Rio Sul Center Explained

Rio Sul Center
Native Name:Torre Rio Sul
Location:116 Lauro Muller Avenue, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Coordinates:-22.9573°N -43.176°W
Status:Complete
Start Date:1976[1]
Completion Date:1982
Building Type:Office tower
Floor Count:40
Elevator Count:18[2]
Floor Area:119.751,56 m²[3]
Architect:Ulysses Burlamaqui
Main Contractor:Construtora Norberto Odebrecht S.A.[4]

The Rio Sul Center Tower,[3] [5] also known as Rio Sul Tower, is the fourteenth tallest building in Brazil and the tallest building in Rio de Janeiro at 164m (538feet) and 50 floors, 48 above ground and 2 below. The structure contains 28 elevators[6] It was completed in 1982.[5]

The building was designed by architects Ulysses Burlamaqui and Alexandre Chan in the Brutalist architectural style.[7] The tower, together with a 400 stores shopping mall called Riosul Shopping Center, form a commercial complex known as Rio Sul Center.

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Notes and References

  1. Revista Veja, 24 de Março de 1982, number 707, p.107
  2. Web site: Condomínio do Edifício Rio Sul - Infraestrutura . 2012-05-20 . 2012-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120418160840/http://www.torreriosul.com.br/infra.aspx . dead .
  3. Web site: Condomínio do Edifício Rio Sul - A Torre . 2012-05-18 . 2012-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120301045845/http://www.torreriosul.com.br/a_torre.aspx . dead .
  4. Web site: Odebrecht. odebrechtonline.com.br.
  5. Web site: Maiores prédios do Brasil. Superinteressante.
  6. Web site: Rio Sul Center. The Skyscraper Center. 6 February 2017.
  7. Czajkowski, Jorge - Guia da Arquitetura Moderna no Rio de Janeiro, 2000, p. 18