Itatiaia Building

Itatiaia Building
Edifício Itatiaia
Itatiaia Building, Campinas
Edifício Itatiaia is located in Brazil
Edifício Itatiaia
Edifício Itatiaia
Location within Brazil
General information
Architectural style
Modernist
LocationRua Irmã Serafina, 919 - Centro, Campinas - SP- CEP 13015-201, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Coordinates22°54′13.71″S 47°03′26.15″W / 22.9038083°S 47.0572639°W / -22.9038083; -47.0572639
Groundbreaking1953
Completed
1957
Height
Height49 metres (161 ft)
Technical details
Floor count15
Floor area11,153.42 square metres (120,054.4 ft2)
Lifts/elevators3
Grounds1,569.8 square metres (16,897 ft2)
Design and construction
ArchitectOscar Niemeyer
EngineerWerner 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.

It occupies 1,569.8 square metres (16,897 ft2) 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.

References

  1. 1 2 "Processo 03/10: Edifício Itatiaia" (in Portuguese). Campinas, Brazil: Prefeitura de Campinas. 2011. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  2. 1 2 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.