E-Tower
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E-Tower is a 37-story skyscraper located in Vila Olímpia
neighborhood, near Marginal Pinheiros
, in the Brazil
ian city of São Paulo
. At 148 meters, it is the ninth-tallest skyscraper in the city, with a postmodern architecture inspired in Westendstraße 1
in Frankfurt
. Its original project was taller, but due to the intense traffic of helicopters in the region it had to be changed. It is the 4th most modern skyscraper in São Paulo.
Vila Olímpia
The Vila Olímpia is an upper class neighborhood in the city of Sao Paulo, capital of the state of Sao Paulo, in the district of Itaim Bibi....
neighborhood, near Marginal Pinheiros
Marginal Pinheiros
Marginal Pinheiros is a section of this highway that runs through the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The name of this section comes from the fact that each way of the expressway runs near a different waterfront of the Pinheiros River...
, in the Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian city of São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
. At 148 meters, it is the ninth-tallest skyscraper in the city, with a postmodern architecture inspired in Westendstraße 1
Westendstraße 1
Westendstraße 1 is a well-known skyscraper in the Westend of Frankfurt. It was completed in 1993 and together with the City Haus, the headquarters of DZ Bank...
in Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
. Its original project was taller, but due to the intense traffic of helicopters in the region it had to be changed. It is the 4th most modern skyscraper in São Paulo.
Concrete resistance
E-Tower has the world record for concrete resistance, with a 10 meters floor-to-ceiling high lobby. The building was projected to the resistance concrete fck = 80 MPa, so that the four underground levels' pillars could have their dimensions reduced without losing their resistance capacity. The reduction of the pillars section allowed a higher number of parking spaces. The compression resistance achieved was considered a national record.Usage
It is composed of three different volumes. From 3rd to 7th floor, each floor has 1100m² of net area; from the 8th to the 19th floor, each floor has 850m² of net area; and from the 22nd to the 37th floor, each floor has 550m² of net area. Features of the building include a heated swimming pool in the 37th floor, an auditorium for 100 people on the ground level, a fitness center on the 20th floor, a restaurant on the 21st floor, and a helipad on the roof.See also
- List of tallest buildings in São Paulo
- List of tallest buildings in Brazil
- Postmodern architecturePostmodern architecturePostmodern architecture began as an international style the first examples of which are generally cited as being from the 1950s, but did not become a movement until the late 1970s and continues to influence present-day architecture...