World / Brazil / Sao Paulo, 2 km from center Coordinates: 23°32'47"S   46°38'39"W

Edifício Copan - Oscar Niemeyer's Copan BuildingEdifício Copan - Oscar Niemeyer's Copan BuildingEdifício Copan - Oscar Niemeyer's Copan Building

Edifício Copan - Oscar Niemeyer's Copan Building (São Paulo)


Height (structure) 140 meters/459 feet
Floors (AboveGround) 40
Construction end 1953

The name COPAN was from "Companhia Pan-Americana de Hotéis e Turismo" contractor. The building is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest structure built in Brazil. The condominium has 107 employees to serve and maintain the building. Due to the large number of residents, the city hall gave the building its own postal code. According to IBGE, a major research institute in Brazil, the building has a larger population than 547 cities in the country. The Guinness Book of World Records also claims this building has the largest floor area of any residential structure in the world.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edifício_Copan
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Address: , 200


place comments:
3 months ago abav   0
Some restaurants and services:

Temaki Café - Japanese place with free wireless internet hot-spot;
Bar da Fona Onça - cool Bar and Restaurant;
Ay Caramba - Mexican food;
Padaria Sta Efigênia - bakery and snacks;
Pizzaria Copan - pizza joint, huge SP aerial photos on the walls;
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