The city of

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 a ...

is the largest city in

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 largest in the Americas and western hemisphere. In the Greater Sao Paulo there are approximately 40,000-50,000 buildings above , which puts it in first place in the world in terms of the number of such buildings.Emporis - Buildings of São Paulo
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downtown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...

along the

Paulista Avenue Paulista Avenue (Avenida Paulista in Portuguese, ''Paulista'' being the demonym for those born in the state of São Paulo) is one of the most important avenues in São Paulo, Brazil. It stretches and runs northwest to southeast. Its northwest p ...

and in the neighborhood of

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. At one time, the city was home to the tallest building in

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, the

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, Giusepp ...

, which opened in 1929 at a height of . The

Mirante do Vale Mirante do Vale Building (Portuguese: ''Condomínio Mirante do Vale'', loosely translated as ''Overlook of the Valley Condominium''), commonly called Mirante do Vale, is a 170-metre (558 ft) office skyscraper located in São Paulo, Brazil, in ...

, the largest building in the city, is in height and was opened in 1960. Today, São Paulo is a city of low buildings, which rarely reach more than and are mostly residential in nature. Municipal laws limit the construction of large skyscrapers.

Tallest buildings (+100 m)

Tallest building under construction (+100 m)

Complete list of Sao Paulo buildings above 20 floors

200px, Plaza Centenário 200px, São João Avenue 200px, Mercantil Finasa and Grande São Paulo 200px, Torre Leste of CENU 200px, RochaVerá Complex 200px, Edifício Copan 200px, Centro Cultural Itaú 200px, Renaissance São Paulo Hotel 200px, Headquarters Organizações Globo and Sede do BankBoston 200px, Panamby, residential neighbourhood 200px, Skyline of

image:Sao Paulo Congonhas 2.jpg, 200px, Buildings in Moema image:Avenida Paulista - 12 - Petrobras.JPG, 200px, Headquarters Petrobrás image:Distrito de Pinheiros, visto do Alto de Pinheiros 1.JPG, 200px, Alto de Pinheiros and Pinheiros neighbourhood image:Edifício Dacon.jpg, 200px, Dacon Building 200px, Headquarters IBM image:Palácio do Anhangabaú (Ed. Matarazzo) 01.JPG, 200px, Headquarters of the City Hall of

image:Edifício São Luís Gonzaga.JPG, 200px, São Luís Gonzaga Building

Timeline of tallest buildings

The city was at one time the home to the tallest building in

, the

that opened in 1929 at a height of . The tallest building in the city is the

, which opened in 1960 at a height of . At , the

Company Business Towers Company Business Towers is a mixed use commercial development complex (with two towers) in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, that was completed in 2013. In the original plans, one of the two towers would be tall and would be the tallest skyscraper i ...

was planned to become the tallest building in Brazil upon its completion, but the plans were changed and the building was built to a height of only . EdMartinelli-SP

References

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