The Eiffel Building (Portuguese: Edifício Eiffel) is a mixed-use building in the República district of São Paulo, Brazil. It was designed by the architect Oscar Niemeyer (1907–2012) and sits on the southwestern of Praça da República, the Square of the Republic. The building was designed in 1953 and completed in 1956. The Eiffel Building is a Brazilian example of the Cartesian skyscraper, a building type developed by Le Corbusier.[1][2][3]
| Eiffel Building | |
|---|---|
Edifício Eiffel | |
 Façade of Eiffel Building facing Praça da República | |
.png)  Eiffel Building in São Paulo  Eiffel Building (Brazil) | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Modernist |
| Address | Praça da República 177, República, São Paulo |
| Coordinates | 23°32′39″S 46°38′41″W / 23.544184°S 46.644660°W |
| Groundbreaking | 1953 |
| Opened | 1956 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 23 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Oscar Niemeyer, Carlos Lemos |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 54 |
References edit
- ^ Carrilho, Marcos José; Castroviejo, Alessandro José (2010). "Oscar Niemeyer no centro histórico de São Paulo: arquitetura moderna e a cidade tradicional" (PDF). Cadernos PROARQR (14): 24–26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ Barros, Mariana (2013-07-03). "Conheça o Edifício Eiffel, na Praça da República" (in Portuguese). Habite SP. Archived from the original on 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ Queiroz, Rodrigo (2012). "Forma moderna e cidade: a arquitetura de Oscar Niemeyer no centro de São Paulo". Arquitexts. 13 (Dec). Retrieved 2016-08-17.
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