Name of landmark
BPC tower – the Savings and Credit Bank building

on the landmark
The Head Office of the Savings Bank and Credit (BPC) located in Largo Major Saydi Mingas, Marginal of Luanda, was opened in 1967 designed by architect Gennaro Godinho ( project leader ) and by Professors Engineers Correia de Araújo and Campos Matos.
This architectural structure is considered one of the symbols of Angola and one of the most beautiful works of engineering in the country.
The building has a height of 90.27 m (23 floors) and a sign on top 5.90 m high. The building is composed of two parts: the first, the groud floor hosts the Board of Directors ( CAD ) and the cabinets to support the CAD . The second part is Unit Structure (BPC Directorates and Departments) There are also offices for renting and residential spaces.
The headquarters building due to internal open-space distribution of spaces allow multiple uses or purposes

on the location /accessibility
free access to the building’s outern spaces. restricted access to the inside.

level of significance
The restoration work of the headquarters building of the Savings and Credit Bank (BPC) are about to start.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of BPC say that “the building was already somewhat degraded, so there was a need for a restoration.”
The project will last 24 months and is budgeted at 7.7 billion kwanza. Chinese Construtora Jiangsu China will be responsible for the work, and also funded the project. Regarding the hypothesis demolition headquarters BPC responibles assume that this scenario “only in the latter case.”
The construction of “ Torres Kianda “ in front of the PBC tower includes the setting up of a whole block with an area 10 500 m² and a perimeter of 432.50. – and the BPC Bank building restoration. Again this restoration thretaens one of the symbols of Luanda’s cityscape.