It was designed by the architects Julián and José María Otamendi Machimbarrena as an assignment of the Metropolitan Real Estate Agency, for whom already they had built the Edificio España.
Foi proxectada polos irmáns Julián e José María Otamendi Machimbarrena como encargo da Compañía Inmobiliaria Metropolitana, para quen xa construíran o Edificio España.