architecture

Gustavo Capanema Palace

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Palácio Gustavo Capanema [Portuguese]
Edifício Gustavo Capanema [Portuguese]
Edifício do Ministério da Educação e Saúde (MES) [Portuguese]

Architecture

full/alternative names
Ministry of Education and Health Building, Gustavo Capanema Building
built
1937-1945
culture
Brazilian
style/period
Functionalism, Modernism
work type
governmental office building
form/concept
high-rise building
material
reinforced concrete
architect
Lúcio Costa, Carlos Leão, Jorge Machado Moreira, Oscar Niemeyer, Affonso Eduardo Reidy, Ernâni Vasconcelos, Le Corbusier
structural engineer
Emílio Henrique Baumgart
artist
Roberto Burle Marx

Specifications

height
60.0 m
stories (above ground)
16

Geography

America » Latin America » South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro (State) » Rio de Janeiro » Center and Old Town » Centro » Castelo
local language location name
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil [Portuguese]