|
Edifício Grande Avenida
Edifício Grande Avenida or Grande Avenida Building is a building located at 1754 Avenida Paulista in São Paulo, Brazil. The building was founded in 1964. Characterized by one of the remarkable architectural styles in town, the building sustained two fires during its history. The first was minor and took place in 1969. The second fire in 1981 killed 17 people and led to an investigation which found the building layout to be responsible for the fire. 1981 Fire The fire began in the mezzanine of the building on the afternoon of February 14, 1981. It occurred on a Carnival Saturday and the building was emptier than usual. 17 people died, most of them employed with ''Construtora Figueiredo Ferraz'', a local civil engineering contractor, working overtime to keep up with a delayed project to be presented on the upcoming Thursday. Image:IncGrandeAv1.jpg Image:IncGrandeAv2.jpg Image:IncGrandeAv3.jpg Image:IncGrandeAv4.jpg References O Estado de S. Paulo- newspapersFolha de S.Paulo- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avenida Paulista
Paulista Avenue (Avenida Paulista in Portuguese language, Portuguese, ''Paulistas, Paulista'' being the demonym for those born in the state of State of São Paulo, São Paulo) is one of the most important avenues in São Paulo (city), São Paulo, Brazil. It stretches and runs northwest to southeast. Its northwest point is Praça Marechal Cordeiro de Farias (:pt:Praça Marechal Cordeiro de Farias, pt) at its intersection with Rua da Consolação (:pt:Rua da Consolação, pt) and its southeast point is Praça Oswaldo Cruz (:pt:Praça Oswaldo Cruz, pt) at its intersection with Treze de Maio, Bernardino de Campos, Desembargador Eliseu Guilherme, and Dr. Rafael de Barros avenues. Major crossroads on the street are Rua Augusta (São Paulo), Rua Augusta, Rua Haddock Lobo (:pt:Rua Haddock Lobo (São Paulo), pt) and Avenida Brigadeiro Luis Antonio (:pt:Avenida Brigadeiro Luís Antônio, pt). Parallel to it are Cincinato Braga, Joaquim Eugenio de Lima on the Bela Vista/Paraíso side and Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC as an alpha global city, São Paulo is the most populous city proper in the Americas, the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the world's 4th largest city proper by population. Additionally, São Paulo is the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world. It exerts strong international influences in commerce, finance, arts and entertainment. The city's name honors the Apostle, Saint Paul of Tarsus. The city's metropolitan area, the Greater São Paulo, ranks as the most populous in Brazil and the 12th most populous on Earth. The process of conurbation between the metropolitan areas around the Greater São Paulo (Campinas, Santos, Jundiaí, Sorocaba and São José dos Campos) created the São Paulo Macrometr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyscrapers In São Paulo
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-rise buildings. Historically, the term first referred to buildings with between 10 and 20 stories when these types of buildings began to be constructed in the 1880s. Skyscrapers may host offices, hotels, residential spaces, and retail spaces. One common feature of skyscrapers is having a steel frame that supports curtain walls. These curtain walls either bear on the framework below or are suspended from the framework above, rather than resting on load-bearing walls of conventional construction. Some early skyscrapers have a steel frame that enables the construction of load-bearing walls taller than of those made of reinforced concrete. Modern skyscrapers' walls are not load-bearing, and most skyscrapers are characterised by large surfac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buildings And Structures Completed In 1964
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 In Brazil
Events in the year 1981 in Brazil. Incumbents Federal government * President: General João Figueiredo * Vice President: Aureliano Chaves Governors * Acre: vacant * Alagoas: Guilherme Palmeira * Amazonas: José Bernardino Lindoso * Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães * Ceará: Virgílio Távora * Espírito Santo: Eurico Vieira Resende * Goiás: Ary Valadão * Maranhão: João Castelo * Mato Grosso: Frederico Campos * Mato Grosso do Sul: Pedro Pedrossian * Minas Gerais: Francelino Pereira * Pará: Alacid Nunes * Paraíba: Tarcísio Burity * Paraná: Nei Braga * Pernambuco: Marco Maciel * Piauí: Lucídio Portela * Rio de Janeiro: Antônio Chagas Freitas * Rio Grande do Norte: Lavoisier Maia * Rio Grande do Sul: José Augusto Amaral de Souza * Santa Catarina: Jorge Bornhausen * São Paulo: Paulo Maluf * Sergipe: Augusto Franco Vice governors * Acre: José Fernandes Rego * Alagoas: Teobaldo Vasconcelos Barbosa * Amazonas: P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyscrapers In Brazil
This list of the tallest buildings in Brazil ranks Brazilian skyscrapers in order by height. Most of Brazil's tallest buildings are located in Balneário Camboriú, Goiânia and São Paulo, which is the biggest financial and residential center of the country. The majority of these buildings are residential. At the Yachthouse Residence Club - Towers 1 and 2, in Balneário Camboriú, are the tallest buildings in Brazil. The first skyscraper in Brazil was the 105-meter-tall Martinelli Building The Martinelli Building (in Portuguese: ''Edifício Martinelli''), with 28 floors, is the first skyscraper built in Brazil. Located in São Paulo, it is 105 meters tall. The building was planned in 1922 by the Italian-born entrepreneur, Giuseppe ... in São Paulo, completed in 1929. Tallest buildings See also * List of tallest buildings in South America References External links Skyscrapers.comEmporis CorporationSkyscraper Page {{TBSW * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.svg "Click for more on -> Brazil")
