Wilton Paes de Almeida Buildinghttps://vocabularios.eca.usp.br/vcaa/skos/8116pt-BRCibele A. C. M. Santos, Vânia Mara Alves Lima2026-07-31 14:27:19https://vocabularios.eca.usp.br/vcaa/Vocabulário Colaborativo em Artes e Arquiteturatext/html Designed in 1961 by Roger Zmekhol, the Wilton Paes de Almeida Building was constructed in 1968. The building is a landmark of modern architecture in São Paulo due to its use of Miesian principles (meticulously elaborated minimalism) and its glass curtain wall. The structure, listed as a protected heritage site by the Municipal Council for the Preservation of Historical, Cultural and Environmental Heritage of the City of São Paulo (Conpresp) in 1992, suffered a fire caused by an electrical short circuit in 2018. At the time, the building—occupied by the Social Movement for Housing Struggle and home to around 140 families—collapsed. A social housing complex for low-income families is expected to be built on the site.

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