It was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Mario Lanata and Andrea Messina and is currently used as a business center.

It is positioned opposite the Lanterna tower, remaining visible both from the port and from the entire western area of the city.

It is one of the tallest and most characteristic buildings in the Ligurian capital, by virtue of its particular architectural shape that resembles a pencil.

The skyscraper has three buildings: the offices in the centre, the car parks to the west and the commercial area to the east, between via Cantore and via di Francia.

In Savona there is the "Matitino", a small skyscraper that has similar shapes to the Matitone and was named in this way to remember its "big" Genoese brother.