The Bacardi Building (Edificio Bacardí) is an Art Deco Havana landmark designed by the architects Esteban Rodríguez-Castells and Rafael Fernández Ruenes and completed in 1930.
It is located on the corner of Calles Monserrate and San Juan de Dios on a 1,320 m2 (14,200 sq ft) lot in Las Murallas, Old Havana.
The owners of the Bacardi company invited a number of architects to present their design proposals for a new headquarters building offering 1,000 pesos to the winner.
[citation needed] Construction of the building started on January 6, 1930, and was completed by the 300-day deadline the company had set for December.
Poor conditions of the land required that the foundation use piles of hardwood (jiqui and júcaro negro) and high strength concrete.