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
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , , ), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was ...
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Modernist architecture in Brazil
Oscar Niemeyer buildings
Residential buildings completed in 1956
Residential skyscrapers in Brazil
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