Eldorado Business Tower, Corporate skyscraper in São Paulo, Brazil
Eldorado Business Tower is a 141-metre, 36-storey office skyscraper in Pinheiros, São Paulo, completed in 2007 to a design by Aflalo & Gasperini Arquitetos and built by Gafisa. It rises from a four-storey garage block, with four more parking levels underground, and its entrance lobby has a 7.1-metre floor-to-floor height. A 24 x 24 m helipad sits on the roof, and an elevated passway links the tower to Shopping Eldorado.
Designed by Aflalo & Gasperini Arquitetos and built by Gafisa, the tower received its municipal occupation permit on 25 October 2007. In 2009 it became the first large building in Brazil to earn LEED Platinum certification, under the C&S rating.
The tower's name comes from Shopping Eldorado, the traditional São Paulo mall it faces; a walkway and a suspended plaza turned toward the mall and the sunrise link the two. The plaza is the spot to notice how the office building was oriented around its neighbour.
The tower is a private office building, so access is limited to the lobby and the elevated passway linking it to Shopping Eldorado in Pinheiros. The lobby has a 7.1-metre floor-to-floor height. Eight parking levels, four underground and four above ground, provide one space per 32 m² of office area.
This was the first large-scale building in Brazil to achieve LEED Platinum certification for environmental performance. The achievement came at a time when green building practices were still relatively uncommon in the country's real estate sector.
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