan architect Ildefonso Aroztegui, which was not built. In the 1950s the Banco República revived the project and commissioned Aroztegui to build it as a bank branch, constructed from 1965 to 1976 and inaugurated on 8 April 1976.

The name honours José Gervasio Artigas, born on 19 June 1764; the branch opened on 8 April 1976. The building occupies a whole block facing the Plaza de los Treinta y Tres Orientales, and the Materia laboratory (2010) described its two perfect prisms as a spare, almost mute Miesian language.

The building occupies a full block on Avenida 18 de Julio, between Minas, Guayabos and Magallanes streets, facing Plaza de los Treinta y Tres Orientales in the Cordón barrio. The banking agency entrance is on the avenue; the other three sides are street frontage. It is an operating bank branch, so visit during banking hours rather than as a sightseeing stop.

The building's name marks José Gervasio Artigas's birthday, June 19, and it was inaugurated on 8 April 1976. It occupies a full block between Avenida 18 de Julio and the streets Minas, Guayabos and Magallanes, facing the Plaza de los Treinta y Tres Orientales. Construction ran from 1965 to 1976 to Aroztegui's design.