Itatiaia Building

22°54′13.71″S 47°03′26.15″W / 22.9038083°S 47.0572639°W / -22.9038083; -47.0572639Groundbreaking1953Completed1957Height49 metres (161 ft)Technical detailsFloor count15Floor area11,153.42 square metres (120,054.4 sq ft)Lifts/elevators3Grounds1,569.8 square metres (16,897 sq ft)Design and constructionArchitect(s)Oscar NiemeyerEngineerWerner Müller

The Itatiaia Building (Portuguese: Edifício Itatiaia) is an apartment building in the Centro district of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. It was designed by the architect Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) in 1953 and completed in 1957. It was the only residential tower in Campinas until the early 1960s, and was the first Modernist building in the city.[1][2]

It occupies 1,569.8 square metres (16,897 sq ft) on a trapezoid-shaped plot of land on Irmã Serafina Avenue. It is often compared to another of building of the period, the Copan Building (Edifício Copan) in São Paulo.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Processo 03/10: Edifício Itatiaia" (in Portuguese). Campinas, Brazil: Prefeitura de Campinas. 2011. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  2. ^ a b Silva Leme, Roberto; Salgado, Ivone (2009). "Arquitetura Moderna em Campinas: o Edifício Itatiaia" (PDF). Risco: Revista de Pesquisa em Arquitetura e Urbanismo. 9 (1): 22–34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-08-10.