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Eiffel Building
Edifício Eiffel
Façade of Eiffel Building facing Praça da República
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General information
Architectural styleModernist
AddressPraça da República 177, República, São Paulo
Coordinates23°32′39″S 46°38′41″W / 23.544184°S 46.644660°W / -23.544184; -46.644660
Groundbreaking1953
Opened1956
Technical details
Floor count23
Design and construction
Architect(s)Oscar Niemeyer, Carlos Lemos
Other information
Number of rooms54

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.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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