Unipol Tower is a 33-story
skyscraper located at Via Larga in
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different na ...
,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
. Rising to a height of approximately , the building serves as the new
headquarters
Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the to ...
of
Unipol
Unipol Gruppo S.p.A. is an Italian financial services holding company operating in the insurance and banking fields with headquarters in the Unipol Tower, Bologna. As of 2009 it was ranked as the country's fourth-largest insurer.
The company t ...
Bank
A bank is a financial institution that accepts Deposit account, deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital m ...
and includes office and retail space in its square metres of floor area. Construction was completed in 2012.
Designed by architectural firm OpenProject of
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different na ...
,
Unipol Tower incorporates various environmental innovations that achieved the prestigious (LEED) gold certification.
The building is the tallest construction in Bologna and
currently the 12th tallest in Italy. Previously the tallest building in Bologna was the condominium located at Via Cellini with a height of , holding that title since 1958.
The main project includes a mall with a fitness centre, cinema, and luxury hotel, currently under construction.
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See also
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List of tallest buildings in Bologna
This list ranks buildings in Bologna buildings that stand at least tall. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildi ...
Buildings and structures in Bologna