Itatiaia Building
Building in São Paulo, Brazil
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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]
Architectural styleModernist
Groundbreaking1953
| Itatiaia Building | |
|---|---|
Edifício Itatiaia | |
Itatiaia Building, Campinas | |
  Edifício Itatiaia Location of Itatiaia Building in Brazil | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Modernist |
| Location | Rua Irmã Serafina, 919 - Centro, Campinas - SP- CEP 13015-201, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 22°54′13.71″S 47°03′26.15″W |
| Groundbreaking | 1953 |
| Completed | 1957 |
| Height | |
| Height | 49 metres (161 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 15 |
| Floor area | 11,153.42 square metres (120,054.4 ft2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 3 |
| Grounds | 1,569.8 square metres (16,897 ft2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Oscar Niemeyer |
| Engineer | Werner Müller |
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.[1][2]