Sampaio Moreira Building
The Sampaio Moreira Building () is located at 346 Líbero Badaró Street, in the Central Zone of São Paulo, central region of São Paulo. With twelve floors and a height of , the building was named Sampaio Moreira after its owner José de Sampaio Moreira (1866–1943), a merchant who the architect Christiano Stockler convinced in 1920 to make the building that would complete the Anhangabaú Park monument, which was finished four years later. History A part of São Paulo's eclectic architecture, the building was designed by the architects Christiano Stockler das Neves, Christiano Stockler and Samuel das Neves. With twelve floors and a height of , the Sampaio Moreira was the tallest building in São Paulo from 1924, when it was inaugurated, until 1929, when it was surpassed by the Martinelli Building. It is thus considered to be the first large multi-storey building in São Paulo, as well as one of the first in the country of its kind. Considered the "prototype" of São Paulo's ...
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Eclecticism In Architecture
Eclecticism in architecture is a 19th and 20th century architectural style in which a single piece of work incorporates eclecticism, a mixture of elements from previous historical styles to create something that is new and original. In architecture and interior design, these elements may include structural features, furniture, decorative motives, distinct historical ornament, traditional cultural motifs or styles from other Country, countries, with the mixture usually chosen based on its suitability to the project and overall aesthetic value. The term is also used of the many architects of the 19th and early 20 (number), 20th centuries who designed buildings in a variety of styles according to the wishes of their clients, or their own. The styles were typically Revivalism (architecture), revivalist, and each building might be mostly or entirely consistent within the style selected, or itself an eclectic mixture. Gothic Revival architecture, especially in churches, was most likel ...
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