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Edifício Itália

Central Zone of São Paulo, Brazil

The 655th tallest building in the world

165 m · 541 ft

Edifício Itália (Portuguese for "Italy Building") (whose official name is Circolo Italiano) is a 165 m (541 ft) tall 46-story skyscraper located in the República district, Central Zone of São Paulo, Brazil. Built from 1956 to 1965, it has a rooftop observation deck, open for tourists. Edifício Itália was designed by Brazilian architect Franz Heep. It is the 4th tallest building in São Paulo.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More tall buildings in Brazil

  1. Infinity Coast240 m
  2. Millennium Palace177.3 m
  3. Mirante do Vale170 m
  4. Edifício Altino Arantes161.2 m
  5. Company Business Towers136 m

Other tall buildings worldwide

  1. Burj Khalifa · Dubai829.8 m
  2. Merdeka 118 · Kuala Lumpur678.9 m
  3. Shanghai Tower · Shanghai632 m
  4. Abraj Al Bait · Mecca601 m
  5. Makkah Clock Royal Tower Hotel · Mecca601 m
  6. Ping An Finance Centre · Futian Subdistrict599 m
  7. Lotte World Tower · Songpa District555.7 m
  8. One World Trade Center · Manhattan546.2 m