IBM building; All-concrete brutalist tower with a glass facade (+ photo)

The IBM building in São Paulo is an office tower with brutalist architecture that was built between 1970 and 1977. This building, with an all-concrete structure and a window with a glass grid, was used as the headquarters of IBM in Latin America.

Safir Arjan - The IBM Building in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is an office tower with a brutalist architectural style that was built between 1970 and 1977.

The design of this building was done by "Aflalo and Gasperini" architectural office. This building has been used as the headquarters of IBM in Latin America.

The IBM building has an all-concrete structure and its facade is formed by a glass grid. The combination of the concrete volume of the building with the regular pattern of glass in the facade is the main feature of this office tower.

This building was built in a period that followed brutalist architecture, the obvious use of materials and emphasis on building structure in many large projects.