Torre Prisma, Office building in Mexico City, Mexico.
Torre Prisma is a 28-story office tower at the corner of Avenida Juárez and Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City's Centro Histórico. Its steel frame is clad in brown smoked glass, the first building in Mexico with that type of structure. It has 55,000 m² of floor area and 3.45 m floor-to-ceiling heights.
Planned from 1965 to expand the overcrowded offices of the Lotería Nacional, the tower was built between 1969 and 1971 as the lottery's second headquarters beside the 20-storey Edificio El Moro. It later passed to the Secretaría de Hacienda and housed SAT administrative offices until 2012; since September 2013 the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes occupies it.
Torre Prisma was built as the second headquarters of the Lotería Nacional, supplementing the 20-story Edificio El Moro. Its brown smoked-glass curtain wall made it the first building in Mexico with that type of structure. Since September 2013 it has housed the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura.
The building sits in a well-connected location near public transportation stops and major routes through the city. The surrounding area offers good access to business districts and nearby attractions making navigation straightforward.
The building has specialized equipment built into its facade for maintenance work at significant heights, allowing workers to safely care for the exterior. This integrated system shows how practical engineering solutions were considered during the design phase.
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