 Torre Aqualina was designed by Mario Roberto Álvarez, a Buenos Aires-born architect who also designed (among others) the Le Parc tower (the tallest residential building in Argentina), the seat of the Rosario branch of the Banco de la Nación Argentina, the intelligent building of the Rosario Board of Trade, and the airports of Neuquén and Córdoba.The building was developed by the Rosario-based firm OP Developers, and the construction contract was awarded to Constructora Sudamericana.Since the project was first presented, in 2003, Aqualina has been criticized by the citizens in its neighbourhood.