The Torre Velasca in central Milan was designed by BBPR, whose partners were Gian Luigi Banfi, Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso, Enrico Peressutti and Ernesto Nathan Rogers, with engineer Arturo Danusso. The text says it was built in 1956 and 1957 and completed in 1958, though the infobox gives construction as 1956 to 1958. It was inaugurated in 1961.
The article calls it post-rationalist brutalist architecture, recalling medieval Lombard towers, in reinforced concrete with stone cladding. It has 26 floors and is narrower at the base than at the top. Heights conflict: the infobox gives 322 feet (98 m) to the spire, and the text gives 348 feet (106 m) to the roof.
An earlier steel and glass scheme was dropped over cost and steel supply. The planning permit required mixed residential and commercial use, which continues. It was designated protected in 2011. The article names no client.
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