Edificio del London París

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Edificio del London París
Edificio London París

The Edificio del London París , also known as The Standard Life , is a building in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo .

The building, built in 1905 and opened on March 8, 1908, is located in Barrio Centro at Avenida 18 de Julio 1060 , corner of Calle Río Negro 1338-1442 . It was designed by the architect John Adams , according to other information by the architect M. Tapie , and can be assigned to the style of historical eclecticism . In 1995 restoration work took place on the ground floor under the direction of the architects Conrado Pintos , Alberto Valenti and Arturo Silva Montero . Five years later, Benito Isaac was responsible for restoring the upper floors. In 2008 there was a change of ownership for the purchase price of US $ 700,000. The building, which was originally designed as an office building, currently houses a McDonald’s fast food restaurant.

literature

  • Guía Arquitectónica y Urbanística de Montevideo. 3. Edition. Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo et al., Montevideo et al. 2008, ISBN 978-9974-600-26-3 , p. 67.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Information on www.espectador.com ( Memento of April 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  2. El edificio de London París se vendió en US $ 700,000.

Coordinates: 34 ° 54'22.3 "  S , 56 ° 11'36.4"  W.