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 tenth-tallest building in Makati City, where the building is located, and the sixteenth-tallest building in the Philippines overall. The building has thirty-five floors and is considered one of the most prestigious office towers in the Philippines.

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.

Ayala Tower One was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill 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 BDO Private Bank and the primary trading floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange.

Thechnical Details:

• Address: Ayala Avenue, Makati, Philippines
• Construction Dates: Began - 1995, Finished - 1996
• Floor Count: 35
• Building Uses : office
• Structural Types : highrise
• Architectural Style : modern
• Materials : concrete, glass, steel
  
• Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
• Tenant(s): Ayala Land and The Ayala Corporation.
  

Other Informations

Headquarters of the Ayala Corporation, the company that built the Makati Central Business District.

This building was built solely as a response to the Philippine Stock Exchange relocating from Makati City to the Tektite Towers in the Ortigas Center. AyalaLand was hoping that the Philippine SEC would reconsider its plan. It didn't succeed completely with its attempt to keep the stock exchange exclusively in Makati City but the building did become one of the most prestigous office towers in the country.

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