Califórnia Building (São Paulo)

Oscar Niemeyer

São Paulo, Brazil · 1955 · Museum

Califórnia Building (São Paulo)
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Location
São Paulo, Brazil
Year
1955
Typology
Museum
Materials
Ceramic, Concrete, Steel
Context
Modernism, Brazilian Modernism
Map
Open location

The Califórnia Building is a mixed-use building in the República district of São Paulo, Brazil. It was designed by the architect Oscar Niemeyer (1907–2012) with Carlos Lemos. The building was designed in 1951 and completed in 1955. The Califórnia Building combined a gallery of retail space on its ground floor with residential units above, a theme common to Niemeyer's nearby Copan and Eiffel buildings. It sits on the corner of Barão de Itapetininga and Dom José de Barros avenues.

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